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~Manny Refanabergakol
Jan 5, 2012, 2:16 PM
26 Posts

Editable "Names" fields?

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What is the best way to deal with a names fields in Xpages that I want to be editable?   I was told to have two copies of the field on the Notes form.    One computed that is a names field and an editable field that is text.   The editable field would be the one used on the Xpage and would be converted to canonical when the document is saved.   Seems like it should work but also seems awfully inefficient.   Is there a better way to do this?
 
~Karl Kigerosterikle
Jan 5, 2012, 8:36 PM
122 Posts
Re: Editable "Names" fields?
 One alternative I've used before is set the fields as Names / Readers / Authors and use computeWithForm. Alternatively, if you're creating / saving the doc in SSJS you could set the field as a Names field there.
~Manny Refanabergakol
Jan 6, 2012, 2:18 PM
26 Posts
Re: Editable "Names" fields?
Thanks.   Sounds to me like I would need two fields on the document?   Kind of like I mentioned?
 
~Karl Kigerosterikle
Jan 6, 2012, 6:32 PM
122 Posts
Re: Editable "Names" fields?
Not necessarily. You can set a pre-existing field to a Names field with SSJS, same as in LotusScript.
~Manny Refanabergakol
Jan 12, 2012, 6:25 PM
26 Posts
Re: Editable "Names" fields?
I think that is what I am doing now.
 
What I do is use script to set the Edit box to a names field in  afterPageLoad  and I save it back in the submit button.   Using the appropriate script to convert it back an forth.  I don't bind the editbox to anything.
 
Does this sound like a proper way of doing this?
 

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