Control rule sets field value on a field that also has a control rule

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Hansen, Laura A

• January 16, 2019 20:03
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If I change one drop down control, I have a rule to set the value on a radio button.   On that radio button is a rule that is supposed to hide a few fields and change some mandatory / non mandatory fields.

It seems that using the Set Field Value in the first control does not trigger a change event for the second Field.  Shouldn't this work?

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  Lucas Drege

  • January 16, 2019 23:56

  hi Laura,

  Within eForms, we are limited to the actions set listed.  With your scenario, we will set the value of the radio button, not trigger it's rules.  That said, once we set the value of the radio button, we can trigger the rule through a helper method.

  Documentation Link

  

   

  Let me know if this works for you.

   

  Lucas

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  Hansen, Laura A

  • January 17, 2019 20:42

  Thank you.  I was looking at the helper methods but didn't see a lot of examples on how to use them.  I don't know if I'm reading your example correctly. 

  So the syntax is 

  eFormHelper.triggerControlRule({FieldID: "InternalName"}, function(r){});

  what is the function(r){} doing?

  I added for the 4 radio button that I'm updating their values and I want to launch the rules related to each but when I look at the form in preview and change the Type of Change to "Change Vendor" and the Reason for Modification to "EXTEND" the radio buttons update from NO to YES but rules on each do not fire. If I unhide these radio buttons and click them manually they make the changes I'm looking for, so I know the rules are good but can't seem to programmatically get them to fire.

  

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  Nik Chaphalkar

  • January 17, 2019 21:19

  I would think function(r){} is where you can put a function to store the result somewhere or do something with it. Like found here: https://documentation.agilepoint.com/00/appbuilder/cloudjsPrintForm.html 

  if (result.isSuccess) 
    {
        // Functionality goes here
    }  
    else 
    {
      // logs the hold exception object
      console.log(result.error);  
    }
  
  
  Note that recommend making a JS file in the shared folder so that you can reuse those calls in other forms/rules and update them better in the future. 

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  Hansen, Laura A

  • January 18, 2019 15:53

  Okay that makes sense.    But in the first example that Lucas Drege supplied is there something I'm missing in the setup?  Do I just put that script into the rule?  Or do I need to create a JS script? 

  I did only what you see in screen shot and when I run demo of form I don't see anything change.

  I'm not very java savy but I have slept at a Holiday Inn.  :)

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  Karl Makatenas

  • January 18, 2019 16:08

  Try changing all of your "ctrlField27x" to "fieldId".

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  Hansen, Laura A

  • January 18, 2019 16:36

  Thanks, I feel like I probably am getting the syntax wrong.  I've changed it to

  eFormHelper.triggerControlRule({fieldID: "HideTerms"}, function(r){});

  No error it just doesn't trigger.  I'm putting in a ticket.  I'm in a pinch to complete.  Thanks everyone for your input.

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  Karl Makatenas

  • January 18, 2019 16:38

  JavaScript is case-sensitive.  Try changing "fieldID" to "fieldId".

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  Hansen, Laura A

  • January 18, 2019 16:44

  OMG!  So I guess we file that under total rookie mistake eh?  

  Thank you that worked!!!  

  Thank you KARL!

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  Karl Makatenas

  • January 18, 2019 16:46

  Lucas actually taught me something, so thank him :)

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  Loren Bratzler

  • January 24, 2019 20:24

  I think there is a much easier way to do this.  You can create a simple one-line JavaScript function that triggers the change event for a control.

  Below is the syntax.  In this example, the internal name of the field I want to trigger the change event for is "CompanyNumber":

   

  function triggerCompanyChange()
  {
  $('#CompanyNumber').change();
  }

   

  Then in your rule for the drop-down, after you set the value for the radio button, you simply execute this JS function.  It will trigger the change event for the target field and the rules for that field will then be executed.

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