We have seen in other posts that it is perfectly possible to create ASP pages that contain multiple blocks. These have been search pages or entry pages that have drawn their blocks from either the same or different entities.
What we have not discussed…
I have blogged previously on creating multi-block screens based on a single record. A prime example of that would be when you need to design a page for a new entity that includes both a detailbox and a webpicker.
I would now like to consider a Complex…
I was recently asked about how to handle the problem of having multiple screen blocks on the same page than when you attempt to move the page to edit mode you get a nasty locks message.
The problem occurs because both blocks are attempting to place…
In an earlier article I showed how you could create a complex screen that allowed the editing multiple records in ASP. The actual example was the editing of a Company, Person and Address record all together.
You can find this discussed in the article…
I have written before about the creation of a complex screen where the ASP page offers the user the ability to edit two records at the same time.
See: https://community.sagecrm.com/blogs/hints_tips_and_tricks/archive/2007/10/01/creating-complex-screens…
This COM API trick for ASP based Application Extensions shows how you can create a screen with 2 (or more) blocks where one of the blocks remains in view mode regardless of the value of CRM.Mode. It is a very simple approach and all you have to do is…