Comments on: Edit Document Fields 5.0

By: Edit Document Fields 5.0.1 « ChadSmiley Blog

Edit Document Fields 5.0.1 « ChadSmiley Blog — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:40:43 +0000

[...] quick update to Edit Document Fields 5.0 to validate the new foumula data type. Also update the prompting for which field to edit to include [...]

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:04:00 +0000

The prompts are different yours uses [OkCancelList] and my uses [OkCancelEditCombo], the edit combo allows the a new values to be added.

Check out the section "Field Selection/Add" when prompted to select a field you have the ability to add a new one.

This is not the first time that someone has mentioned this. I will update the prompt to indicate that a field can be added.

By: mt69clp

mt69clp — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 20:05:00 +0000

nice button. I already have some 'EditFields'-buttons in use but every button has its own pro's and con's...
This one is nearly complete but I like to have the ability to create a new field with this one, too.

In one of my other buttons it looks like this (I didn't code this by myself):

...
REM {Prompt for which field needs to be updated.};
EditField := @Prompt([OkCancelList]; "Select Field To Update"; "Select the field you wish to update:"; ""; List : "**** ADD A NEW FIELD ****");

REM {If adding a new field, prompt for the field name};
NewFieldName := @If(EditField = "**** ADD A NEW FIELD ****"; @Prompt([OkCancelEdit]; "Enter Field Name"; "Enter the name of the new field:"; ""); "");
CheckFieldName := @If(@IsMember(NewFieldName; List) & NewFieldName != ""; @Return(@Prompt([Ok]; "Already In List"; "The field " + NewFieldName + " already exists on the document.")); "");
UpdateVariable := @If(NewFieldName = ""; ""; EditField := NewFieldName);
...

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:13:00 +0000

Enhancement #1:
When entering Forumula the code currently uses the basic set field prompt (See Get New Value section). The next release will have more formula error checking using:

@CheckFormulaSyntax(formulaText)