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[Shane]

Hey all, sorry to post so much but I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to explore the power of the Javascript API and I keep running into roadblocks while trying to create features for my project manager in Tapforms Pro. I just want to check my understanding of some of the JS functions.

I know you can add values to a pick list by using the addValue method on a pick list object. I discovered that this will permanently add values to the pick list. I thought it would be cool idea to be able to dynamically create a pick list for a text field based on what’s happening in the form, but the addValue method is permanent. It would be cool to have a deleteValue which would allow for dynamically generated pick lists for a form/ document.

Thanks.

[Shane]

I love the default layout as it’s quick, easy, and super clean. It’s very difficult to come up with something that clean looking by creating my own layout.

The only disadvantage of the default layout is you can’t place script buttons on it (that I know of). It would be really useful to do have this functionality. Either something like a “button field” or a setting in the Script Field to control if the script field will execute the included script automatically or by button trigger in the default layout field. Some simple UI examples have been attached.

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[Daniel Leu]

Hi John,

Please try following. Without having access to your document, I can’t verify the script, but hopefully, it works.

function updateProperty(){
    // ————————————–
    // Parent form field IDs (Property)
    // ————————————–
    const PROP_PROPID = ‘fld-6716b8eda66d44339f6ba08f37334ea8’;
    const PROP_LASTNAME = ‘fld-89a63a63d13048e6847d747cc9a2f5df’;
    const LINK_TO_PROPERTY = ‘fld-e476bcbca1a9425ebe799373abc1ab73’; // inverse relationship link

    // ————————————–
    // Child form field IDs (Payment)
    // ————————————–
    const PMT_PROP = ‘fld-2a06b08909054396ae904b3fb2f4d04c’;
    const PMT_PAYEE = ‘fld-f050a0f16e1b41b8bf62ed96e567032f’;

    // ————————————–
    // Get the linked Property record
    // ————————————–
    var parentRecord = record.getFieldValue(LINK_TO_PROPERTY);

    if (parentRecord == null || parentRecord.length == 0    ) {
    // No linked property; exit safely
      console.log('No linked property', "#ff0000");
      return;
    }

    // parent record is an array, extract first element
    if (parentRecord.length = 1) {
        parentRecord = parentRecord[0];
    } else {
        console.log('Multiple linked properties', "#ff0000");
        return;
    }

    // ————————————–
    // Read values from the Property record
    // ————————————–
    var propId = parentRecord.getFieldValue(PROP_PROPID);
    var lastName = parentRecord.getFieldValue(PROP_LASTNAME);

    // ————————————–
    // Write values to the Payment fields
    // ————————————–
    record.setFieldValue(PMT_PROP, propId);
    record.setFieldValue(PMT_PAYEE, lastName);

    document.saveAllChanges();
    return;
}

updateProperty();

Cheers, Daniel

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[Brendan]

So if you have the same join field in two child forms and the one in the main parent form, then you can simply add a couple Join link to form fields to your form and Tap Forms should handle joining them at the same time as long as all 3 field values match.

Or do you mean compound join fields? If so you can simulate that with a Calculation or Script Field.

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by Brendan.

[john bluma]

I am still lost on scripts on parent child relationships. I am trying to populate two fields
on the payment(child)form with values from property (parent form).

I don’t understand _ is the paarent record already in memory or di I need to
do. read dto retrieve the data. Am I supposed to pass the variable names as varname of ‘varname’?

I even tried ChatGPT to generate the following script andit errors out

// ————————————–
// Parent form field IDs (Property)
// ————————————–
const PROP_PROPID = ‘fld-6716b8eda66d44339f6ba08f37334ea8’;
const PROP_LASTNAME = ‘fld-89a63a63d13048e6847d747cc9a2f5df’;
const LINK_TO_PROPERTY = ‘fld-e476bcbca1a9425ebe799373abc1ab73’; // inverse relationship link

// ————————————–
// Child form field IDs (Payment)
// ————————————–
const PMT_PROP = ‘fld-2a06b08909054396ae904b3fb2f4d04c’;
const PMT_PAYEE = ‘fld-f050a0f16e1b41b8bf62ed96e567032f’;

// ————————————–
// Get the linked Property record
// ————————————–
var parentRecord = record.getFieldValue(LINK_TO_PROPERTY);

if (parentRecord == null) {
// No linked property; exit safely
return;
}

// ————————————–
// Read values from the Property record
// ————————————–
var propId = parentRecord.getFieldValue(PROP_PROPID);
var lastName = parentRecord.getFieldValue(PROP_LASTNAME);

// ————————————–
// Write values to the Payment fields
// ————————————–
record.setFieldValue(PMT_PROP, propId);
record.setFieldValue(PMT_PAYEE, lastName);

Can you make it clear to a dinosaur Cobol programmer?

Are there any example forms that illustrate a working link between records
and use scripts to manipjulate data?

Thanks for any help you can give

[Shane]

Thanks for the reply.

I did read that documentation, but isn’t that used to add a child record to a parent record? I was referring to changing the parent record to the child record.

I guess if I wanted to copy template children to a new parent I could do it that way. I could use a script to essentially copy the child record info from a template parent record and recreate those children records under the new project name. However, I am still curious if you could use a script to change the parent record of a child record. :)

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by Shane.

[Daniel Leu]

Looks like you’re using TapForms5.

Sometimes ChatGPT does a good job, sometimes it hallucinates and creates strange recommendations like inventing nonexisting API functions. In your script, you should add a document.saveAllChanges(); before you the return statement.

Happy coding!

Cheers, Daniel

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[Daniel Leu]

I agree, the scripting feature is very powerful. Without it, I wouldn’t use TFP.

You can add a linked record using var newRecord = record.addNewRecordToField(field_id); and to remove an existing record there’s record.removeRecordFromField(childRecord, field_id');. Here’s the link to the documentation https://www.tapforms.com/help-mac/pro/en/topic/javascript-api.

Cheers, Daniel

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[Shane]

Hey all, so far I’m excited about the power of scripting in TapForms and am trying to put it to good use.

I’m trying to create a template system where I can copy/move placeholder records to a new parent record. Normally to assign a child record to parent record you would click the “Select and link existing records” object/ button which would bring up the possible parent records for reassignment (see screenshot). I’m wondering if this could be done through scripting.

In this example I have a Clients parent form linked to a child Projects form.

You can seem to access the parent record by doing the following (see second screenshot):

function Reassign() {

    var clients = record.getFieldValue('fld-25ab19edf2014cc0952446ed09975851');
    console.log(clients);
}

Reassign();

Console shows a record object:

2025-11-23, 8:02:35 AM / Projects / Reassign
[object CDRecord]

So can we somehow code a different parent record for the child record somehow?

Thanks.

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[Melanie Schaaf]

Thanks for the tip Daniel!

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make your approach work, but I might not have implemented it correctly. I am a very beginner level script-writer.

However, while I was looking for a solution in the forums last night, I found out that there is a custom GPT on ChatGPT and with its help I was able to fix the script and now it works on a 1:M relationship.

The problem was that while a linked form in an M:M relationship returns an array of records and while in a 1:M relationship the form also returns an array on the “Many”side, it does not return on array on the inverse relationship side, as there is always only one record.

The corrected script (with the aid of the Chat GPT assistant) now also extracts several fields with no problems:

function Extraction_Collection_Data() {

// get the linked parent record (ONE record in 1:M)
var collection = record.getFieldValue(‘fld-9be76f6c90334bbbaa0e2c4dc3556358’);

// destination field IDs in Embroidery Designs
var entire_collection_on_file_id = ‘fld-ef5768afe70c46968999aae8f538aa65’;
var collection_series_id = ‘fld-ee2bff7b5d8f4e7f80797e6ad144dc33’;
var collection_series_photo_id = ‘fld-a1b6349df4124933a70abb6dd30728d5’;
var collection_website_id = ‘fld-cb6dd1f0e77c4fbcba331141ecd66d5d’;

// — CASE 1: no linked collection (collection == null)
if (!collection) {

record.setFieldValue(entire_collection_on_file_id, ”);
record.setFieldValue(collection_series_id, ”);
record.setFieldValue(collection_series_photo_id, ”);
record.setFieldValue(collection_website_id, ”);

return;
}

// — CASE 2: a single linked parent record exists

var entire_collection_on_file = collection.getFieldValue(‘fld-c0f51c1134e84335aaf27c64fa0c0bf1’);
var collection_series_name = collection.getFieldValue(‘fld-40cb304839354352875dcaefb9403a2f’);
var collection_package_photo = collection.getFieldValue(‘fld-0ed3dcb5bf194e3996de901f86a390d5’);
var collection_website = collection.getFieldValue(‘fld-40ed47e24443496b9e0bdfd9831ff570’);

record.setFieldValue(entire_collection_on_file_id, entire_collection_on_file);
record.setFieldValue(collection_series_id, collection_series_name);
record.setFieldValue(collection_series_photo_id, collection_package_photo);
record.setFieldValue(collection_website_id, collection_website);
}

Extraction_Collection_Data();

I am very happy with this solution and can only recommend using the ChatGPT assistant for basic scripting help. For me it worked brilliantly!

[Shane]

I remember doing this in MS Access where you could link / join more than one field from the parent to child table (form). In TFP it would open up a few very cool possibilities such as the ability to show/ edit/ create subsets of records.

So for example, if you link a Project Field AND a Client Field to a child Tasks Form, it would auto-populate the Client and Project fields in the tasks form if you added a record.

Similar in purpose, it would be cool to be able to use something like a “Link to” field to connect to a pre-created search. I know you can use Javascript to access Search records, but it would be easier for people to do it with a “Link to” field (or whatever it could be called). Clicking on the populated records would go to that set of (search result) records for editing. I feel adding records from this type of hypothetical field wouldn’t be possible because of the complexity of the user inputted search criteria.

Thanks for reading.

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[Daniel Leu]

The only thing I noticed is your return statement. Try to replace it with return done;.

Since it’s the reverse relationship of a one-to-many, you could use a calculation field as well.

Here’s a script for a single value, although it doesn’t contain any error checks: https://www.tapforms.com/forums/topic/totally-lost-on-script/#post-53221

Cheers, Daniel

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[Melanie Schaaf]

Hi,

I have run into a problem extracting data from a Link to Form-field with a One to Many-relationship.

I usually use Many to Many-relationships in my database, which is probably why I’ve never had this problem before. What I am trying to do is use a script to extract data from a certain field in a linked form and display it in a script field, because I can format that to match my layout.

What I usually do with a Many to Many-related form is this:

function Collection_Series() {

var embroidery_collections_id = ‘fld-9be76f6c90334bbbaa0e2c4dc3556358’;
var collection_series_name_id = ‘fld-40cb304839354352875dcaefb9403a2f’;

var childs = record.getFieldValue(embroidery_collections_id);

var child_names = [];
for (child of childs){
child_names.push(child.getFieldValue(collection_series_name_id));
}

//child_names.sort();
var done = child_names.join(‘, ‘);
console.log(done);

return (done);

}

Collection_Series();`

Now, I am aware that this script is designed for multiple values to be returned, from multiple linked records. But this should also work for a single record from a One to Many-relationship…

But it doesn’t work. I should say that I am using this on the reverse relationship variable, so basically on the “One”-side of the One to Many-relationship.

Can anyone help me perhaps with a different method to extract that value from the linked record?
Like I said, it is simply an aesthetic problem; I don’t like the look of Link to Form-Fields in a layout and I really just want to display the value and not the control elements, because I will be linking records from. the other side.

I might as well just use a Many to Many-relationship, but I feel like there should be a way to do what I am trying to do with a One to Many-relationship as well.

Thanks in advance!

[Shane]

I think this could be a tough feature to implement, but it would be cool if we could sort a subset of records in a link-to-form scenario. The manual sorting works for records in an entire form, but will not do anything if you drill down via a link to form field.

So for example, you have a form called “Projects” then have a child form “Tasks” via a link-to (one to many relationship) field. By clicking a task in the Link To field in the project form layout it will go to the task, and show all the other tasks related to that project.

It would be very useful to be able to manually sort these tasks within this collection of records. Right now I use scripts to promote / demote the tasks with a numeric “order” field which works, but a manual sort would be much easier to implement going forward. :)

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[Shane]

Has anyone noticed in TFP that setting a menu shortcut for a script doesn’t work? I’ve tried different shortcuts and made sure that it’s not sharing a shortcut with another menu item. I feel it might be a macOS Tahoe thing? I’ve included a screenshot to show what the shortcuts looks like.

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