Event Listener

[Kim Sokil]

There lots of times that when a user enters a value in a field - another field should update.  It's not an if-then-else situation.

If I am understanding correctly a change value event listener could work.  This is where my programming skills are limited.

Can you give me a sample of what the event coding would look like for this scenario:

If a user enters a date in the field Termination_Date (changes from null), change the Current_Status to 'Terminated'.

I am going to assume that the event listener would be on Termination_Date?

Thanks

Kim

[Robert Dyas]

Yes, put an event listener on the Termination_Date field. The Event Type should be change so you only capture a change.

The function for the event listener would look something like this:

function (event) {

var terminationDateField = event.target; // event.target is equal to the widget that fired the event

if (terminationDateField.getDataValue().isNotNull()) {

var currentStatusField = parasql.app.getWidgetById('ID1017'); // current status field

currentStatusField.getDataValue().setString('Terminated');

currentStatusField.redisplay(); // Terminated won't show immediately in the UI unless you do this

}

}

[Kim Sokil]

worked like a charm!