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angela
Catalyst II
7 years ago
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'Fill Form Fields' - what the purpose of this Method

Hi, I noticed that many Aras Forms use a Method called 'Fill Form Fields' in an onFormPopulated event.  Many ItemType Forms share this Method, e.g. Part, CAD, Document, ECN, PR,... The Method it...
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    christopher_gillis
    7 years ago

    Hi Angela,

    Looking through our records, it appears that the fields this method affect used to be HTML fields in an older version of Innovator. Because of this, the extra step of needing to use the Fill Form Fields method was necessary.

    However, in recent versions of Innovator, I believe all of these fields have been converted to text fields and have been linked with their corresponding properties. This Method is likely included just for legacy purposes, but I believe it can safely be removed from the Forms.

    If you do notice any issues on any of the Forms that use this method, please check if the major_rev, state, or cost fields are still HTML. If so, you will need to add this method back to the Form to appropriately update these fields.

    Chris

    Christopher Gillis

    Aras Labs Software Engineer

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christopher_gillis
Community Manager
7 years ago

Hi Angela,

Looking through our records, it appears that the fields this method affect used to be HTML fields in an older version of Innovator. Because of this, the extra step of needing to use the Fill Form Fields method was necessary.

However, in recent versions of Innovator, I believe all of these fields have been converted to text fields and have been linked with their corresponding properties. This Method is likely included just for legacy purposes, but I believe it can safely be removed from the Forms.

If you do notice any issues on any of the Forms that use this method, please check if the major_rev, state, or cost fields are still HTML. If so, you will need to add this method back to the Form to appropriately update these fields.

Chris

Christopher Gillis

Aras Labs Software Engineer