select list passed back as a string?

sabih

I am getting a path parameter that I need to use to pass it a list retrieved from the DB as the select item list. Is there a way to pass the entire select list e.g:

$str ="<option value='142769' label='142769'/>";
$str .= "<option value='142792' label='142792'/>";

as a string (not using substitution) from a perl script back to DCT its called from path of the select element like the following?

print <<EOF;
<script>
var api = parent.getScriptFrame().IWDatacapture;
setVal("/test/abc", "$str");

try {
parent.getScriptFrame().tick();
}
catch (e) {}

function setVal (path, val)
{
var item = api.getItem(path);

if (! item) {
return;
}
item.setValue(val);
}

</script>
EOF

jbonifaci

Is this a cgi callout, callServer or inline? Either way the answer is yes. With inlines you just output the options. With the cgi callout and callServer, you use formapi to setOptions.

~Jeff