Hi Olav!
Thank you for the report and feedback. Do you have several rules that hides the
same field/dropdown?
The disable option is a good idea. Will add this.
Markus
> 22. sep. 2015 kl. 14.30 skrev Olav Poppe <olav.po...@me.com>:
>
> Hi devs,
> trying to set up some program rules for an Event program in 2.20 (rev 19876)
> in a custom form, with mixed results.
>
> 1)
> Expression: {DropdownA} != 'Yes' (also tried !{DropdownA} ||
> {DropdownA}!='Yes' )
> Action: Hide field {dropdown B}
> I.e., unless dropdown A = 'Yes' dropdown b should be hidden/disabled.
>
> In data entry, dropdown B is never disabled. However, if I enter a value for
> both dropdowns, then change the value of dropdown A to something other than
> 'Yes', I do get a warning that dropdown B will be cleared. So the rule
> expression seems to be right, but it is not disabling the field.
>
>
> 2)
> I have a four rows, each with a dropdown (diagnosis) and a checkbox. There
> can be diagnosis on 1-4 rows, but only one checkbox can be checked at any
> time. So I made a rule that says {checkbox A} => hide/disabled checkbox B-D,
> if checkbox B, disable A, C, D etc.
>
> In data entry, if I check box A, B-D is not disabled. If I check B while A is
> also checked, it will first tell me that B will be unchecked because A is
> checked, then that A will be unchecked because B is checked - with the result
> that both become unchecked!
>
>
> Writing this up, I realise that in both case 1 and 2, the fields in question
> are also included in other rules. Could it be that only one program rule is
> applied to a field at any time? It would be a very big limitation if that is
> the case. Testing a bit further, it might even look like it is applying the
> rules somewhat randomly for fields that is mentioned in multiple rules.
>
>
> As an additional point, I think it would be great to both have "hide" and
> "disable" actions, and that with the "disable" action you could chose whether
> to clear the values of disabled fields or not.
>
>
> Regards
> Olav
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