To pass value of a field from page properties dialog to component dialog

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Hi All,Suppose in my page properties I have some custom tabs and there is a textfield in it.In my component dialog, there is a text field which should be pre-populated with values from the above mentioned field. Tried with the below listener functions, but not working properly. function(box,val){var dlg = box.findParentByType('dialog');var sel = dlg.getField('./pagepropfield').getValue();var field = dlg.getField('./componentdialogfield');field.setValue(sel);}function(comp) { var dlg = comp.findParentByType('dialog'); var sel = dlg.getField('./pagepropfieldl').getValue();alert(val); var field = dlg.getField('./componentdialogfield');field.setValue(sel);}Any thoughts/pointers on this will be really helpful.

kautuk_sahni · Accepted Answer

As mentioned by Scott,You would need to write custom xtype, which will actually reads/fetches the page properties value from JCR node and set in to the dialog field.Reference article to support your use-case:-http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21325733/pass-data-from-one-component-to-another-in-adobe-cq//Pass data from one component to another in adobe CQ  Only difference in your use-case is to fetch from page property.I hope this will help you.Thanks and RegardsKautuk Sahni

smacdonald2008 · Answer

You would need to write a custom xtype and in that xtype - which is just JS - retrieve the page props and then set the dialog fields. We have a article that shows you how to dynamically set fields in a dialog.

http://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/dynamically-updating-aem-custom-xtype.html

The only difference from your use case is you want to read values from the page props - not from another dialog field. However - this points you in the right direction.

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