Dynamic Text Boxes in Workflow?
Updated: 30 Aug 2010 | 3 comments
Is there a way to get a text box component to update with a value in workflow on a post form event?
I can get labels, merge html components, drop down boxes, check boxes, and just about everything else to update on a post event, but text boxes just don't seem to do it?
I realize I could leave the form, on a button click, calculate values, and return to the form, but I would like to go with a click free solution if it is possible.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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I haven't tried a dynamic
I haven't tried a dynamic update with a textbox, but intuition tells me its not possible due to the nature of the control. Checkboxes and radio buttons are either "on" or "off" and can be turned on or off within the current form, as the text box is always "on". Of course, I may be missing the point of your question.
Do you have other controls looking at the text box for an event, or the text box waiting on an event from another control?
A little clarification please.
Are you referring to the Tex tBox Component in Workflow 7? Also, when you say post event are you referring specifically to a "Post form on Value Change" from another component?
If so, you can dynamically determine what to show as the initial value using either the "Dynamic Value" or "Dynamic Model" options for Initial Value. Keep in mind, it will only use this on the first load of the page, and after that (such as when the page is re-posted) will show whatever is stored in the output variable, unless you have selected "Always Use Initial Value".
Let me know a little more of the specifics as to what you're looking for and I can probably give you a more precise answer.
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Yep,
That is what I am talking about. And you are correct, I can set the initial value of the text box, but just not change the text in the box with a "Post form on Value Change" event. Seems like it ought to be possible since I can do that sort of thing in C# with AJAX, but they appear to have excluded that little bit of functionallity in Workflow 7. No big deal. I worked around it by making the user click a button to evaluate the data at the top of the form in order to fill in default values on the bottom of the form. Clicking a button isn't the end of the world. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing something.
Thanks for the response.
Mike
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