Changing Inmagic Genie dropdown lists to text boxes

Several edit screens in Genie use dropdown lists,for example, Payment Methods, Order Types, Currencies etc. The wording for these can be edited in the myGenie.config file, eg.

<!-- PaymentMethods -->
<PaymentMethods>
   <Method Default="true">Credit Card</Method>
   <Method>Check</Method>
   <Method>Money Order</Method>
   <Method>Gift Card</Method>
   <Method>Wire Transfer</Method>
</PaymentMethods>

However some clients may not be used to having this type of information validated, or their existing data to be converted into Genie may have a variety of values that cannot be easily batch modified to fit.  In this case it is possible to change the edit screen and switch to a simple textbox and if required, add a link to browse a validation list instead.

In myEditScreens.config file change this:

<Field Name="OrdPaymentMethod" Type="DropDownList" CssClass="orders_edit_qtr_textinput"  ShowBrowse="false" Required="false" Width="170"/>

To:

<Field Name="OrdPaymentMethod" Type="TextBox" CssClass="orders_edit_qtr_textinput"  ShowBrowse="true" Required="false" Width="170"/>

Dropdowns that should not be changed are CatSerFrequency (as this is used to set up arrival patterns in Serials using the calculation values specified in the myGenie config file); and the Suppliers dropdown in Orders (needed to show the linked Supplier name rather than the OrdSuppID). A good rule is to always make a backup before changing any config file setting.