Setting the Value of a Readonly field

[Chris Iacovelli]

This one has me scratching my head for more than a few days.

I have two fields the are drop downs from another form and each field has a corresponding Readonly field to display the description of the item selected in the drop down.

The second drop down values are (see Dynamic Filtering of a Smart Dropdown Based on Pop...) filtered based upon the entry in the first drop down.

Both drop downs work without issue as does the first Readonly field.

The second Readonly field seems to be the problematic one. It will not properly populate the field upon the entry of the second drop down. Def is below:

My understanding is that the Readonly field should populate once the entry is made in the bizArchMinor field (as this is what happens with the first drop down and Readonly field), however, it does not. Moreover, it immediately populates when i try to enter a record into the form:

"Made It" was encoded as part of debugging to get to the bug i am encountering.

I am sure i am doing something obvious but I cannot see it at this time.

Any suggestions?

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ · Accepted solution]

HI @Chris Iacovelli 

So, what is not working in your setup? Setting a dynamic value?

The value is set "immediately" because the "condition" parameter is left emty, which means "always". So, that is why it is set on "form load"

Alex

[Chris Iacovelli]

"The value is set "immediately" because ..." seems a bit off as I am tracking a field for changes and, as I understand the macro, it should only be invoked if the watched field changes (much like the first drop down). But I could be wrong in my interpretation and am willing to be educated.

In further debugging, I removed the filter for the second drop down field based on the entry in the first drop down (Business Architecture - Major) and surprise surprise, the description field for the second drop down is now being populated correctly when the second drop down field (Business Architecture - Minor) changes and not when the form is opened for entry.

A bit lost and confused here. Not sure how to fix the problem the filter is causing on the rule to populate the Readonly field.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

If you set the rule to be invoked "on user action only" then it will be like that and will not invoke in form load

[Robert Hean]

Heya @Chris Iacovelli - looks like you're using Confiforms? If so you may need to reach out to them directly as this is marketplace app... I think this is their help center.

[Chris Iacovelli]

@Robert Hean - you're right, I am using confiforms. Alex Medved is usually in and around these questions and provides great insights. I'll also try the URL you provided.