set field to script parameter

[VICH]

i don't want to set the field to the script parameter but define the field i want to be set to the script parameter...

i want field (script parameter) to be set to .....whatever...

Edited September 1, 2005 by Guest

[RalphL]

Script parameters are not fields. You can define them when you make a button or when you write a script. They can be defined as a calculation.

[VICH]

can you give me an example of what you mean...because i wrote a script

if [script parameter = ""]

set field [ , "x"

else

set field [ , ""]

i wrote it so that i could use it on several fields for the same purpose and i set it to the fields and set the script paramter to just equal that field...but how do i define the set fields to go to that field as well

[RalphL]

Try: if [ IsEmpty (Get (SriptParameter))]

You need to use the Get to get the value of the script parameter.

[VICH]

well where is says script parameter i left off the get part..that part isn't the problem is the set field...i know what i want to set the field to...i just need to be able to tell where to set

[RalphL]

Normally the set field names the field. If no field is named it will use the field selected in the browse or find mode. You may want to add a go to field step in your script.

[VICH]

i can't really select the field because i am making it into a button...can you set go to fields to script parameters...i'd check but i am updateing my software....

[RalphL]

Why don't you assign the parameter with the button, say the field name.

If [isEmpty (Get (SriptParameter))]

set field [Get (SriptParameter) , "x"

else

set field [Get (SriptParameter) , ""]

[VICH]

wait....

how do i set it up like that

Edited September 1, 2005 by Guest

[RalphL]

When you define the button there is a box near the bottom of the dialog box where you enter the script parameter for that button.

[VICH]

i know that part...but how do you define the set field to look for the script parameter

[comment]

In Set Field, the target field cannot be specified by calculation. Maybe in version 9...

[VICH]

do you have any alternative courses of action?

[RalphL]

OK, I see the problem. Here is a test script that works:

If [ IsEmpty ( GetField ( Get ( ScriptParameter ) ) ) ]

Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Empty"; Message: "Field is Empty"; Buttons: "OK" ]

Set Field [ SetField::TextField; "X" ]

Else

Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Not Empty"; Message: "Field is Not Empty"; Buttons: "OK" ]

Set Field [ SetField::TextField; "" ]

End If

It looks like you will have to hard code the set field's. You can use an IF [Get ( ScriptParameter ) ) = "FiledName" to select wich setfield to use.

[comment]

There is a workaround which I don't particularly like, that involves a loop using the Go to Next Field step (you need to be on a layout with all relevant fields included in the tab order).

You exit the loop if Get (ActiveFieldName) = Get (ScriptParameter), then use SetField without specifying the target field.

This sort of thing shouldn't be normally necessary, and the need for it usually signifies bad data structure.

[VICH]

well i just have to play around with it some more and see