Assigning a value to an element

Classic Servoy
1

How can I assign a value “test” to a field when the field must be referenced by its field name as follows:

var fieldname = globals.gElementName
elements[fieldname].value = "test"

Line two above returns an error. What should I be using instead of “.value”?

2

I assume you want to change the value of the dataprovider that’s attached to this element?

controller.setDataProviderValue("myColumnName", "test")//dataprovider,value
3

…looking at your code more closely, this is probably the way you want to go

var fieldname = globals.gElementName 
var dataproviderName = elements[fieldname].getDataProviderID()//get name of the dataprovider attached to this element.
controller.setDataProviderValue(dataproviderName, "test")
4

Then probably the value of your global that goes into var fieldname doesn’t exist as an element on your form .

1)Make sure the dataprovider (eg. textfield) you are trying to set , has a name-property entered (eg. “myTarget”), in order to make it appear as an element.
2) Test your script by doing.

var fieldname = "myTarget"
var dataproviderName = elements[fieldname].getDataProviderID()
controller.setDataProviderValue(dataproviderName, "test")
5

Yes that works. It solves a big problem for me.
Thank you very much!