instanceManager Question

[Former Community Member]

Hi,



Wondered if anyone has run into this. Basically I am trying to programatically add instances of a repeating subform. The trick is I don't want the subform visible to begin with, (min count = 0). Apparently it is not as simple as:



Item.instanceManager.addInstance(1);



Which works when the min count = 1. Any ideas on how I can code to add instances to a repeating subform that starts out with a min count = 0?



Any help would be appreciated.



Thanks



Ken

[_SekharN_]

try the following....



//Invoke the Instance Manager to add one instance of the detail subform.

_Item.addInstance(1);//where "Item" is the subform Name



//Invoke the recalculate method to include the field values from the added subform in calculations.

xfa.form.recalculate(1);

[Former Community Member]

SekharN,



Thanks for the timely reply.



What I seem to run into is that when the min count = 0 my efforts to refer to the subform "Item" within my code result in an error message indicating that "Item" isn't defined.



How do I refer to the subform initially?



Ken

[_SekharN_]

Unknown whether you selected "Repeat Subform for Each Data Item" under subform Binding tab. You can check that and leave "Min Count:, Max: and Initial Count:" unchecked. Then you will not run into such problem.<br />again the syntax for add instance is:<br />"_<subformname>.addInstace(1)" //"_" (Underscore) is a reference notation not part of the subform name.<br /><br />If you still can not over come the issue I can offer help at "meetsekharv AT yahoo.com"

[Former Community Member]

SekharN,



Sorry, I don't mean to be a pest. Here is some additional info:



I reduced my test form to the bare essentials. I have one main subform called Main that contains a sub form called Sub1. Main is defined as flowed and Sub1 is positioned with "Repeat for all data" checked (This time I left the min, max, and initial counts unchecked.



I have one button for adding and instance located in Main. The code behind the button is exactly as follows:



var oSubform = this.resolveNode("Main.Sub1");

var oNewInstance = oSubform.instanceManager.addInstance(1);

xfa.form.recalculate(1);



This results in an error that indicates my subform reference has no properties. When I switch to min count = 1 the button adds a new instance of the subform, (but as you may recall my objective is to not have an initial instance of the subform visible or taking up room which is why I am attempting to do this without a min count = 1).



Using an "_" in front of the sub form name as follows:



_Sub1.instanceManager.addInstance(1);

xfa.form.recalculate(1);



I receive an error message that reads "General Error: Operation Failed".



If this is supposed to work could it be the version of LiveCycle Designer I am using?

[Former Community Member]

My appologies. I re-read your previous reply and double checked my code and realized that I had incorrectly used the _Sub1.instanceManager.addInstance(1);



rather then _Sub1.addInstance(1);



It seems to be working now.



Many thanks!