extracting data from replicant

i have a replicant and thr are 4 field inside the replicant. one of these fields is suppose status, a radio button. i register a onReplicantAdded event on the replicant container. in the handler function i can get an object item which would be like abc/xyz[2]/.

Now i want to extract the value of abc/xyz[2]/status and according to that value i want to perform some other functionality. how to retrive the value of the field inside a relpicant. because if i do
IWDatacapture.getItem(item+"/status"); i get an error.

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Sailesh

i have a replicant and thr are 4 field inside the replicant. one of these fields is suppose status, a radio button. i register a onReplicantAdded event on the replicant container. in the handler function i can get an object item which would be like abc/xyz[2]/.

Now i want to extract the value of abc/xyz[2]/status and according to that value i want to perform some other functionality. how to retrive the value of the field inside a relpicant. because if i do
IWDatacapture.getItem(item+"/status"); i get an error.

Can you share your datacapture and also what exact error you are getting?? This would help resolve the issue faster.

Adam Stoller

i have a replicant and thr are 4 field inside the replicant. one of these fields is suppose status, a radio button. i register a onReplicantAdded event on the replicant container. in the handler function i can get an object item which would be like abc/xyz[2]/.

Now i want to extract the value of abc/xyz[2]/status and according to that value i want to perform some other functionality. how to retrive the value of the field inside a relpicant. because if i do
IWDatacapture.getItem(item+"/status"); i get an error.

It might help if we could see the DCT and the FormAPI code (don't forget to embed them within [html]...[/html] tags to avoid formatting issues). The getItem(item+"/status") should get you the 'status' item in the instance of the replicant that was just added (the item, not the value of the item) if the structure is as you indicate - however, unless this item has a default value - it may not be properly defined from dereferencing - in fact, it sounds like you don't want an onReplicantAdded event here, but rather an onChange event for when the 'status' item is changed within any instance of the replicant - but perhaps I'm not understanding your intentions.

onkar_h

i have attached my js and dct. i haev actaully found a way out on my earlier prob. i needed to extract the field form the replicant instance bcoz if i dotn do tht i woul dhave had to runa loop thru al the replicants and then check values of particular field etcc. so i run two events one onReplicantBeforeAdd tht gives me the index of the replicant gettign added and after tht the onRelicantAdded event runs.

Now if u can see my js and dct i ahev other problem. if u see i m hiding all fields in my dct based on the radio button selected at the top. if i select html radio option then only html field is to be displayed and if the structured radio button is selected the rest of the form should be displayed other than the html field. but this is workign fine only for the first replicant. for secind replicant if i select html radio option i the html field which im setting to invisble on replicant add is not getting reset to visible.

Sailesh

IWDatacapture.getItem("/Events/Teasers[1]/HTML").setVisible(false);
IWEventRegistry.addItemHandler("/Events/Teasers/ContentType",
"onItemChange", showHide);
IWEventRegistry.addItemHandler("/Events/Teasers",
"onReplicantBeforeAdd", setHTML);
IWEventRegistry.addItemHandler("/Events/Teasers",
"onReplicantAdded", setHTMLVisi);

Is the the source of your problem... You are explicitly telling it to check only for first [1] instance.
Also you don't need to extract the child length; you can get in 'item' /Events/Teaser[2]/ContentType etc.. You can then extract 2 from this using substring or something and then do what you want to do with other fields.

Better I would suggest rethink about your dct structure as that would resolve lot of issues.

Adam Stoller

Also - if you have an English language spell-checker around (I'm assuming it's not your first language) - please try to use it - your last post is rather difficult and annoying to read.

(sorry - don't mean to be rude - but while 1 or 2 errors is easily ignored, over a dozen errors within two, relatively short, paragraphs begins to really bother me...)