Creating a string field for a choice inside a cyclic field

Hi,

I would solve this a bit different.

I would add that additional filed permanently, but make it non-editable per default.

With a field callback on your filed which contains “interdigitated” I would switch it to edit mode if only interdigitated is chosen and switch it back to non-editable for the other choices.

Bernd

Hi,

I would solve this a bit different.

I would add that additional filed permanently, but make it non-editable per default.

With a field callback on your filed which contains “interdigitated” I would switch it to edit mode if only interdigitated is chosen and switch it back to non-editable for the other choices.

Bernd

Or as a variation on what Bernd is suggesting, add the field but toggle its visibility setting based on the state of the cyclic field, changed by a callback on that field.

Regards,

Lawrence.

Hi,

I have now defined my Cyclic field as follows:

hiCreateCyclicField (?name C1 ?choices '("Interdigitation" "Common Centroid") ?prompt "Matching" ?callback if(form->C1->value == "Common Centroid" then f6 = hicreateStringField (?name 'S4 ?prompt "Second Row" ? editable t) else hicreateStringField (?name 'S4 ?prompt "Second Row" ?editable nil)))

But this is not working !!! The field is always uneditable regardless of Common Centroid or Interdigitation

Thanks,

Vishal.

Not really surprising that this doesn't work - there are numerous things wrong with this:

1. The callback isn't in quotes so would execute immediately, not at the time the cyclic field is changed
2. The callback expression is just creating a new field in a variable f6 - unless it does something with that new field, it's not going to impact any existing field on the form. Replacing the field in a variable doesn't update the field on the form. You almost certainly don't want to create a new field anyway, just changed the editable status of the existing field.
3. There are spaces after the function names
4. hiCreateStringField has an uppercase "C"
5. The ?name for hiCreateCyclicField should be quoted

It's far better if you post the actual code rather than something similar to it that you've re-typed in (I assume it really wasn't quite as bad as above) as otherwise everyone wastes time trying to correct mistakes that you've presumably not actually made.

Anyway, here's some code that works, with some skeleton code around it so that I could test it (even though I knew it would be OK, I always like to test things before posting if I can):

let((f1 f6)
f1=hiCreateCyclicField(
  ?name 'C1 
  ?choices '("Interdigitation" "Common Centroid") 
  ?prompt "Matching" 
  ?callback "hiSetFieldEditable(hiGetCurrentForm()->S4 if(hiGetCurrentForm()->C1->value==\"Common Centroid\" then t else nil))"
)
  
f6=hiCreateStringField(
  ?name 'S4
  ?prompt "Second Row"
  ?editable nil
)

hiCreateAppForm(
  ?name 'MyForm
  ?fields list(f1 f6)
  ?formTitle "forum example"
)

hiDisplayForm(MyForm)
)

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

I agree that i should've double checked the post for any errors before posting!! 

The code has been correctly written in my script(there are no spaces after function names and "C" is in caps only).

The callback statement was initially in quotes but it threw an error saying if statement has too many arguments so i removed the quotes.

I am very new to creating forms in skill so I was just playing around different methods,I couldn't find anyone working so I posted the query 

The actual code is wat too big and not actually required for this query(it's more of a general query)

Thank you for providing the code snippet,I will now try it and will let you know if it worked!!

Thanks,

Vishal.

Hi Andrew,

The method is working fine but the status of the filed is changing only once.

When I am selecting Common Centroid then the field is becoming editable which is fine but once I am changing it back to Interdigitation it's still editable (it should become uneditable)

Thanks,

Vishal.

Presumably you're not using the code I posted, because this works fine. I'm guessing you've changed it in some way. Did you try the code I posted as-is?

Andrew.

Hi Andrew, 

Ya I cross-checked and found a mistake.

Everything is working fine now.

Thanks to everyone who replied.

Regards,

Vishal.