I have a number list field in one document that I’m copying to another doc. I’ve tried both methods below, and in both cases, in the second doc the field is a text list rather than a number list. Any idea why?
1: Call snapshot.ReplaceItemValue(“Requirements”, workdoc.Requirements)
2: Dim ritem As NotesItem
Set ritem = workdoc.GetFirstItem("Requirements")
Call ritem.CopyItemToDocument(snapshot, "Requirements")
Original field: 1:2:3 etc.
Result: “1”:“2”:“3” etc.
Subject: number list becomes text
Are you sure that you are not performing a compute with form (with a form that has Requirements set as a text list)? Both methods should retain the original data type.
Subject: RE: number list becomes text
Actually, the second form doesn’t even have the field; I’m just storing the Requirements field in the back-end.
Subject: RE: number list becomes text
Just to pursue your line of thinking, though, I added a Requirements field, computed number list, value is Requirements, to the Snapshot form. The result is the same.