Issue

I have a drop-down List (SelectedName) on a Dialog (Master).  Based on the answers in a collection (Names) on the same form, I want to create or refresh the drop-down List (TempList).

Is there a way to tell SelectedName to refresh its List on the same dialog?

Solution

There is a new method in 4.2.3, ThisDialog.RefreshField("Fieldname"), which is particularly useful in this case.  So this is what we would recommend:

1. In your Dialog, create your drop-down List field (e.g.,"ListOfNames") in the normal way.  Point it to a List called "TempList" in the appropriate location.  This List can be empty to begin with.

2. In the OnExit Event of your Collection field ("Names"), execute the following script:

// Load the list in to memory:

%[TempList=Lists.Select("\DDS", "TempList")]

// Clear the list values:

%[TempList.Clear('*', '*')]

// Repopulate the list from the dialog collection (item, result)

%[ForEachBlock("Name", ThisDialog.Names)]

%[TempList.Add(Name.FirstName, Name.FirstName)]

%[EndBlock]

// Save the repoplulated list

%[TempList.SaveAs("\DDS", "TempList")]

// Refresh the drop-down field

%[ThisDialog.RefreshField("ListOfNames")]

Dan Todes