Enable Expression For Repeating Section

[iRadiate]

I'm trying to disable a checkbox control based on whether a field in a repeating section is blank or not.

This expression will work to disable the checkbox based on a control outside of a repeating section:

Repair <> ''

However, the same expression doesn't work if the control is inside a repeating section:

PartNum <> ''

Anyone know how to make it work?

[[email protected]]

Re: Enable Expression For Repeating Section

What should happen if the field in line 1 is blank and the field is not blank in line 2?

[iRadiate]

Re: Enable Expression For Repeating Section

Here's a screenshot, if the Part Number inside the repeating section is blank, I want to disable the SSA checkbox outside of the repeating section. If the Part Number field is NOT blank, then I want to enable the SSA checkbox.

2016-02-23_11-14-01.jpg2016-02-23_11-20-09.jpg

It's like the UX can't see what's happening inside the repeating section.

[GGandhi]

Re: Enable Expression For Repeating Section

you could try something else
create another non bound field SSA2 ( hide it eventually)
and then go to the repeating section part number onChange event
add these inline javascript code

var partNumber = {dialog.Object}.getValue('PARTNUM');
if (partNumber != "") {
{dialog.Object}.setValue('SSA2',1 );
}

then on the enable/disable you add
if SSA2 != ""

I can test it little later

[Davidk]

Re: Enable Expression For Repeating Section

Are you asking about disabling a control that is NOT in a repeating section... based on a control that is in the repeating section? You can do this, but as Pieter points out, what's your level of checking? If you have 10 rows in a repeating section, then are you testing all 10 rows... or the 1st row... or the 6th row?

To disable a control that is NOT in a repeating section, based on a control in the 1st row of the a repeating section... you can do this.

Over_Budget_A5INSTANCE1 <> ''

Where Over_Budget is the control name in the repeating section and _A5INSTANCE1 is the 1st row of the repeating section.

But... this only seems to be valid for the 1st row. And if you use the builder to enter this expression you'll get an error that the field you're using isn't available.

In order to test all rows, you'd best do this with a javascript function on the Enable Expression property.

[iRadiate]

Re: Enable Expression For Repeating Section

Thanks David & Ghandi, both of your methods work.
I only require to check the first row instance in the repeating section, so David's method is the simplest approach.

Thank you for your help!