[FX.php List] (slightly off-topic) advice needed for intuitiveway to sort categories and items within categories

[Alex Gates]

I can't thank you enough, Michael -
I got it working perfectly now....
I'm so thankful for everything everyone on this list has taught me...
Thank you all!

Alex

Michael Ward wrote:
> Hello Alex,
> 
>>
>> This looks quite nice - it behaves very similarly to Scriptaculous.
> 
> Yes... However, I have found it to be more accessible that Scriptaculous.
>>
>> Have you used this with FX.PHP?
> 
> Not specifically... I have been experimenting with FM's API.  However, 
> the principle is exactly the same.
>>
>> I'm sure I can get the data to display and be sortable, but I'm not sure
>> how to take that serialized string and tell FileMaker to change all the
>> fields in the affected records.
> 
> I have done a _very_ quick and _very_ dirty modification to the demo 
> page to show a post to filemaker (posted backchannel) which sends the 
> whole string.  This wouldn't be too hard to parse and get it into the 
> correct fields.  I'm not sure what fields are needed.
> 
> If anyone wants the files, just contact me.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Michael Ward
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