I have a form with two dropdown fields, DF1 and DF2. The dropdown choices in DF2

michaelb40 over 10 years ago

I have a form with two dropdown fields, DF1 and DF2. The dropdown choices in DF2 are dependent on the choice made in the dropdown DF1 field. The fields are editable and retain the intial selections if the form is returned for editing. On a return for editing, I need for the DF2 field to "reset" or dynamically "adapt" IF a change is made to DF1, thereby allowing a change to DF2, otherwise a “Choices not available in array” error message pops up. On the form you can manually avoid the error message by first changing DF2 to the placeholder value “Please choose from the following”, then changing DF1, but a user would not know that. Any ideas?...

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0 michaelb40 over 10 years ago

Also, I am using v7.6, SAIL Interface, and the values selected in the two dropdown fields are saved to a CDT.
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0 Josh
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over 10 years ago

You can define something like a!save(local!df2value, null()) in df1's saveInto parameter to reset the value of df2 to null when df1 is changed.
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0 leslies331 over 10 years ago

I assume you are using some code in your on DF1 saveInto to populate the choice values of DF2. Use the same method to populate a local variable in the "load" which is executed upon entry into the form.
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0 leslies331 over 10 years ago

If the values are saved to a CDT, use a query expression to populate the choice values on the load.
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0 michaelb40 over 10 years ago

Josh, your suggestion worked like a charm, thanks!
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