[xanth]

Hi,
In my JavaScript code, I'd like to assign a string to a variable. See for following example :

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@@reason_for_trip = "meeting in Lisbon";

Unfortunately, the assignment doesn't seem to work. At the moment, I can only read this variable.
I don't know why, because in the User Manual, it seems to use that way :
cf. trigger : @@TASK_DATE = Date('Y-m-d');
Any idea?
Thanks
Xanth

[pyxel]

Hi,

You can't use this syntax in Javascript. The variable @@reason_for_trip must be interpreted by the server, in php code. You can only use it in a trigger.

Regards

[xanth]

Hi Pyxel,
Thank you for your answer.

My goal is to access and modify by JavaScript (or by something else ...) value of existing fields created in the Fields List area.

I have tried to use :
JavaScript code :

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document.getElementById("reason_for_trip").value;

But the issue is that, in the HTML file, there is a external link to the XML file (I am not sure) which is :
HTLM code :

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{$form.reason_for_trip}

It seems to come from Perl language.

XML code :

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<reason_for_trip type="text" maxlength="64" validate="Any" size="15" mode="edit">
  <en>Reason for Trip</en>
</reason_for_trip>

It's probably the reason why I can't access the reason_for_trip field.
If it were the case how could I easily modify a field which is declared in the XML file ? How to access this XML file?
Or if there is something more intuitive to use than JavaScript...
Thanks
xanth