I have a list in Sharepoint 2010 with a choice column. User can enter own text value, not to choose from existing values.
So how to write text string in item field (type Choice) if this string is different from the existing values? Programmatically?
You can just set it as a string. That's how the values of choice fields are stored internally.
SPListItem item = ...
item["ChoiceFieldInternalName"] = "Whatever value you want";
item.Update();
Now, if it were a lookup field, or a user field, they're a little different (You'd have to decoded the string using a SPFieldLookupValue or SPFieldUserValue object, for example), but Choice is easy enough.
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I have a script (provided below) created to extract and assign values from a nested object to text fields residing on a PDF form. Unfortunately, the script fails resulting in a number of undefines due to what appears to be a Null f value. To clarify, the event.value is a value selected by the user that gets assigned to a combo box on the form. Hence, for whatever reason, the combo box selection is not getting assigned to variable 'f' in which event the script fails and results in undefines for the field values on the form. I am contemplating that the solution requires a minor script adjustment for accessing the objects values. Thank you ahead of time.
var oField = getField("dataSource");
oVendors = JSON.parse(oField.value);
for(j=0;j<14;j++){
f=getField("inf."+j);
f.value = oVendors[event.value][j];
}
Upon further reading and learning about how to create and use a JS
object, the initial script posted was entirely wrong. The script
required to extract and assign values from a JS object to text fields
residing on a PDF form is as follows:
dsFld =getField("dataSrc");// dataSrc is a hidden text field that
resides on the PDF form
oVendors = JSON.parse(dsFld.value);//parse oVendors, a JS object stored
as a JSON string in the hidden dataSrc field
btnDel=getField("btn.del");
var oFld;//declare var oFld for later use
var oPassData = oVendors[event.value];//assign a field value to var
oPassData
if(oPassData){
//walk members to fill form fields
for(var nNm in oPassData){ // skip fields that don't exist on form
oFld = this.getField("inf." + nNm);
if(oFld)
oFld.value = oPassData[nNm]// assign property values stored in
oVendors data object to associated PDF form fields
}
Sorry for my initial post and any inconvenience to the forum.
I presently have a nested JS object of the format:
var oNames = {
Adobe:{LastUpdate:'03/09/2022',Website:'adobe.com',UserID:'jdoe#gmail.com',PWD:'1234567',PrimaryCC:'',SecondaryCC:'',PrimaryBank:'',SecondaryBank:'',SQ1:'First girlfriend',SA1:'Denise',SQ2:'Grade school attended',SA2:'OLPH',Notes1:'',Notes2:''},
Amazon:{LastUpdate:'10/06/2020',Website:'amazon.com',UserID:'jdoe#gmail.com',PWD:'1234567',PrimaryCC:'Discover',SecondaryCC:'Capital One',PrimaryBank:'',SecondaryBank:'',SQ1:'',SA1:'',SQ2:'',SA2:'',Notes1:'',Notes2:''},
AmericanGiant:{LastUpdate:'01/25/2022',Website:'american-giant.com',UserID:'jdoe#gmail.com',PWD:'1234567',PrimaryCC:'',SecondaryCC:'',PrimaryBank:'',SecondaryBank:'',SQ1:'',SA1:'',SQ2:'',SA2:'',Notes1:'Best Hoodies Made in the USA',Notes2:''},
Asus:{LastUpdate:'11/05/2022',Website:'https://www.asus.com/us/',UserID:'jdoe#gmail.com',PWD:'1234567',PrimaryCC:'',SecondaryCC:'',PrimaryBank:'',SecondaryBank:'',SQ1:'',SA1:'',SQ2:'',SA2:'',Notes1:'Goto for MB & Laptop Computers',Notes2:''},
.
.
.
]
Can someone please provide me with a sample script that loops through the object above to obtain the values for the properties in the object above associated with each name using the variable, cName, that derives its value from a selection made by an end user from a drop-down box form field that resides on a PDF form. In short, the value provided by the variable 'cName' will be one to match any one of the name values in the object, i.e., Adobe, Amazon, AmericanGiant, Asus in which event the remaining fields residing on the PDF form will be populated with those property values associated with the name selected. Hope this explanation is clear. Unfortunately, I am not as familiar working with object pairs as I am with arrays and as such am stuck creating a script that works with a nested object as provided above. Thank you ahead of time.
for(j=0;j<15;j++){
f=getField("inf."+j);
cName = oVendors[event.value][j];
}
"inf."+j denotes 1 of 15 PDF form fields to be populated from the values in the object associated
with the name in the object equal to 'cName', the name selected in the combo box that resides on the PDF form.
Upon further study of the JS object and its methods, the following script is
required to extract names stored inside a JS data object in a hidden text field
used to populate a drop-down box on the PDF form as follows:
dsFld =getField("dataSrc");// call getField method used to obtain the stored
data value in the hidden text field that resides on the PDF form
oVendors = JSON.parse(dsFld.value);// parse the JSON string to convert to a JS
object to complete tasks to follow
f = getField("cbNames");// call the getField method to get the
drop-down combo box field or later use
aNames=new Array();// create the temp array
for(var key in oVendors){// script to populate the temp array from names
taken from/stored in oVendors data object
aNames.push(key);
}
aNames.sort();// sort the names alphabetically in the temp array
f.setItems(aNames);// assign names from the array to the drop-down
Combo Box field on the PDF form
f.insertItemAt("Add or lookup and select a name");// Insert text item at
the topmost item provided in the drop-down combo box list
dsFld.value=JSON.stringify(oVendors);// convert JS obj back to a JSON
string value stored in the hidden text field
Sorry for the initial ambiguous post and any inconvenience to the forum.
I created many option groups in MS Access 2013 and I am trying to populate my table according to what is selected in the option group. So, if the user selects option 1, I want "the text" not its value ex: "1" stored in my table. I tried the following code in AfterUpdate() event and it works fine:
Private Sub Frame49_AfterUpdate()
Dim D As Integer
Select Case Me![Frame49]
Case 1
Me![Name] = "text"
D = 1
Case 2
Me![Name] = "text1"
D = 2
Case 3
Me![Name] = "text2"
D = 3
Case 4
Me![Name] = "text3"
D = 4
Case 5
Me![Name] = "text4"
D = 5
End Select
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSaveRecord
Rem D = Frame49.Value
End Sub
but when the end user answers the first question and tries to answer the next question, all options of the previous question get selected. How do I fix this?
Here is the file to see what I mean:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WjrAhXCnk961mxBuxS3RYqOUpPA_GsyL
Thanks in advance.
even though the option group only takes numeric values, you can achieve what you want by hard coding the values using if statements e.g
If Frame5 = 1 Then orukolook = "okay"
If Frame5 = 2 Then orukolook = "right"
If Frame5 = 3 Then orukolook = "fine"
orukolook is the textbox control that you want the texts to be inserted, so if the first option of the option group is selected,the text "okay" will be inserted into the textbox control, if second option then the text "right" will be inserted.
The values hard coded in the place holder oruko look,e.g okay,right, fine are the labels associated to each value in the option group.
OptionGroup frame and associated buttons/checkboxes must have a number value. Therefore OptionGroup frame must be bound to a number type field. If you want controls to reflect selection in a text field, then need code to set UNBOUND OptionGroup frame with corresponding number value. In other words, convert saved text back to number value. Code would most likely need to be in form Current event. Something like:
Me.Frame49 = Switch([Name]="text",1, [Name]="text1",2, [Name]="text2",3, [Name]="text3",4, [Name]="text4",5)
Alternatively, save number value to number fields. Text equivalent is provided by labels on form. Use lookup tables to provide text equivalent on reports or calculate the equivalents with expressions in query or textboxes. An expression like:
Choose([Name], "text", "text1", "text2", "text3", "text4")
BTY, Choose() expression can be used in place of Case structure in your original code.
Me![Name] = Choose(Me.Frame49, "text", "text1", "text2", "text3", "text4")
Also recommend using radio (option) buttons instead of checkboxes.
Other alternatives are comboboxes and listboxes instead of option groups.
Advise not to use reserved words as names for anything. Name is a reserved word. Also, avoid spaces and punctuation/special characters in naming convention.
Frame49 is bound to a database field.
When the user clicks a checkbox, the field's value (along with Frame49's value) is set to an integer.
You then change the database field's value to a string.
This causes Frame49's value to be set to that string.
Since that is an invalid value for an Option Group, all the related checkboxes show as a solid black square, representing an indeterminate state. That is not the same as a checkmark, so your observation "all options of the previous question get selected" is incorrect.
The simplest way to do what you want is to use a 1-column ListBox instead of an Option Group. You can size each ListBox so that it shows all the options as text strings.
When the user clicks an "option" to select it, the corresponding text string will be written to the database, with no VBA code involved.
When the user goes back to a previous record, the ListBoxes will all show the proper selections.
If you don't want to change how your form looks, then you must do as others suggested, and make Frame49 unbound, i.e. set its Control Source to blank.
Then when you set the database field's value to a text string, Frame49's value will remain as an integer.
If you want the ability to go back and edit earlier records, you can do it but it is beyond what I can answer here.
I have an access database, with a form, that contains numerous textboxes. The textboxes are filled with currency data based on a selection made by the user. Each record may have different values some may have no values. I need to add 3 of the txtboxes together but the value always shows as Null.
me.txt1 = Nz(me.txt2.value + me.txt3.value + me.txt3.value)
txt2 = 23.04
txt3 = Null(empty)
txt4 = 15.64
The value of txt1 should be 38.68 instead its coming out Null. The textboxes are populated by a subroutine that is called from the AfterUpdate event of a dropdown.
Where do you use that formula ? Is it in VBA ? You don't need it.
If it's from the Control Source of txt1, then Meshould be replaced by Form (or by nothing at all)
In the Control Source property of txt1, type = nz(txt2)+nz(txt3)+nz(txt4)
That should be all you need. No VBA.
Another solution, IF the source of the form is a Query, is to add a calculated field in the query.
In both cases, of course you will NOT store that data (which would violate 3rd Normal form)
I want to update a lookup field that contains multiple values through a Workflow, using Sharepoint Designer 2010.
For the moment, the old value is always overwritten, and I would like to "merge" the old value with the new one.
Here is the list of my test by so far:
1) I've managed to Keep the old or the new one, but not both of them.
2) I've tried to add key words like : & ; , between the fields, but only the first element is written in the list ( Example : [%first Element: id%] ;[% Second Element: ID%] --> Result in the column : First Element Id)
I'm out of idea. Do you have any tips?
Do you need more information?
Is this possible to do such things in Sharepoint designer?
Yes this can be done in SharePoint Designer. You need to set both the ID and the lookup value (the text that is displayed in the lookup field) - and these need to be separated by ;#
Build the following as a string before setting it to the lookup value.
[%Current Item:LookupList%];#[%Variable:NewItemID%];#[%Variable:NewItemTitle%]
In the example above, the first item is your original multi-select lookup list. The second, is the ID from the item that you want to add to the lookup, and the third is the title (or the value you're displaying in the field) from the item you're adding.