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Adding a Field Dynamically - Argen - Feb 27th, 2014
Hello,
We have a form that is filled out by drivers picking up items. On one pick up there can be from 1 to over 100 items, depending on the job.
Currently we use iAuditor which allows the driver to click on a 'Add Item' button as many times as he wishes, which just adds another 'item' field.
Is there a similar way to do this on FT? So far my options are just to create a bunch of different forms on FT depending on how many 'item' fields they may need.
Thank you
RE: Adding a Field Dynamically - Joe - Feb 27th, 2014
Hey there,
Form Tools is best suited for data that has a one to one relationship. Adding records in this manner would like be best with two separate tables where each 'item' can just be an additional row of data instead of a new column / field.
The solution you are considering is common among Form Tool developers. Typically you would just create a number of fields in advance and then enable the user to "add" a new field but those fields would have already been created.
Cheers,
Joe
RE: Adding a Field Dynamically - Argen - Feb 28th, 2014
(Feb 27th, 2014, 1:23 PM)Joe Wrote: ...enable the user to "add" a new field but those fields would have already been created.
Hi Joe,
So I can create 100 possible 'item' rows, but how can I go about giving the users the ability to dynamically "add" a row?
Conditional field?
RE: Adding a Field Dynamically - Argen - Feb 28th, 2014
i.e. how do I hide the unwanted rows until they are wanted