Re: Order of variables in menus

[Lynn deWitt <ldewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ben,
  There may be a more elegant way, but I usually just put numbers in 
front of the names:   "name = "1. July 2001", name="2. August 2001" 
etc. , and they appear in the menu in numerical order.      Lynn

On Oct 20, 2004, at 4:34 AM, Ben Burford wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a set of variables that actually appear in the menu as 
> selecting a mo
> nth of data:
>
> <variables>
>    <A1 name="July 2001" units="">
>     <link 
> match="/lasdata/grids/Satellite_SSMIL1BLow_19.350H_Lindenberg_XYZT
> _grid"/>
>    </A1>
>
>    <A2 name="August 2001" units="">
>     <link 
> match="/lasdata/grids/Satellite_SSMIL1BLow_19.350H_Lindenberg_XYZT
> _grid"/>
>    </A2>
>
>    <A3 name="September 2001" units="">
>     <link 
> match="/lasdata/grids/Satellite_SSMIL1BLow_19.350H_Lindenberg_XYZT
> _grid"/>
>    </A3>
>  </variables>
>
> I want this to appear as:
> July 2001
> August 2001
> September 2001
>
> but it is automatically put in alphabetical order as August, July, 
> September
>   How can I force the order I want (perhaps turn off alphabetical 
> ordering)?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ben
Lynn deWitt
Pacific Fisheries Environmental Lab
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