on 01-14-2009 4:10 AM
Hi,
I would like to know if it is possible to reference the text of the selected item of a Dropdown List. The scenario is as follows:
I have a dropdown list in a form which is used to select profit centres. The dropdown list's Entry List consists of the Profit Centre Code as the VALUE and the Profit Centre Description as the corresponding TEXT. I would like to reference the TEXT of the selected item in a formula for building a dynamic string that includes the Profit Centre Description plus other data, for informational display purposes in a Plain Text control. However, it seems that only the VALUE of the dropdown list can be referenced in a formula and not the TEXT.
Is this a limitation of Visual Composer?
Thanks,
Mustafa.
Hi,
reffering the Dropdown value indeirectly you are referri ng it through Text olny right?
so once you drag the reference od the dropdwon value it will display the Text in the plain text not the value Like "hgfhsafd"&@DRop_down.
Regards,
Govindu
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Hi Mustafa,
'DL_Division' is the id for the dropdown value or dropdown text. Find the id for yhe dropdown text and you can use its id as #ID|ACA1EO|@id of the text. If you didn't get it, Select the id and text of the dropdown's dynamic entry list as the corresponding text value. Hope it helps....
Regards
Basheer
Hi Basheer,
I'm not clear about your proposed solution. In the reference "#ID|ACA1EO|@DL_Division", "#ID|ACA1EO|" is the ID of the form which contains the Dropdown list and "DL_Division" is the name of the Dropdown list control itself. When referenced in this way, the VALUE of the selected item is always returned. However, I would like to determine the TEXT of the corresponding selected item and there doesn't appear to be a method to do this.
Can you provide more details for your proposed solution?
Thanks,
Mustafa.
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