Is there a document that describes Scripting Objects, Methods and Properties?

I am currently interested in a small couple of Properties and Methods to be able to perform Form Scripting.

1. I am looking to be able to reference the text / value of a form component that is not on any IDO. The component was just added to the form.

2. I am also looking to be able to set the value of a Subcollection Property. I am familiar with the ThisForm.PrimaryIDOCollection.SetCurrentObjectPropertyPlusModifyRefresh method, and I figure that there must be a way to do something similar to a Property that is a Subcollection of the Primary IDO Collection.

Certainly, a document detailing the Methods and Properties, with usage notes could help immensely, but I feel as though I might be looking for something that does not exist.

Does anyone know the answer to any of these questions?

Thank you so much!

Regards,

John Keegan

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Hi There,

Unfortunately I can't help with the documentation side of things, I'm unaware if anything like that exists.

However with regards to accessing the subcollection property and editing it in code the syntax is:

Thisform.PrimaryIDOCollection.SetCurrentObjectPropertyPlusModifyRefresh(SUBCOLLECTIONNAME.PROPERTYNAME, "VALUE")

I trust that your sub collection has been defined in the primary IDO Collection?

You can reference the subcollection using the sub collection property name, and then the property in that sub-collection that you're looking to edit.

VALUE is just the value that you're looking to update on the form.

I hope that helps!

Cheers,

Jamie.

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Components are accessed by: ThisForm.Components("ComponentName").Value

The help menu within the SyteLine client provides an entire section named "Software Development" that covers all topics.

There is also the website https://mongoose.infor.com that contains all the development documentation you could need.

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Thanks Tim,

We do not have the SyteLine application, but we have IQM which is built on the Mongoose platform. I found it in the "Scripting Interfaces" section of the IQM on-line help.

I did notice something curious though. In the example that you gave me, the "ThisForm.Components("ComponentName").Value, when I tried using it in my Form Script / Event code, I could not save the change. Every time I tried to exit the Script Editor, I got the message: "Non-invocable member 'Mongoose Scripting.IWSForm.Components' cannot be used like a method".

It took me a while to figure it out, but when I replaced the parenthesis () with square brackets [], it all worked. The script editor let me save the code, and when I invoked the code, it accessed the component's value (actually, the exact property that worked for me was the ".Text" property as opposed to the ".Value" property. You got me close enough!)

When I think about it, I think I know why I was getting the error. The IQM on-line help was showing the code in Visual Basic format, but the Form Scripting in the IQM forms are written in C#. I've never written in C# before, but I would wager that this was the problem.

Anyway, thanks so much for your help!

Regards,

John Keegan

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Thank you so much for your help Jamie!

I still have some learning about Mongoose, and learning through customizing a Mongoose Application has it's challenges, but with your help, and help from others like you in this community is making this achievable!

Regards,

John Keegan

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