Autofill Plugin doesn't work (doesn't show on Plug-in dropdown selection)

[Indrit]

Hi, I am having hard time to locate and select the recently installed plug-in "autofill"

I installed it from download area. When I try to create a new element and select "autofill" I cant find it in the dropdown.

Am I missing something???

when I look at my installed Plug-Ins I can see the "autofill" being installed

What am I missing??

Thanks, Indrit

 

[troester]

Check if it's enabled.
And: it's a form plugin, no element plugin.

 

[Indrit]

ahhh silly me. Thanks

So, here is what I am trying to accomplished.

I have this form (see image below) and I am trying to add the autofill plug in so that when the "Element of performance" field is selected the autofill will pick ONLY the first 4 characters and will show something like "EP11" in another field and ignore the rest of the sentence.

Also How do I add another field that will be autofilled by what ever is selected on the "Elements of performance"??

 

[troester]

This is not what the autofill plugin is for (it is for pulling multiple values from an other table into form fields).

Must this "other" field be editable or should it just display (and store)?
If it's not editable use a calc element returning the 4 characters.
If it must be editable use element JS to copy from one field to the other one.

 

[Indrit]

Here is my answer to your question

Must this "other" field be editable or should it just display (and store)? It will simply display and store. (Not editable)

How can I use the calc element to return the 4 characters. where should I start?

I assume I still have to create a element (text) and use it for the purpose of the calculation??

So.., all those elements (Standard, Element Of Performance, EP Autofill) are part of the same list.

Which element I need to edit and add calculation so that what ever the 1st 4 characters are on the Element "Element of Performance" will automatically show on the element "EP Autofill"


Thanks, Indrit

 

[troester]

Create a calculation element (maybe you have to download and enable) and do some string handling.
http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/calculation-element/

 

[Indrit]

Thanks, I got the CALC plugin and installed, Elements created and now the hard part, .... at lest for me

what is the php string

$myCalc = (int)'{survey_dashboard___element_of_performance}' * 5;
return $myCalc;
$firstFourCharacters = substr($string, 0, 4);

I now see nothing on the EP Autofill field

I don't think I have this right

 

[troester]

Nothing will run after a return.

$string = '{survey_dashboard___element_of_performance}' ;
return substr($string, 0, 4);

 

[Indrit]

Thanks, I did make the changes and now I still have this

I noticed on your string there is no $myCalc =
What is the code I need to copy and paste

 

[troester]

What do you want with $myCalc, this is only example code in the WIKI.
You must return your substring.

Did you enable "Ajax calculation"?

 

[Indrit]

... of course not

I did enable it and it works like a charm. Thx!!!

 

[Indrit]

How would I go if I want to add more to it?

Here is what I mean: Instead of capturing only 4 characters as resolved I previous forum thread, I can capture all characters from element "Code" and only first 4 characters from element "Element of Performance". and make them display (example EC.02.01.03 EP4)

BTW here are the elements as they appear in my database:
Label: Code
Full element Name: survey_dashboard___code

Label: Element of Performance
Full element Name: survey_dashboard___element_of_performance

See pic below for details.

After a few experiments i got this code who gives me only half of my solutions

$string1 = '{survey_dashboard___code}' ;
$string2 = '{survey_dashboard___element_of_performance}' ;
return "$string1. substr($string2, 0, 4)";


Still cant figure out the second part where I only need to capture first 4 characters.



Thanks, Indrit

 

[troester]

http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/calculation-element/#simple-examples

 

[Indrit]

Thanks, I have seen that but I could not make any sense for the second part of my problem

I know if I do

$string1 = '{survey_dashboard___code}' ;
$string2 = '{survey_dashboard___element_of_performance}' ;
return "$string1. $string2";

It will combine both strings, but I dont want that. I want all characters from the first string, and ONLY first 4 characters from the second string. I am falling short.

$string1 = '{survey_dashboard___code}' ;
$string2 = '{survey_dashboard___element_of_performance}' ;
return "$string1. $string2";

$string2 is where I can't figure out how to make it to only display first 4 characters.

 

[troester]

This is just php
...
return $string1 . substr($string2, 0, 4);

 

[Indrit]

Thank you! Much appreciated!

I updated a little to create a space between string1 and string 2

return $string1." ".substr($string2, 0, 4);