Retrieving NEW values from the form

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#1

function create_file(){
dhx.ui({
view:“window”,
id:“create_file_window”,
width:350,
head:{ view:“toolbar”,
type:“MainBar”,
data:[{type:“label”, label:“Create new file”, align:“center”}]
},
body:{
rows:[
{ view:“form”,
id:“form1”,
data:[
{type:“text”,id:“filename”,label:“Name”,labelWidth:150,inputWidth:150,width:300,value:“name”},
{type:“text”,id:“noc”,label:“No of columns”,labelWidth:150,inputWidth:150,width:300}
]
},
{view:“toolbar”,type:“SubBar”,
data:[
{type:“button”,label:“Ok”,align:“center”,click:“add_col_details($$(‘form1’).item(‘filename’).value)”},
{type:“button”,label:“Cancel”,align:“center”,click:“close_create_file_window”}
]
}
]
},
position:“center”
})
}

Now what happens is that the old value of filename gets passed to the function even when I change it in the form after running. I kept the value attribute as blank. And then gave the value after running, that time blank value is passed. I wanted to know how to pass the new value entered by the user.
Please help

#2

The correct approach is:
…
{type:“button”,label:“Ok”,align:“center”,click:“add_col_details”},
…

function add_col_details(){
var value = $$(‘form1’).item(‘filename’).value;
/other code here/
}

#3

Still the blank values are getting retrieved. In that ‘value’ variable blank value is getting stored.
User entered values are not getting retrieved.

#4

Sorry, that method can not be applied to form. Try the following approach:

var value = $$(‘form1’).getValues().filename;

getValues() method returns all values.

#5

Or else If I write value=‘abc’ attribute then the same value gets retrieved even if user modifies that value in the textbox in the form.
Please help.
Thank you.

#6

Sorry for the above reply. Didn’t realise you had replied.
Thanks a lot. getValues() method worked. Actually I had tried that method but used getValues(id) instead of getValues().id
Thanks a lot.

#7

Now suppose the situation is like I have ‘id’ stored in a variable.
var userid=“id1”;

And then if I give
$$(‘form2’).getValues().userid;
it doesn’t work.

The problem is that, I have used the above statement in a for loop. And hence the id is dependent on the looping variable i.
So I used
var userid=“id”+i;
$$(‘form2’).getValues().userid;

That doesn’t work. I cannot put
$$(‘form2’).getValues().“id”+i;
It again doesn’t work.

How to proceed ?
Please help.

#8

getValues returns hash of values. Therefore, you may use the following:

var userid=“id1”;

var values = $$(‘form2’).getValues();
var user = values[userid];

#9

Thanks again.