How Custom Action accesses a repeated attribute in an E-Form?

Hi,

I have a repeated attribute in a repeating table in an E-Form form, i want to loop and get the summation of this repeated field and put the result in another field in the same E-Form. I developed a custom action and used

String txtValue = ((Text)component.getControl("cch_weighted_score", Text.class)).getValue();

but it returns null, I expected it to return a a comma separated string that I'll use it to get the summation.

How could I access this repeating field from the custom action, Any Help?

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Khalid_Farouk

I tried a TBO, that calculates the total after pressing the save button, it calculated correctly, but the field containing the final result was not refreshed, I have to close the form and open it again to see the final result. How could I refresh the form without closing it?

DCTM_Guru

You need to do the calculation prior to save, therefore you cant do this in TBO. You can extend the behavior of form controls by using the Echo Adaptor xcelerator:

https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-8876

Khalid_Farouk

Thank you Johnny for your help,

It did as follows.

In the field properties I selected the "Special" tab then in the "Calculation formula" I entered the field's xpath:

sum(/Form_Name/NewDataGroup/cch_weighted_score). It worked perfectly for the first record, but for the other record I have to press the calculate button.

Thank you for your help.

Miller-zzMST

https://community.emc.com/search.jspa?peopleEnabled=true&userID=&containerType=&container=&spotlight=true&q=disable+autocalculation

Check that parameter. If it is set false, set it true, it will let calculate without pressing the button. If I remember correctly.

Khalid_Farouk

Thank you Konstantin for your reply.

This is a very nice feature, however I need it to be for my form only, is this possible?

Miller-zzMST

Sorry, can't answer. I don't enough strong in customization questions.

Khalid_Farouk

Thank you for your Help