Programmatically populating field input in forms - Events not working

I am trying to programmatically populate form fields to simulate a user entering the data. If I use a FormScript to set the values of the Edit components, they do get set. However, the Form is not interpreting this as "user input". Calling any associated Events will fire, but do nothing as they do not see the data entered in the fields.

Is there a way to do this, or am I over looking a step?

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Look at the component you are inputting data into. Look at the events tab, under datachange, and that is the event you will need to call in order to simulate the user input. The formscript will look something like this: ThisForm.GenerateEvent("ItemDataChange")

Stephen Cena

I've tried that. That's what's so confusing to me. The Form I'm trying to modify/automate is the QuantityMove form. I've added a Tab to the Notebook for all of my custom code. The FormScript I'm using for my event contains this code:

Sub DoMyQuantityMove()

ThisForm.Components("ItemEdit").Value = ThisForm.Variables("MyItem").Value

ThisForm.GenerateEvent("ItemChanged")

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It's not working. I can see that the Event is getting triggers by adding an inline script to the ItemChanged event that displays a simple message box.

Should I be tying my Edit field (later a field from a result set) to object.Item as well? I can see the values getting set in the fields properly.

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