Sort a tableview on a column

Hi Experts,
My question is I want to sort the tableview in the sales order screen containing the items based on a column.Now what standard has provided is that u can only sort on Item no or the Product and not on other fields which are not the key fields.How do I sort on any other column present in the table except the key columns.
Thanks,
Ashish.
P.S.: I am working in SAP CRM 2007

Hi,
It can be definitely done like this.
TRY.
      me->typed_context->CONTEXT NODE->collection_wrapper->sort( iv_attr_name
                                                                                = 'XXX'
                                                                    iv_sort_order    = 'A' ).
      CATCH cx_crm_cic_parameter_error.
ENDTRY.
But the place where it is implemeted is important as some methods like DO_PREPARE_OUTPUT get triggered for all the Server Events.
I prefer doing it in DO_INIT_CONTEXT rather than ON_NEW_FOCUS as it may not exist for some views and DO_INIT_CONTEXT triggers only once by default.
Regards,
Masood Imrani S.

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0 M14762 DE 0
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0 M14704 IE 0
M14767 IE 0
0 M14704 FR 0
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0 M14704 FR 0
0 M15351 990 GB
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I have a dashboard with some input fields (dropdown boxes).
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using powershell script how to sort a list column before update a list item.
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