Dynamic access to member list name from the HS.MemberListID from within Sub EnumMembersInList() routine.

Question

The goal is to read the member name which is equal to the desired UD and then use the member name to dynamically create the contents of the list, as the name of the list matches the parameter which I'm searching against in creating the contents of the list.

Answer 1

Hi. Since you don't know how many lists you'll need you need a dynamic array for the EnumMemberLists subroutine (Google dynamic array and you'll get the explanation and code samples). The dynamic array allows you to cycle through the entities with a standard list and then create a list definition when the criteria is found. Then, in the EnumMembersInList subroutine, use the same system entity list and cycle through each entity, use the same criteria, and and then add the content to the corresponding member list (using the same system list in both subroutines should keep the list name and list content in sync - use a counter to increment the memberlistid number.
When you use a dynamic array like this to define the number of lists you'll have, you will need to reload the list file after every metadata update, as the list file will need to reprocess to add/delete any changes made.
What is the real need for this, as this is a lot of work when most of the time lists can be simpler than this?
Eric