Help with my Javascript to auto populate to two fields

Report · Aug 14, 2018

Can anyone please help me? I can't figure out why my javascript isn't working, I am trying to auto populate from a drop down list into two text fields, I am going off the script example in the middle which I got off the internet. It worked like a charm when I entered the bottom script but I was only auto populating to one text field. I have ' in front of the digits starting with 0 on the JobStep but I need those. What am I doing wrong? PS I'm very new at this javascript stuff

// Place all prepopulation data into a single data structure

var DeptData = { 1060 Foreman 1:{ JobType: "012DO",

JobStep: "’0234" },

1031 Foreman 2:{ JobType: "034DO",

JobStep: "’0345" },

1054 Subforeman:{ JobType: "'056DO",

JobStep: "'0756” },

1011 Equipment Operator 1:{ JobType: "078DO",

JobStep: "'0450” },

1015 Equipment Operator 4A :{ JobType: "037DO",

JobStep: "0750” },

1021 Truck Driver 1:{ JobType: "058DO",

JobStep: "'0460” },

1022 Truck Driver 2:{ JobType: "094DO",

JobStep: "’0260” },

1023 Truck Drive 3:{ JobType: "082DO",

JobStep: "’0370” },

1039 Lead Hand Asphalt:{ JobType: "320DO",

JobStep: "1278” },

1047 Rough Carpenter:{ JobType: "027DO",

JobStep: "0640 },

1031 Sweeper Equipment Operator:{ JobType: "068DO",

JobStep: "'0115 },

1005 Painter Tradesman 1:{ JobType: "036DO",

JobStep: "’0020" }};

function SetFieldValuesActingJob1Emp1(cDeptName)

{

this.getField("TypeJob1Emp1").value = DeptData[cDeptName].JobType;

this.getField("StepJob1Emp1").value = DeptData[cDeptName].JobStep;

}

This is the scipt I got off the internet as an example:

// Place all prepopulation data into a single data structure

var DeptData = { Accounting:{ contact: "Steala Damuni",

email: "accounting@mycomp.com",

deptnum: "cmp1234" },

Engineering:{ contact: "Frank N. Stien",

email: "engineering@mycomp.com",

deptnum: "eng1234" },

Marketing :{ contact: "Shelly Oughtbuks",

email: "marketing@mycomp.com",

deptnum: "mkt1234" },

ITSupport:{ contact: "Goah Wei",

email: "it@mycomp.com",

deptnum: "its1234" }};

function SetFieldValues(cDeptName)

{

this.getField("DeptContact").value = DeptData[cDeptName].contact;

this.getField("DeptEmail").value = DeptData[cDeptName].email;

this.getField("DeptNumber").value = DeptData[cDeptName].deptnum;

}

// Place all prepopulation data into a single data structure

var DeptData = { Regular:{ Type: "1" },

Temp:{ Type: "2" },

Acting :{ Type: "11" },

Auxiliary:{ Type: "3" },

COT:{ Type: "263" },

POT:{ Type: "266" },

Vacation:{ Type: "300" },

Sick:{ Type: "400" }};

function SetFieldValuesTypeJob1Emp1(cDeptName)

{

this.getField("PayType Job1Emp1").value = DeptData[cDeptName].Type;

}

This is the script I entered that works great

// Place all prepopulation data into a single data structure

var DeptData = { Regular:{ Type: "1" },

Temp:{ Type: "3" },

Acting :{ Type: "12" },

Auxiliary:{ Type: "4" },

COT:{ Type: "267" },

POT:{ Type: "256" },

Vacation:{ Type: "902" },

Sick:{ Type: "430" }};

function SetFieldValuesTypeJob1Emp1(cDeptName)

{

this.getField("PayType Job1Emp1").value = DeptData[cDeptName].Type;

}

Report · Aug 14, 2018

Change the IDs like this:

var DeptData = { "1060 Foreman 1":{ JobType: "012DO",

JobStep: "’0234" },

"1031 Foreman 2":{ JobType: "034DO",

JobStep: "’0345" },

...

Report · Aug 15, 2018

I tried putting in the quotes like you've shown which I thought for sure would work but it won't auto populate. If I don't enter the quotes 1060 and 1 next to Foreman goes red and so on goes red when I enter the script in Notebook ++. Although the bottom example shows one that does work without the quotes. Please help me.

if( event.willCommit )
{
   if(event.value == " ")
     this.resetForm(["TypeJob1Emp1","StepJob1Emp1"]);
   else
     SetFieldValues(event.value);
}

// Place all prepopulation data into a single data structure
var ActingData = {"1060 Foreman 1":{JobType: "02DO",
        JobStep: "'0501"},
                 "1031 Foreman 2":{JobType: "084DO",
        JobStep: "'0281"},
                 "1054 Subforeman":{JobType: "049DO",
        JobStep: "'0460"},
                 "1011 Equipment Operator 1":{JobType: "069DO",
        JobStep: "0590"},
                 "1015 Equipment Operator 4A":{JobType: "034DO",
        JobStep: "'0690"},
                 "1021 Truck Driver 1":{JobType: "019DO",
        JobStep: "'0200"},
                 "1022 Truck Driver 2":{JobType: "068DO",
        JobStep: "'0630"},
                 "1023 Truck Driver 3":{JobType: "039DO",
        JobStep: "0970"},
                 "1039 Lead Hand Asphalt":{JobType: "893DO",
        JobStep: "1699"},
                 "1047 Rough Carpenter":{JobType: "035DO",
        JobStep: "'0680"},
                 "1013 Sweeper Equipment Operator":{JobType: "034DO",
        JobStep: "'0910"},
                 "1005 Painter Tradesman 1":{JobType: "083DO",
        JobStep: "'0760"}};
function SetFieldValuesActingJob1Emp1(cActingName)
{
this.getField("TypeJob1Emp1").value = ActingData[cActingName].JobType;
this.getField("StepJob1Emp1").value = ActingData[cActingName].JobStep;
}

if( event.willCommit )
{
   if(event.value == " ")
     this.resetForm(["PayType Job1Emp1"]);
   else
     SetFieldValuesTypeJob1Emp1(event.value);
}

// Place all prepopulation data into a single data structure
var PDBAData = { Regular:{ Type: "9" },
                 Temp:{ Type: "17" },
                 Acting :{ Type: "19" },
                 Auxiliary:{ Type: "9" },
     COT:{ Type: "254" },
     POT:{ Type: "696" },
     Vacation:{ Type: "902" },
     Sick:{ Type: "836" }};
function SetFieldValuesTypeJob1Emp1(cPDBAName)
{
this.getField("PayType Job1Emp1").value = PDBAData[cPDBAName].Type;
}

Report · Aug 15, 2018

Oh my gosh, I figured out what I was doing wrong and it works beautifully, I can't thank you enough Bernd, thank you thank you!!!

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