Using Script and Form

[lemonjuice]

Is it posible to call a script from a form and place values in a listbox(on the form) from within the script? If so, how will i do that?

 

[Langley]

Make a table to hold the values you want in the list. In my example the table is called myListValues.db and it has one field called listofstuff, which has several records. Each record contains one value for my list, for example:

listofstuff
-----------
red
blue
green
orange

The following code opens the form and populates the list, and can be placed in a script.

var
myForm	form
endvar

myForm.open(":work:LJsForm")
myForm.#List6.datasource="[:work:myListValues.listofstuff]"

#List6 is name of the list object in the combo or list field (yours will be different - leave the default, don't rename it).



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[CleoMan]

But how would you populate the listbox one list item at a time? What if the form is already open?

 

[Kliot]

Check out Lances web site for a great and detailed instructions on dynamically populating dropdown lists.

http://www.techtricks.com/paradox/poplists.php