lotus script- how to share a field value across all the forms:
I have 5 forms in my db. One text field is in form1. I am entering a value.
How should i get the value dynamically in other forms???
how to store a value permanantly(one time entry) so that i can use it other forms.
suggestions are always welcome.
Subject: lotus script- how to share a field value across all the forms
I assume you mean the following:You have 5 documents.
In one document, you enter a value into a field.
You want that value ‘pushed’ into the other 4 documents.
Basically, you need to find the 5 documents you want to update and then update them. This is often best handled by building a document collection and processing the collection. You can create the collection using a free text search if that makes sense or via a view that is keyed to some field or set of fields that allow you to group the 5 documents into the set you want.
If, on the other hand, you’re working with a parent/child doc/response design and you want to push the value into the children from the parent, you’d build the doc collection by collecting all response docs to the parent.
HTH
Doug
Subject: lotus script- how to share a field value across all the forms
I think you are confusing forms with documents.Forms do not store data, documants do.
To store global data, you can use:
a profile document (see designer help)
a regular “setup” document
Regards,
Simeon