ChooseTitle Method

The ChooseTitle method (a public subroutine in the client-side Critique component) is called from the LitCrit Outlook® client, the enhanced LitCrit form; the method performs the following tasks:

• Calls the GetApplicationSetting method to retrieve the value of the CritiqueEnhanced column in the Settings table of the FmLib database. If the CML/LitCrit application is using critique enhancements the CritiqueEnhanced column contains 1 (True). If CritiqueEnhanced is 0 (False), no other code in the method runs and the reviewer cannot share critiques with the library application.
• Calls the LibraryItemDialog method, which determines if the CML/LitCrit application displays the Add Critique to Library dialog box.
• After the Add Critique to Library dialog box appears, code runs to:

  Parse the reviewer's alias from the Logon parameter.

  Show the Choose Title dialog box (the Visual Basic® frmChooseTitle form).

  Initialize public variables declared in the form.

  Copy information to output parameters.

Seven parameters — BibNo, Title, Authors, MediaType, ObjectID, Logon, and ServerName — are passed to this method. Return values are provided for five — BibNo, Title, Authors, MediaType, and ObjectID. The five output parameters are passed ByRef and must be of data type Variant because Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), used in the LitCrit Outlook form, recognizes only the Variant data type. The Logon and ServerName parameters are of data type String and are passed ByVal because they are not used by the LitCrit script. When the Choose Title dialog box first appears these parameters are blank.

The following table summarizes the ChooseTitle method parameter information.

The complete code for the ChooseTitle method is available in Critique.cls Client Side COM Component in the code section.