Setting property for multiple objects?

[JCAOC]

Adobe Pro X; ES2

I need to set the access property for multiple objects based on the selection of a radio button group. I assume I have to use resolveNodes(), but cannot for the life of me get it to work. Here's what I've played with :

if (this.rawValue == "1") { 

xfa.resolveNodes("OtherCase_gp.[*]").access = "open";     

} else {  

xfa.resolveNodes("OtherCase_gp.[*]").access = "readOnly";

}

If I use Action Builder, I get endless lines of "oTargetField = this.resolveNode("OtherCase_gp.OtherCaseOther_cb"); oTargetField.access = "readOnly";" There must be a better, more efficient way to do this!

[radzmar]

Ok,

there a many ways to do this.

Either be resolveNode or by a loop.

Here's an example with using a loop.

It will lock or unlock all fields named "OtherCaseOther_cb".

// function to lock or unlock fields
function setAccess(vNode, accessType) {
          if (vNode.className === "field") {
                    if (vNode.getAttribute("name") == "OtherCaseOther_cb") {
                              vNode.access = accessType;
                    }
    } 
    for (var f = 0; f < vNode.nodes.length; f += 1) {
        setAccess(vNode.nodes.item(f), accessType);
    }
}
// Check the selection of the radio button group 
if (this.rawValue == "1") {
          setAccess(xfa.form, "open");
} else {
          setAccess(xfa.form, "readOnly");
}

[JCAOC]

Thanks, radzmar - however, the fields that need to be locked based on the selection in the exclusion grp are named with different names. They do all belong to a grouping called "OtherCase_gp", and all have names that follow the format "OtherCaseXX_yy". That's why I thought the recolveNotes/wildcard combination would be handy.

[_Bruce_Robertson]

Hi,

Here's another way to try;

var fields = xfa.resolveNodes("OtherCase_gp.#field.(name.substring(0,9) == 'OtherCase')");

for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++)

{

    fields.item(0).access = (this.rawValue == "1") ? "open" : "readOnly";

}

This approach will only work if your fields are all under OtherCase_gp, Radzmar's solution is more general if your form has a more complicated hierarchy.

Regards

Bruce

[JCAOC]

I’ll try it – thanks!

Camilla