Refresh / Reset Form Field Dropdowns

[mramos]

I've got a form of 8 fields and each have their own dropdown selection of distinct values.

Using a form helper program, once the user selects/clears an option from any one of the fields, the helper program refreshes the remaining 7 fields to only show selectable options..

I use app variables for each field to help with the filtering.

The functionality works great when I select/clear individual fields one at a time. I'm able to search and reset individual fields while refreshing the other fields.

The issue is when I want to reset all fields and essentially clear the form in order to start the search from the beginning,

When I 'reset', I clear reset app variables as well as refreshing the form. for some reason, after I complete a 'search' and then reset, the dropdowns are not all refreshed even though app variables are reset and my helper program explicitly refreshes combos on each field..

There is a scenario where I need to 'lock' (set value and make read only) one specific field and the user can only filter on the remaining 7. When I Reset / Refresh in that scenario.. the same thing occurs.. not all fields dropdowns are fully refreshed.


I've run out of options when trying to properly reset/ refresh my search/filter form widget. Is this a bug or what is the proper way to reset fields and refresh combo fields correctly?

brand new search.PNGafter reset.PNG

[sean.lanktree]

Are you sure that your helper program is being called when you "reset"? If so, can you show us the response from the helper program?

[mramos]

I was able to come up with a solution to resolve the issue and have the app behave exactly as needed. Solution is on [reset] button click, to 'hide' the form widget then 'show' it again to trigger my helper program that helps reset/refresh combo fields so the user always gets accurate selectable options. not sure if its a bug but before when I was only 'showing' the form on reset, nothing changes in the field dropdowns.