Auto Copy column contents to another column

[Mallard27]

I have two tables:  A and B.  A has a row called 'Analysis' and B a row called 'Remarks'; this table only has 1 row.  There is a button in the Analysis row that when clicked inserts a row after the first for both tables.  Both tables have a column called 'WBSCLIN' and they are text fields.  I need to have Remarks 'WBSCLIN' match Analysis 'WBSCLIN'.

I have tried many different formulas but I always end up getting Remarks 'WBSCLIN' to equal the first column cell (first row) of Analysis 'WBSCLIN' the whole column down.  It would be nice if there was a formula I could put in the Remarks 'WBSCLIN' cell on Row 1 that would get repeated everytime the button was pressed; however, I would be just as happy if there was a formula I could put in another button called 'generate' that when pressed would copy the column from 'Analysis' to 'Remarks'.  It is important to note that Table A has 4 rows to start: the first row which will contain data, the second is a blank spacer, and the last 2 are Totals sections that total columns and such. If the solution requires me to break this into another table, I am ok with that too.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mallard27

[Former Community Member]

If this is a repeating row then each Remarks field will have the same name in each row. So to indicate which one you want you must use the full path to the field (including occurance numbers where neccessary). So using standard table structures:

TableB.Row.comments.rawValue = TableA.Row.remarks.rawValue

This statement will always take the 1st row of each table as its default.

So you must include the occurance of th erepeating subform .....in this case Row.

So the expression shoudl read:

TableB.Row[1].rawValue = TableA.Row[1].remarks.rawValue.

If you need to programmatically set the occurance with a counter [i] then you must use a different notation to have the counter resolved before the expression is evaluated. The xfa.resolveNode syntax allows you to enter a strinng for the expression to be evaluated. This style will work:

xfa.resolveNode("TableB.Row[" + i + "]").rawVlue = xfa.resolveNode("TableA.Row[" + i + "]").rawValue;

Make sense?

Paul

[Mallard27]

Paul,

I have tried the following:

Table A = Analysis_Summary

   Row in question = Analysis

   Cell I want = WBSCLIN

Table B = Remarks_Summary

   Row in question = Remarks

   Cell I want = WBSCLIN

var i = 0;
xfa.resolveNode("Remarks_Summary.Remarks[" + i + "].WBSCLIN").rawVlue = xfa.resolveNode("Analysis_Summary.Analysis[" + i + "].WBSCLIN").rawValue;

I end up getting the same value repeated on every line I insert.  I know I must be missing something.

Thanks,

Mallard27

[Former Community Member]

But i is always = to 0 hence you are always referencing the first row. Are you trying to do this after the tables have been completed or as th euser is filling it out row by row? Also there is a typo in th eremarks_summary statement.....rawVlue shoudl be rawValue

Paul

[Mallard27]

Paul,

Preferably, while the user is filling it out row by row.  If that is not possible, then I would be ok with using a button to do it.

Thanks,

Mallard27

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

Then you will need to know which instance of the row you are on. You can get that by using the this.parent.index on any object in the row.

Paul

[Mallard27]

Thanks Paul!

For anyone interested, here is the final code i used in FromCalc; and it works flawlessly:

form1.Remarks_Page_3.Remarks_Summary.Remarks[this.parent.index].WBSCLIN = form1.Analysis_Summary.Analysis[this.parent.index].WBSCLIN