store dropdown value to var on form load

[#1]

I have several forms I'm trying to build and use dropdown fields in.  The forms work great up to a point, they store the user selected values when entered and saved, when reopened the form dropdown shows the saved value.  I am trying to use code to fire after the form opens and use the saved and visible dropdown value which loaded into the field via a function or with code.

I'm trying to read the saved value after it reopens and have tried unsuccessfully to use a lot of event.  I find it hard to believe the value is not  available

//doesn't retrieve any value if called from field events initialize, calculate, validate, postopen, docready, ready:form
var myrawValue = this.rawValue 
var myValue = this.value 
xfa.host.messageBox(myrawValue + " --> " +myValue ,"Show DropDown Values", 2, 2);

function fShowSign() 
//Called from the field Change Event  
{
//called from the field change event works great!
//doesn't retrieve any value if called from field events initialize, calculate, validate, postopen, docready, ready:form
var oldValue = LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.cboSigner.boundItem(xfa.event.prevText);   
var newValue = LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.cboSigner.boundItem(xfa.event.newText);
  // For DEBUGGING purposes
 xfa.host.messageBox(oldValue + " --> " +newValue ,"fShowSign", 2, 2);
 // show the appropriate subform
 switch (newValue) {
  case "2": 
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign1").presence= "visible";
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign2").presence= "visible";
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign3").presence= "hidden";
  break;
  default:
  // hide all 
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign1").presence= "hidden";
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign2").presence= "hidden";
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign3").presence= "hidden";
  break; 
} 
}

function fSignLoad()
{
//doesn't retrieve any value if called from field events initialize, calculate, validate, postopen, docready, ready:form
var myValue = LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.cboSigner.boundItem(xfa.event.change);  
  // For DEBUGGING purposes
 xfa.host.messageBox(myValue + " --> " +myValue ,"fSignLoad", 2, 2);
 // show the appropriate subform
 switch (myValue) {
  case "2": 
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign1").presence= "visible";
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign2").presence= "visible";
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign3").presence= "hidden";
  break;
  default:
  // hide all 
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign1").presence= "hidden";
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign2").presence= "hidden";
   xfa.resolveNode("LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.sfrmSign3").presence= "hidden";
  break; 
} 
}

[#2 · Accepted solution]

To make this work I inserted a script object and named it "Signers"  then inserted the below function.

LP.#variables[0].Signers - (JavaScript, client)

Then on the actual dropdown field I added a change event where I called the function using the below syntax;

LP.Pg1.Pg1Ft.cboSigner::change - (JavaScript, client)

 var vCallEvent = "Field cboSigner::change ";
 Signers.fShowSign(vCallEvent)

Then on the FORM I added a ready event where I called the function using the below syntax;

LP::ready:form - (JavaScript, client)

 var vCallEvent = "FORM ::ready:form ";
 Signers.fShowSign(vCallEvent)

Hope this helps others who want to use a dynamic form layout based on field dropdown values.

[#3]

If you add a variable to your script object, you can recall and set it at any time by referencing it. You could set it when the dropdown is exited and recall it when the form is loaded in the docReady event.

In this example the reference would be vars.myVariable

Examples

vars.myVariable = TextField1.rawValue;

TextField1.rawValue = vars.myVariable;

Could this help you?