Makeing subforms visible depending on what is selected from the dropdown

[donn44157260]

Good day all;

Looks like I am batting “0” today. For some reason I am not able to get a number of things to work today… Maybe I should just write this day off as a loss..;>))

Any way; I am trying, without success to get sub forms to become visible depending on what is selected from a dropdown. I have tried using “switch” (see below) but I end up getting the famous “Syntax” error.

I have also tried an “if” (see below) statement, but that did not seem to work either.

What I would like to have happen is when a user selects 1 of 2 choices 1 of 2 sub forms becomes visible.

As well, if the user has initially selected the wrong dropdown and they select now select the correct one, I would like the incorrect sub form to become invisible again.

I would appreciate any help

switch (this.rawValue)

{

    case "2":

    staffing_inter.presence = "visible";

else

staffing_inter.presence = "hidden";

    break;

}

IF statement

if(this.rawValue = 2 )

{

    staffing_inter.presence = "visible"

}

else{

staffing_inter.presence = "hidden";

}

[Jono_Moore · Accepted solution]

Couple of things...

Switch() statements don't use "else". You have to specify each value. But you can nest other code inside a switch() statement.

Using a dropdown you have to get the new value when the selection is made.

So (this assumes you've done "Specify Item Values" on the Binding tab for the DDL):

var newValue = this.boundItem(xfa.event.newText);
switch(newValue){
     case "1":
          //code
     break;
     case "2":
          //code
     break;
     //etc.
}

Or with your if statement:

var newValue = this.boundItem(xfa.event.newText);
if(newValue = 2){
    staffing_inter.presence = "visible"
}
else{
     staffing_inter.presence = "hidden";
}

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Also, the double equal sign in the test for the if statement...

[Jono_Moore]

Oops missed that! Thanks Niall!

[donn44157260]

Thank you Jono and Niall;

I was looking through the forum and found a post by Niall that appears to be working; I was wondering if this should be used or the one that Jono has posted...

staffing_inter.presence = "hidden";

staffing_inter.preAsence = "hidden";

// Then show the appropriate one

if (this.rawValue == "2") {

staffing_inter.presence = "visible";

}

else if (this.rawValue == "3") {

    staffing_exter.presence = "visible";

}

[Jono_Moore]

Whatever works for your needs - that's going to partially depend on your layout and what is visible/not visible at the start.

[donn44157260]

Thanks Jono;

It seems that this request is still evolving.. Go figure.. ;>))

Thanks again

Chomp