hidden field does not have value captured.

[xren]

Hi,

I have field1 for user input, then another field2 with value set by javascript when user input to the field1. Then values will be saved to DB.

When field2 is not hidden and 'editor' is displayed, then all values are saved to DB ok.

However, when field2 is hidden or when the 'editor' is not displayed, then its value is not captured.

Is this a bug or how this can be done?

Thanks,
Xiaoli

[Steve]

Hi Xiaoli,

I just tested this in my version of 4.4 and everything appears to work as expected.

I have three fields mapped to a resource. F1, F2, F3.

F1 and F3 are enterable fields on the form. F2 is hidden or display only.

script:

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fields.F2.value = 'TEST';
resources.MY_RESOURCE.insert();

Could you be doing a fetch before the insert/update and clearing the field by mistake?

Steve

[xren]

Hi Steve,

Sorry that I did not make it clear.

The setting value is not server side script. It is client side javascript.

Xiaoli

[jig]

Hi Xiaoli,

Make sure that 'field2' is not set as hidden in Ebase. If it is, then Ebase will not include 'field2' in the HTML and hence JavaScript won't find it. To get around this, you can always use CSS to hide 'field2' in UI.

Hope this helps!

Regards
Jignesh

[Wai]

Yep, use CSS to hide the field on the page:

For example:

display: none

This can be applied to a panel that contains your hidden fields for example.

[xren]

Thank you both for the tips.

Xiaoli