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    dialog calculated field error

    I took the invoice template, and modified it for inputting receipt data. Worked fine until I realized I needed a way to set up the repeating section so that each item could either be taxed or not. Well I set up a check box with a default check. I then added a hidden field (copied the extendedTotal field, and it created extendedTotal1.) I added an if statement so that the field would be filled with the same info as the original field, but it would be 0 if the check box is not checked.

    I then changed the tax calculated field to:
    Code:
    (summary.EXTENDEDTOTAL1.total   * TaxRate ) / 100
    Pretty much all I did was add a 1 to it. But testing it, it worked exactly how it should.

    Next I modified the grandTotal field (again adding in just the 1) like this:
    Code:
    (summary.EXTENDEDTOTAL.total)  + ((summary.EXTENDEDTOTAL1.total  * TaxRate ) / 100)  + shipping
    Now suddenly I get an error with the javascript, telling me that it's Unable to get the value of the property 'total': object is null or undefined.

    I remove the 1, and the error goes away, but then it doesn't filter out the taxes.

    Because the tax field already has the number I need, I tried this:
    Code:
    (summary.EXTENDEDTOTAL.total)  +  tax  + shipping
    Lo and behold, it works. But with issues.

    If you change the tax rate, or make it 0, it updates. If you uncheck the box, the tax updated, but not the grandTotal, until you change the tax rate.

    So I am confused as to why just adding a 1 will cause one field to fail, but not another, and why using a different variable results in the other issues I mentioned.

    All these fields are unbound calculated fields, so no data is actually affected. But I know people will be confused. If there is a glitch, people will find it, and this one is pretty easy to find.

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    Re: dialog calculated field error

    Well, I tried to just copy the working field, resulting in EXTENDEDTOTAL3, and did not make any changes, then reference it instead of 2, and it still doesn't work right. So even though it is an exact duplicate of the field in every way except the name, for some reason using it instead of the original results in an error.

    But I did find that changing the action script in the afterDialogValidate from enter new record after submit to edit the record, and it works. The error goes away.

    Now unfortunately this gives me a problem with 2 other fields. I have a drop down box that stores an ID and shows a company name, but it also fills in the address, though unbound. These unbound fields clear out after submit. They are only for reference, but it would be nice to not have them vanish. And the same thing occurs with a lookup field in the repeating section. It is also an unbound field, and it supplies a reference to product ID that is stored in a hidden field.

    The first unbound fields, I may be able to work around easily enough, but the second is filled in through a lookup that opens a grid with cascading choices, with data based on 3 tables. (Using defined group breaks.)

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