Replicant access in Form API

TeamsiteUser

Hello,

I have a replicant with two items: A select item(dropdown box) and a Callout which would store some data in database. Depending on the dropdown box value, i want to store some different values in database using the callout.

I want to know how can i access the particular value of a replicant in Form API or any other way?.
For e.g. I have opened 4 instances of a replicant and i hit 4th callout for 4th dropdown box. How can i get to know in Form API that the 4th call-out is hit?

One way could be i iterate through the replicant and for all the possible instances, hit the call-out but that would hamper the performace and unnecessary database calls.
I just want to make database call for the particular instance of a replicant.

TS ver : 6.5

Adam Stoller

Hello, I have a replicant with two items: A select item(dropdown box) and a Callout which would store some data in database. Depending on the dropdown box value, i want to store some different values in database using the callout. I want to know how can i access the particular value of a replicant in Form API or any other way?. For e.g. I have opened 4 instances of a replicant and i hit 4th callout for 4th dropdown box. How can i get to know in Form API that the 4th call-out is hit? One way could be i iterate through the replicant and for all the possible instances, hit the call-out but that would hamper the performace and unnecessary database calls. I just want to make database call for the particular instance of a replicant. TS ver : 6.5

If you define an event handler for the item within the replicant - and you make sure your definition of the event handler takes a single parameter - you will find that the function is passed the item which triggered it, whose full name include information about to which instance of the replicant it belongs. E.g.:

function myEventHandler(item){
    var name = item.getName();
    alert("ITEM NAME: " + name); // debugging
    ...
}

You should be able to figure it out from there with the manual and alerts to help you.