@username Xpages value not storing in form

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I have a field that computes the username in order to save in the document, when I am looking at the xpage it shows my name in the field however after I submit and go into notes looking at the document that was created all values are there except for the names field where my name was to be stored.

I am using the script below to get the name, used in computed. Is there something I am doing wrong that would show my name in the field but not actually save it once submitted?

var name:NotesName = session.createName(@UserName());

name.getAbbreviated();

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Subject: data binding

Matthew,

don’t know what type of field you’re using to compute and store your name into. But I assume that you’re using a computed field control.

Point is that in XPages you’ll need to bind your username field to a corresponding Domino field that in turn is part of the form which you then plan to use in your Notes client. I can think of various ways to accomplish that. One solution would be to

  • set up a computed field control which uses simple data binding to the Notes field in question.

  • Since now you no longer can write some extra JavaScript code in the field’s binding you’ll need to write that code someplace else.

  • I’d use the “postNewDocument” event of the corresponding data source. The code would first calculate the user name and then use something like

datasourceName.setValue(“fieldName”, calculatedUserName());

I’m not sure of this is the most elegant way (any comments from the Gurus are welcome), but it does work.

-Lothar

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Subject: still not working

Thanks for your response Lothar,

I’m already using the data binding to a computed field in my notes form, that’s part of the reason why I am not sure how come the value won’t store.

I tried your suggestion on using postNewDocument with the code you gave me but I am getting an error 500 after trying it. I used the code below.

document1.setValue(“selectName”, calculatedUserName());

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Subject: my mistake, sorry

sorry, I mistyped my javascript code suggestion. Of course there’s no such function as

calculatedUserName()

(don’t know why I put those brackets after what was supposed to be a placeholder…)

What I meant to suggest was something like

var usrname:NotesName = session.createName(@UserName());

dominoDocument1.setValue(“CreatedBy”, usrname.getAbbreviated());

where “dominoDocument1” is the name / id of the datasource and “CreatedBy” is the name of the Domino field that the user name finally will be written and stored to.

Hope it’s working now for you as well…

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Subject: Thank you

Thank you so much, that worked perfectly.

Yours got the name just like my computed code accept yours was saved to the document and viewable in notes. I wonder if that’s a bug, it seems to me that if a field is able to grab the value and that field is bound to a field in a form then it should also save.

Thanks again