Getting a field value from a list in a CHILD UX and inserting the value in a field in the PARENT UX

[J.R. Noe]

I have a UX with a button that opens another UX with a list control. I want to be able to click a button on the list control record and retrieve the AID# from that list and insert that number into a field on the first UX.

[WebDesignShop]

You can reference parent objects in a sub component by using: .getParentObject and then using .setValue and then save. So, you would have a javascript function that references the parent object, finds the field in the parent list, sets the value of that field, then saves the parent record. Is that for the linking field between the parent and the sub? Because if so, it should be done differently.

[J.R. Noe]

It is not for linking, it is only for a search for a previous entered number and to utilize it.
Thank you.

[Pizzadude]

Put this in the click event of the button, where FieldName is the case sensitive name of the field in the list control:

[FONT=Calibri]var _par = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();[/FONT]

[FONT=Calibri]if(_par) {[/FONT]
var _x = {dialog.Object}.getValue(data.FieldName);
_par.setValue(UXControlName,value);

[FONT=Calibri]}[/FONT]

[J.R. Noe]

Thank you Pizzadude. I cannot get it to work but I think its because I did not explain it correctly and I may be confused on what constitutes a "parent/child" relationship. I assumed any UX that is opened from another UX would be a "parent/child", but I'm not sure that is correct.
The UX that is opened with the list is not related to the UX that opened it, so does that mean it is not technically a "Parent"? The UX that is opened is a list of previous records that I want to retrieve the AID# from.

[Pizzadude]

The UX that is opened with the list is not related to the UX that opened it

That makes a difference, but I am not clear on your situation.
A UX that is opened is always related to the UX that opens it.
If you have UX "A" with a button on it that opens UX "B", then UX "A' is the parent of UX "B".

FYI I don't know where the [FONT=Calibri] came from in my earlier post.
This is how it should read:

var _par = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();
if(_par){
var _x = {dialog.Object}.getValue(data.FieldName);
_par.setValue(UXControlName,_x);
}

If UX "B" contains a list, and the list contains a button that appears on each row of the list, the above code should work.
But you must change FieldName to the case sensitive name of the field in the list you want to obtain the AID# from.
And also change UXControlName to the name of the control you want to target in UX "A". It should be in quotes, something like _par.setValue('MyContolName',_x);

[J.R. Noe]

For some reason it is not picking up the aid_num field in the list control. So I did a workaround by capturing the aid_num in a textbox at the top of the UX when a row is clicked on in the list. I then use that textbox's value to send back to the parent. I also had to use "+_x" in the setValue.

var _par = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();
if(_par){
//var _x = {dialog.Object}.getValue(data.FieldName);
var _x = {dialog.Object}.getValue('FILTER_AID_BOX');
_par.setValue('aid_num',+_x);
}

[J.R. Noe]

OK, I got it working and getting the data from the list.

var _par = {dialog.Object}.getParentObject();
if(_par) {
var _x = {dialog.object}.getValue('list::AIDNUM_LIST::aid_num');
_par.setValue('aid_num',+_x);
}