Sorting on calculated field

[developers10]

Hi,

We have a small tableview in which we would like to show the translated description.
This works ofcourse using a calculated field which returns the

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i18n.getI18NMessage(origfield)

But sorting doesn't work. Apparently we always get the tableview sorted on the origfield
Custom onSort methods don't work either, i've tried :

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foundset.sort(calculated_field asc)

and also

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controller.sort(calculated_field asc)

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foundset.sort(function(a,b) {return i18n.getI18NMessage(a.origfield) > i18n.getI18NMessage(b.origfield);})

but none of these work
Any idea on how to solve this without having to store the calculated field and also while keeping the standard foundset datasource?

[rvanveen]

Hi,

The sort based on a function should work, the only problem is that a sort only works with the following values to sort:
(-1, 0, 1).

Maybe this will help you to get it working.

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foundset.sort(function(a,b) {
     return i18n.getI18NMessage(a.origfield).localeCompare(i18n.getI18NMessage(b.origfield));}