Dynamic Inline cammand.

Hi,
I have 2 inline fields in my datacapture.cfg
Contain 2 Types :

1) Product 2)Solution

Contain 4 Types :

1)ABC 2)PQR 3)MNL 4)XYZ

my requirement is if i Select Product from 1st drop down.
i want to display only 1)ABC 2)PQR in 2nd Dropdown.

& if i select Solution Then i want to auto populate 2nd dropdown with 1)MNL 2)XYZ

due to some Existing Content Impact i cant add new inline item here.
i must have to reuse those 2 fields only Smiley Sad

can above scenario is possible in development?

My Inline commands are :
inline command="/iw-home/iw-perl/bin/iwperl /iw-home/custom/bin/btgsportal/templating/metadata/aggregate_template_type.ipl"
inline command="/iw-home/iw-perl/bin/iwperl /iw-home/custom/bin/btgsportal/templating/metadata/aggregate_insights_template_type.ipl"

i also heard about external parameter, can i pass external parameter from JS to display proper fields in 2nd drop down?

Please provide inputs. Smiley Happy

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PD007

I am using 6.7.2 TS

Faizi

Hi,
I have 2 inline fields in my datacapture.cfg
Contain 2 Types : 1) Product 2)Solution

Contain 4 Types : 1)ABC 2)PQR 3)MNL 4)XYZ

my requirement is if i Select Product from 1st drop down.
i want to display only 1)ABC 2)PQR in 2nd Dropdown.

& if i select Solution Then i want to auto populate 2nd dropdown with 1)MNL 2)XYZ

due to some Existing Content Impact i cant add new inline item here.
i must have to reuse those 2 fields only

can above scenario is possible in development?

My Inline commands are :
inline command="/iw-home/iw-perl/bin/iwperl /iw-home/custom/bin/btgsportal/templating/metadata/aggregate_template_type.ipl"
inline command="/iw-home/iw-perl/bin/iwperl /iw-home/custom/bin/btgsportal/templating/metadata/aggregate_insights_template_type.ipl"

i also heard about external parameter, can i pass external parameter from JS to display proper fields in 2nd drop down?

Please provide inputs.

Hi,
First thing is that if you use only two option at a time then why there are four option populating.
But as you mention that

due to some Existing Content Impact i cant add new inline item here.

So there is a solution that is using FormAPI.
Add an Event handler on First Drop down "onItemChange" and call function.
Write a function in which remove option from second Drop down. Use IWItem.removeOption (index), where index is zero-based index of the option to remove.

HTH,

PD007

Thanks for your solution. Its really help.
removeOpion(Index); working Smiley Happy

but once i remove some items from 2nd dropdown.
How can i add items in 2nd drop down for another condition?
but i cant add item from js because there will be no use of external IPL.

or is there any refresh function is available TS for dropdown that fetch all origional values from datacapture.cfg?

Faizi

Thanks for your solution. Its really help.
removeOpion(Index); working
but once i remove some items from 2nd dropdown.
How can i add items in 2nd drop down for another condition?
but i cant add item from js because there will be no use of external IPL.

or is there any refresh function is available TS for dropdown that fetch all origional values from datacapture.cfg?

You can handle it with certain logic.
I am explaining:
The IPL is executing whenever open a new form entry/ edit DCR. Now you have required drop down with data. Now you can manipulate the content as per your requirement using FormAPI.

Write an init() method in which take an array (parentArray) and store all the option value of second drop down.
split the array in two part (childArray) for two different value of drop down first.
remove the all the option from the Drop down second using loop.
now check the first dropdown value according to the value set childArray in second dropdown using IWItem.setOptions (options) where options is childArray.
This init() call on IWEventRegistry.addFormHandler("onFormInit", init);
Same logic use to onItemChange Event, for handle value change.

Hope you got it.
HTH,

PD007

Thanks Faizi,
I got it. its running.. Smiley Happy