Fill column after lookup is modified

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Hi,

I have a grid with columns. When one of them (StringEdit with overriden lookup) is modified I want to fill another column's value. I've tried setting autodeclaration to yes and then set text property, but it doesn't work.

Any ideas how to do this?

Thank you in advance.

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The grid most probably displays table fields and not unassigned StringEdits. So the correct approach would be to override the modifiedField method of the table and put your logic there (when field x changes, fill field y).

If it's indeed unassigned form controls it should work with autoDeclaration and the modified method.

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It displays table fields.

Any examples how to code in modifiedField method?

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It is very simple. If you need only in form level you can override the modify method in control and write code to assign the another column. If you need global for this table please use table modifyfield method.

If both column is bound control please write code as below in lookup control

public void modified()

{

super();

//second column

table.field = your value // Should be same data type. otherwise conversion is required && if it is bound control.

// If it is un-bound string control made auto declaration yes and write below code

strinfEdit.text('your value')

}

If you want to write table level please check modifyfield method is there or not if it is not there please ovveride

write as below code

public void modifiedField(FieldId _fieldId)

{

super(_fieldId);

switch (_fieldId)

{

case fieldNum(TableName, FieldName) : // Look up control

this.FieldName=' Your value'

break;

}

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Just check a standard modifiedFieldValue/modifiedField method to see how they work (There are two different methods that do the same. I don't know the difference). Almost all bigger tables have them.

e.g. InventTable.modifiedFieldValue

The method gets the modified field passed and then there is a switch case on the passed field. If it is your field that was passed, you can assign values to other table fields in the case.

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I do agree with jens

writing code at table level is more better option in this case to prompt it from anywhere

proceed for modifiedField with code as under

case fieldNum(TableName,FieldName1):

this.FieldName2 = 'SOME VALUE';

break

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Hi Bhaskar,

As I said in first post, it doesn't work that way.

Hi Jens,

Thank you very much, now it works just fine.

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Hi, I did assign values in other tables. I created modified field in inventtablemodule, if I change a value in a field, it will update a field in BOM table. However, the data is display in form not display the real data that already change in inventtablemodule. But when I debug, after finish debug, the field value can change. But if i am not doing debug, the value not show the real time data in the form of BOM as datasource.

public void modifiedField(fieldId _fieldId)

{

super(_fieldId);

if(this.isFormDataSource())

{

switch(_fieldId)

{

case fieldnum(InventTableModule,UnitId):

this.PopulateInventUnit();

this.updateBOMID();

break;

}

}

}---------------------

void updateBOMID()

{

BOM tblBOM;

InventItemInventSetup inventItemInventSetup;

inventDimId inventDimBlank;

InventTableModule inventTableModule,inventTableModule2,inventTableModule3;

InventTable inventTBL;

str id,id2,id3;

;

if(this.UnitId!='STOP')

{

ttsbegin;

select forupdate tblBOM

where tblBOM.ItemId == this.ItemId ;

{

Select inventTableModule

where inventTableModule.ModuleType == ModuleInventPurchSales::Invent && inventTableModule.ItemId == this.ItemId;

{

tblBOM.UnitId = inventTableModule.UnitId;

tblBOM.doupdate();

}

}

ttscommit;

}

}

Can anyone help me.Thanks

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You are probably missing a reread/refresh or research of the data source but note that you should not run any updates in a modifiedField method. ModifiedField is triggered as soon as a field is modified while the record is most likely not yet updated. If you update a related record and then the update of the main record fails or is aborted by the user, you will have inconsistent data. You should only update related records if the main record is updated as well.

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