Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

[srboyd]

I am trying to toggle the value of a couple of radio buttons (true/false) using a client side javascript function. I can�t find the code to set the value. For example, if I set one radio button to true, I want to set the other radio button to false. The radio buttons are in a frame. Does that matter in how I address the Radio Button? I set up the Radio Buttons as �logical� and gave one a default value of 1 and the other a value of 0. The function below shows how I try and change the value of a button. Any suggestions as to how to correct this syntax would be appreciated.

function chgRB()
{
{dialog.Object}.setValue('CompanySrch',0)
}

[TheSmitchell]

Re: Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

I believe the logic is...

{dialog.Object}.setValue('YourRadioButtonGroup', '0');

*Don't forget the semicolon.

Update:

I tested this with a Button whose onClick event is this:

var cur = {dialog.object}.getValue('RadioButton1');

if (cur == 0) {
  {dialog.object}.setValue('RadioButton1', '1');
}  else {
  {dialog.object}.setValue('RadioButton1', '0');
}

It toggled the selected radio value every time I clicked the button.

Update 2:
OOOH. Logical field. My bad... I don't know. :(

[TheSmitchell]

Re: Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

I found this: http://wiki.alphasoftware.com/Defini...p+++Down+Boxes

The second blue box states what you're looking for, I think:

"Note : Logical values are represented by the values "True" and "False". For example, if you wanted to use "Yes" and "No", you could have these entries in the list:

Yes|True
No|False"

[srboyd]

Re: Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

Both suggestions above have worked for me. Thank much! However, Sarah, I tried the option outlined in the article and tried to give one of my two options an initial value of "True" so the that the radio button shows that option checked when the page opens and was not successful. I tried all kinds of combinations of punctuation and couldn't get it to initialize as true. Have you ever been able to get a value to open initialized to true, and if so, how?

[TheSmitchell]

Re: Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

In the properties for the radio button, there's a "Default value" box. Type "True" or "False" in there (no quotes) to get your initial value. Doing it in code might not work. I did a test where I put the value of the radio group in a text box so I could see what it was. My radio group had two values:

Yes|True
No|False

When I selected "Yes", "true" was printed in my text box. When I selected "No", "false" printed. The value returned from a logical radio group is boolean (as I found out using the typeof function: typeof(x)). However, calling setValue('RadioButton1', true) or setValue('RadioButton1', false) did NOT change the selected radio value! I think this might be a legit problem. I'd suggest you send in a bug report to A5.

[srboyd]

Re: Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

In my output after I typed in True in the default value I went from two to options to 3 radio buttons.

Originally : Company Last Name (both radio buttons are not checked)
After: True Company Last Name (and last Name is checked as if true)

This is all very strange. I think you are correct. It seems like this code is very buggy.

[srboyd]

Re: Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

the formatting got messed up when I sent this. I will try and make this a little clearer:

In my output after I typed in True in the default value I went from 2 radio buttons to 3 radio buttons.

Originally :
Company
Last Name
(both radio buttons are not checked)

After:
True
Company
Last Name
(and last Name is checked as if true)

This is all very strange. I think you are correct. It seems like this code is very buggy.

[TheSmitchell]

Re: Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

Did you define your radio buttons with the value mapped? If you don't include the value, it will arbitrarily (though probably predictably) assign True and False:

Company|True
Last Name|False

Default Value : True

It should appear as this:

(*) Company
( ) Last Name

if you've set things up properly. Though I don't know about these logical fields...

[TheSmitchell]

Re: Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

Hmmmm. You should still have 2 radio buttons.

On the Design tab over in the properties window for your control, Properties > RadioButton Properties > Choices > <Click Button to Edit>. It will put you in the dialog where you define the value for your radio buttons. That's where you put this:

Company|True
Last Name|False

Save out of that. Then, look at Properties > Field Properties > Default value. Type "True" in Default value. Save.

[srboyd]

Re: Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

Yes, I set the default value to True and the value map is set as:

Company|True
LastName|False

The output is now:
( ) Company
(*) Last Name

Still a mystery. Thanks for the help.

[TheSmitchell]

Re: Change Radio Button Value in a Dialog

Never mind. It's not doing what I think it should do. Yeah. Contact A5. They'll probably know more.