formcalc: access = "protected" puts protected literal in field.

[gary7421]

Hi. I have a form that has a field, EmpNbr, appearing twice. The two fields share the same name with Data Binding set to Use Global Data. I don't want the second field to be enterable so I set the field to protected using FormCalc, see clip below. When viewing the form in Preview PDF it is indeed protected, the cursor skips the field. However, both fields show the literal protected as the initial field value. Why is the literal protected being populated and how can I prevent it?

If I change the access to readOnly, that becomes the initial value.

It doesn't help if I change FC to JS.

Below is a clip of the access command --

topmostSubform.Page1.EmpNbr[1]::calculate - (FormCalc, client)

  $.access = "protected"

Thanks for any insight.

Gary

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

The calculate event is "special" and is setup to return whatever the script on the event does back to the caller (in your case the field). So if you add a $.rawValue to the end of your script it will return the current value of the field and all shoudl be good. Note that if you used a different event then this woudl not happen as Calculate is the only event that operates this way.

So your script shoudl be:

$.access = "protected"

$.rawValue

Hope that helps

Paul

[gary7421]

Aha! Thank you.

If only life was that simple.