TEXT BOX SELECTION

Are the values hard coded in Design Studio or are they populated on the bak end and sent to the form?  Will the 5 values vary based on the user or will they be the same 5 values for everyone?

Hi Randy, As of right now they are populated from the backend ... They will be the same for everyone ... All I want to do is take 5 "values" from the pre-populated list and present them to the users ... Thanks

If you only want 5 records to select from on your ListBox, you can either hard code them (Properties) or you can add them via a script. You're loading the records into the ListBox so you control what gets loaded.

OK, you'll have to do it in two steps.  Both should be in the FORM_OnAfterTransaction(data) function.  The first step is to remove the existing values from the dropdown box.  Replace "VALUES_l46" below with the field number of your dropdown list.

        //Remove all values from the dropdown.
        var myDropdown = lawForm.getElement("VALUES_l46"); 
        while(myDropdown.hasChildNodes())
               {
                   myDropdown.removeChild(myDropdown.childNodes.item(0));
               }

Then you'll need to populate the dropdown with the new values:

        // Create an array to hold the values you want to display.
        var span = document.createElement("span"); 

        // Populate the span:
        span.setAttribute("text",""); // long description 
        span.setAttribute("tran","your first item value"); // transaction value 
        span.setAttribute("disp","your first item display); // display value 
        myDropdown.appendChild(span);              
        span.setAttribute("text",""); // long description 
        span.setAttribute("tran","your second item value"); // transaction value 
        span.setAttribute("disp","your second item display); // display value 
        myDropdown.appendChild(span);          

 // Repeat for your remaining 3 items.

   

Thank you ... I will try this .... and let all know

Hi there ... Still runnning into some difficulties ... I probably should clarrify, this is a textbox with values that get displayed (PA52.1 --> Reason) .. Does that make a difference or should the same principles apply?

No, you need to delete the existing textbox and add a ListBox in order to limit to the 5 records you want. You will still need to set the ListBox to the correct data source.

Thanks I will try that!

David, that worked GREAT ... Thanks's all!