From out of box Syteline, the pull down list of customer# field is sorted by customer#.  The same thing happens to the vendor# field.  Many Syteline users would prefer that the pull down list is sorted by customer name / vendor name in alphanumeric order, especially when you have hundreds customers/vendors.

Syteline Application Case

Change the sorting of Customer#/Vendor# pull down list, from Customer#/Vendor# to Customer Name/Vendor Name.

Syteline Technical Components

Component class, List Source

Customization Solution

The pull down list of a field is usually controlled by the component class that the field inheritance.

Get into the design mod of the form, example like RMA form.  Click the Customer field, then, in component property sheet, locate the Inheritance, Component Class.  Open the component class “RMACustomerZero”

Open the List Sources

Click the “Filter etc.” button

Enter “Name” in OrderBy field.

Then click OK all the way back.  Save the form.  Now, try the pull down list, it is now sorted by name in alphanumeric order.

The out of box Syteline missed some of the detail carelessly.  For example, the Grid view for RMA is sorted by RMA date ascending.  So it shows the oldest RMA up front and you are seeing those years old closed RMAs.

Syteline Application Case

Change the sorting of Grid view in RMA form, to show the latest RMA up front.

Syteline Technical Component

Form, Primary Collection, Collection Property

Customization Solution

This is pretty easy to change.  Go to Edit mod, in the form collection property, change the Order by to “RmaNum Desc”.  Done.