I posted this in the 6 /7 forum in response to a thread there. The issue still exists in 8.0.1. so I’m posting here as well.
I have tested numerous cases to pinpoint when this problem occurs. Results:
-
fields refresh fine for a combo box, list box, radio button, check box
-
fields refresh fine for a dialog list where you enter a list of choices or a formula
-
fields DO NOT refresh with a dialog list and “Use view dialog for choices”. You have to hit F9 to refresh the fields. In this case, you do not have the option to allow values not in the list.
I think this has been a bug for a long time. I am now using 8.0.1 and it still behaves this way. A workaround if you need to get your values from a view is to use a formula instead, e.g.
@DbColumn(“Notes”:“NoCache.”; “”:“” ; “viewname”;1)
It would be nice to have this fixed.