I used event handler as you said now the issue i have is to set the  value 
of amt to the one returned by the function.
I have a variable holding it in the calculation function but i want to fill 
it as value for the amt field in the form factory in the view

On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 9:17:20 PM UTC+2, Dave S wrote:
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>
>
> On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 11:01:38 AM UTC-7, Oasis Agano wrote:
>>
>> Greetings
>>
>> I have a form built with sqlfactory
>>
>> form = SQLFORM.factory(
>>     Field('meter', requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
>>     Field('date_from', 'datetime'),
>>     Field('date_to', 'datetime'),
>>     Field('amt', 'float'))
>>
>>
>>
>
> I would be inclined to just use an event handler (onchange, oninput, or 
> onfocus) to detect when the fields have been filled in, do a jquery call to 
> your controller, and refresh your div.  The other approach may be to 
> calculate amt in the javascript, which may involve having a hidden field 
> in your form for the usage-price rate.
>
> /dps
>
>
>> then i want to have a form in the view where users will access the 3 
>> first fields in normal mode and the amt one in 
>> *Readonly,*After filling those 3 i use* Ajax(Where the problem is) *to 
>> load a function that has a *query *in it to calculate the *amount*, then 
>> i fill the output of that function to the last field(amount).
>>
>> The problem i have is how to call that ajax *method *to *launch the 
>> query and auto fill the field* when those 3 fields are filled.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Oasis
>>
>

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