WF:Unable to access mutli select list box values

As part of the requirement, we need to capture multiple countries in the job initiation form of the workflow. We don't have issues in creating multi select list box. But we are not able to access the countries selected by the user in the workflow template script.

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Migrateduser

You need to take the selected values, jam them into a delimited string and pass that string to your script, then split out the values in your script. Currently, that is the only way to do it, although the documentation implies wft supports multiple select lists.

Dave Smith
Sr. Software Engineer
Nike, Inc.
(503) 671-4238
DavidH.Smith@nike.com

Tej

If the user selects only one value, no issues. If the user selects multiple values, we get ARRAY(x20d0d), when we try to access using TAG directive. Is there any other way to access multi select list box control in the wft file?

Migrateduser

Try something like this:

my $reviewers = '';
for (my $i=0; $i<__ELEM__('reviewer'); ++$i) {
$reviewers .= "__TAG__('reviewer[$i]');" . ",";
}

chop $reviewers;

The pass the $reviewers variable to the script.

Dave Smith
Sr. Software Engineer
Nike, Inc.
(503) 671-4238
DavidH.Smith@nike.com

Tej

Hello Smitty,

Thanks for the solution. It is working as expected.

- Tej

Adam Stoller

I can't test this right now - but I believe __ELEM__() behaves differently depending on the context in which it is used (scalar vs. array) - and you might be able to achieve the same functionality with something like:

my $reviewers = join(",", __ELEM__('reviewer'));

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)

Migrateduser

I never actually tried the code I posted, but it was sent to me by one of the really good Interwoven Support guys who always seems to come up with the right answer.

Dave Smith
Sr. Software Engineer
Nike, Inc.
(503) 671-4238
DavidH.Smith@nike.com

ProfessorX

Tried it...It don't work

The Professor-

Adam Stoller

My appologies - it was __VALUE__() that handles arrays correctly.

So instead of:
my $reviewers = join(",", __ELEM__('reviewer'));
try:
my $reviewers = join(",", __VALUE__('reviewer'));

Sorry about that, this time I actually tested it out ;-)

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)