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deckarduk
deckarduk
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August 1, 2022
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Query re check box groups, help required please...

  • August 1, 2022
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Hi there,

 

Just a quick question regarding checkbox groups.

 

I have a group of checkboxes and they're all named the same - xyz.

I can reference each checkbox as below:

var w = this.getField("xyz.0")
w.checkThisBox(0,true);

Using the index xyx.0, xyz.1, xyz.2 etc I can reference each checkbox individually.

 

Is there a way to get the number of checkboxes, or widgets, in the group?

I've tried a couple of things, such as w.length and w.count, but as yet haven't succeeded.

Obviously when trying to reference the group I'm using var w = this.getField("xyz"), there is no index as the code above.

 

Thanks in advance.

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    try67
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    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 1, 2022

    You can do it using the exportValues or page properties. Both will return an array, and the length of that array is the number of "widgets" in the group.

     

    PS. The first parameter of checkThisBox is the index number of the box to check, so instead of doing it like this:

    var w = this.getField("xyz.0")
    w.checkThisBox(0,true);

    You can just use:

    this.getField("xyz").checkThisBox(0,true);

    deckarduk
    deckardukAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 1, 2022

    Hi Gilad,

    Thanks for the help, much appreciated 👍

    Thanks also for the PS coding tip 🙂

    Cheers!

    try67
    Community Expert
    try67Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 1, 2022

    Just one small clarification, if there's only one widget the page property will return a number, not an array.

    The exportValues property always returns an array, but it can only be used for check-boxes and radio-buttons, while page is available for any type of field.

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