Spin List Get Display Value

[mastermind315]

I have a text box that I want to show the display value in a spin list. The spin list is set based on data series and the display value is one field (Car Brand) and the stored value is another field (idCarBrand). How do I get the displayed value from the spin list so the text box can display it?

[Davidk]

Re: Spin List Get Display Value

You can do this with a bit of javascript by iterating over the Spin control array that Alpha builds.

I wanted to use indexOf for this but I'm not quite sure how to use it when dealing with an Object.

Anyway... this is fast and works nicely. Have a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOpQ3TmJZ4k

[mastermind315]

Re: Spin List Get Display Value

Thank you very much... this is exactly what I need.
Selwyn also sent me a video using the index method, the one you're mentioning you couldn't worked out.
Here is the url for his video: http://screencast.com/t/iKJpBtdo3KL (He is also explaining another doubt I had)

Thank you!

[mastermind315]

Re: Spin List Get Display Value

I tried your method but I'm getting an error, please see attachment. I don't don't know if it has to be that I'm using data series.
Screenshot_2.jpg

[Davidk]

Re: Spin List Get Display Value

So... using Selwyn's excellent code... and Selwyn's reminder about a control's "Initialized" property... here's how I would use the OnSelect event of a SpinList control...

if (this.initialized){
	var ctrlSpin = {dialog.Object}.getControl('spin1');
	var spinValue = ctrlSpin.value;
	var spinData = ctrlSpin._data;
	var indx = {dialog.object}._findArrayProp(spinData,"value",spinValue);
	var spinHTML = spinData[indx].html;

	{dialog.Object}.setValue('spinStore',this.value);
	{dialog.Object}.setValue('spinDisplay',spinHTML);
}

[mastermind315]

Re: Spin List Get Display Value

Thank you very much David, this one worked ;)

[bob9145]

Re: Spin List Get Display Value

Using a spin control in a UX based on a data series, with a displayed value, and a stored value. Would like to use the displayed value in a server side event. Trying to add the value to an automated email. The stored value is available in the action Scripting builder as {company_ID}, however the displayed value companyname is not.

So my thinking is to create another control on the dialog to capture this value. So once the spinlist is set by the user this extra control, company is populated with the companyname (the displayed value), hence now being available in the builder as a place holder {company}.

Is this a good approach, or is there a simpler way to accomplish this? Can I do this as a calculated field, or should it be done in a validation property of the spin control? Or should this be done as an additional server side event using e.data? Thinking this would be done in a variation of Dave/Elliot's code in this post in a control property?

Bob

[Davidk]

Re: Spin List Get Display Value

You'd use the same technique that Selwyn detailed for finding the Display value of a Dropdown control... but it's a bit simpler with a SpinList control. I'm running this in the onSelect event of a SpinList control.

Get the value of your selection. The onSelect event gives you 'this' and this._data gives you an data array of objects. Each object in the this._data array has a .value and .html property. Use the value of the control from the .getValue statement to find the index, based on value, in the array. Then grabs that array's html property.

	var sCountry = {dialog.Object}.getValue('spinCountry');
	var indx = {dialog.object}._findArrayProp(this._data,'value',sCountry);
	var display= this._data[indx].html;
	alert("value: " + sCountry + ' -- display: ' + display);

[bob9145]

Re: Spin List Get Display Value

Dave,
Couldn't get your second solution to work. No pop up dialog box, and an error in the Chrome debugger: Uncaught Reference Error sData is not defined. However I used the solution you provided for Elliot that worked for me.

if (this.initialized){
var ctrlSpin = {dialog.Object}.getControl('spin1');
var spinValue = ctrlSpin.value;
var spinData = ctrlSpin._data;
var indx = {dialog.object}._findArrayProp(spinData,"value",spinValue);
var spinHTML = spinData[indx].html;

{dialog.Object}.setValue('spinStore',this.value);
{dialog.Object}.setValue('spinDisplay',spinHTML);
}

Created 2 additional controls spinStore and spinDisplay that populate when the onSelect of spin1 is fired. These now show up as a {placeholder} in the action scripting builder in the server side events, and can be used in the email script as {spinStore} and {spinDisplay}.
Thanks again for your help!

[Davidk]

Re: Spin List Get Display Value

Sorry... I thought I'd updated that code... but it didn't take. It's updated now.