get current field name

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Hi all,

I have a solution where I need to copy the contents of whatever the current selected field into a global. Unfortunately, I have over 40 fields(columns) in the layout.

Is there a way do just copy over the content of whichever field the user selects? It would be easy if there is a function to get the current field name.

Please help.

thanks!
Sammy Zheng

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Hi Sammy,

There is such a function: Application.getMethodTriggerElementName().
There is however 1 pre-requisition for this to use it.
All your 40 fields have to have the name property filled in.

After you have done that you can create a method that looks like this:

var curElement = Application.getMethodTriggerElementName();
globals.myGlobalVariable = elements[curElement];

Attach this method to the onFocusGained event of all 40 fields and you are set.

Hope this helps.

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ROCLASI:
Hi Sammy,

There is such a function: Application.getMethodTriggerElementName().
There is however 1 pre-requisition for this to use it.
All your 40 fields have to have the name property filled in.

After you have done that you can create a method that looks like this:

var curElement = Application.getMethodTriggerElementName();

globals.myGlobalVariable = elements[curElement];



Attach this method to the onFocusGained event of all 40 fields and you are set.


Hope this helps.

Hey Robert!
thanks again for the quick reply as always. Worked like a charm. Again, nice meeting you at Servoy world.