How to assign a user selection to a local variable?

RE: How to assign a user selection to a local variable?

KristinForeyt — Thu, 19 May 2022 15:25:48 GMT

I've been playing around with the local variables and have been able to get the user selections displaying, however (and I think this was my fault in explaining the situation) I need to assign my own amounts to whatever they select. This is a practice application for auto insurance coverage. So if the user selects 25,000 coverage for a specific category, I need to assign my own dollar amount for how much that's going to add to the premium.

RE: How to assign a user selection to a local variable?

KristinForeyt — Thu, 19 May 2022 14:23:05 GMT

Thank you for the info! I am going to try and work it out with the information you've provided, but if I need more help I will respond back with more details. Thank you!

RE: How to assign a user selection to a local variable?

Mike Schmitt — Thu, 19 May 2022 13:28:26 GMT

The solution to this ranges from very simple to rather complex.

At the "very simple" end, all you need to do is set the component's saveInto: parameter to point at the local variable you want to save the dropdown's value into. At the same time it's necessary to set its value: parameter to the same local variable (or else the save will execute but then the dropdown will go back to looking "empty", having no value).

At the "rather complex" end, you can set up a separate local variable to calculate the running sum of any group of other ones. You can use this directly for display purposes in any other field on your form.

To be able to help in any real detail, we'll need more context, as well as sample code for what you've tried so far (please use a code box, "Insert" --> "Insert Code").