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This
method is supported for backward compatibility only.
To refer to an object within
the current window, call a method of that object instead of using
action-other-control().
To refer to an object outside
the current window, collect the information you want to refer to in
a user-defined property on startup of the current window, and then
refer to that property.
Action-other-control() performs an
action on a control other than the current one. The control is
specified by a path.
Syntax
action-other-control(<path>, <method>
[<method>...])
Parameters
Path
Specification of the target control the action should be
performed on.
Method
The action you want to perform.
Examples
action-other-control(<-*TextBox1, control-set-values
(<property>, <value>))
action-other-control(<-*currentColumn.data,
convert-alternative-format(DDMMYY, MMDDYY, DDMM, MONDD))
Make sure that methods and
parameters can be interpreted by the target object identified by
<path>. Variable elements must be resolved before they are
passed to the target object, and must make sense in the context of
the target object, rather than in the context of the action-other-control() command. The
following example illustrates how variables in a decision
definition can be resolved before they are passed to the target
object. The purpose is to copy a value from TextBox2 into
TextBox1:
Decision SQL
SELECT '<-*TextBox1', 'control-set-values(<property>,'
|| :TextBox2 || ')'
Yes Action
action-other-control(:1, :2)
This concatenation can also be
performed in-line:
action-other-control('<-*TextBox1',
'control-set-values(<property>,' || :TextBox2 || ')')
In this last code example,
quotes around the first parameter of action-other-control() are necessary
only because the second parameter is quoted. If there had been no
variable element (in this example, :1), no quotes would have been
necessary.
Depending on circumstances,
sql-script() may offer a
more readable alternative:
sql-script(SELECT :"<-*TextBox2"
TextBox1)
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