how to show hide info messages depending on choice value

[nickyj]

Hi All,

I have three choices B, C & L depending on which the user selects I like to show an info message for that choice and hide the others if the choice changes. currently only the choice L will display and if I rem out the hide fields the show fields will display when choice changes but obviously doesn't hide the other info messages.   can anyone help with this as I'm fairly new to scripting. Am I missing something obvious???

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading) {

if (isLoading || newValue == '')

  return;

var choiceValue = g_form.getValue('fieldname');

if (choiceValue == 'b'){

  g_form.showFieldMsg('fieldname', 'B for Broadcast', 'info');

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('fieldname', 'C for Cyclical ', 'info');

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('fieldname', 'L for Linear', 'info');

}

else

if (choiceValue == 'c'){

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('fieldname', 'B for Broadcast', 'info');

  g_form.showFieldMsg('fieldname', 'C for Cyclical ', 'info');

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('fieldname', 'L for Linear', 'info');

}

else

if (choiceValue == 'l'){

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('fieldname', 'B for Broadcast', 'info');

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('fieldname',   'C for Cyclical ', 'info');

  g_form.showFieldMsg('fieldname',   'L for Linear', 'info');

}

}

[Chuck Tomasi]

Hi Nicky,

You only have to do a hideFieldMsg() once. I'd do it at the beginning to clear out any/all messages on that field. Something like this:

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading) {

if (isLoading || newValue == '')

  return;

var choiceValue = g_form.getValue('fieldname');

if (choiceValue == 'b'){

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('fieldname', true);

  g_form.showFieldMsg('fieldname', 'B for Broadcast', 'info');

}

else

if (choiceValue == 'c'){

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('fieldname', true);

  g_form.showFieldMsg('fieldname', 'C for Cyclical ', 'info');

}

else

if (choiceValue == 'l'){

  g_form.hideFieldMsg('fieldname', true);

  g_form.showFieldMsg('fieldname',   'L for Linear', 'info');

}

}

[nickyj]

you star thanks very much that works a treat, I've been on that for a long time.......

[Chuck Tomasi]

Glad you like it. Don't forget to mark this as correct in case someone else is looking for a similar solution. 🙂