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SugarCRM 7  How can I re-render a multi enum?

Francesca Shiekh
I want to change the dropdown options on a multi-enum (descriptors) based on another dropdown (product).

Dependencies and visibility grids don't help here because they don't work on multienum (as far as I know).

I have gotten as far as changing the options property on the filed but it won't render the new list on change.


  
   extendsFrom: 'RecordView',     initialize: function(options){
      this._super('initialize', [options]);
      this.model.on('change:case_product_c', this.toggleDescriptors, this);
   },
   render: function()
   {
      this._super('render');
   },
   toggleDescriptors : function(){
     var case_descriptor_c = this.model.fields['case_descriptor_c'],
     descriptor_dropdown = 'case_'+this.model.get('case_product_c').replace(' ','_') +'_descriptor_dd';
     case_descriptor_c.options = descriptor_dropdown;
     console.log(case_descriptor_c);
   },
                         
The above code works to set the dropdown correctly when the page first loads (the dropdpwn contains the right items based on the selected product of the record being loaded), but when I change the product it changes the case_descriptor_c.options (I have verified this in the log) but not the actual values displayed (when I click in the box I get the old list again)...

I believe I have to render the field again, but I don't know how...
Any hints?

thanks,
FrancescaS
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    Hi FrancescaS,

    I don't know if this is the best solution but when i try and create dynamic dropdown option based on other fields in the view i would do something like this
    ({
    extendsFrom:'RecordView',
    originalDDOption: null,
    initialize: function(opts){
        this._super('initialize',[opts];
        this._setDDOption();
    },
    _setDDOption(){
      var newDDOption = null
       if(!this.originalDDOption){
         newDDOption = this.originalDDOption = _.clone(app.metadata._dev_data.app_list_strings['(list_dom_here)']);
      } else {
         newDDOption = _.clone(this.originalDDOption);
      } 
      //process your dropdown option list here
      app.metadata._dev_data.app_list_strings['(list_dom_here)'] = newDDOption;
      //i always keep a copy of my original dropdown option so that i could revert the option if needed
    }
    })
    Hope this helped in some ways
  • 0 in reply to EvilPeri EvilPeri
    Hi!

    Sorry to rescue an old thread, but I was trying to implement this in 7.6 and the following line:
    app.metadata._dev_data.app_list_strings['case_descriptor_dd']
    didn't work for me. If I console.log() app.metadata, _dev_data isn't even defined.
    Then I tried this.options because I saw it in some other threads but that didn't work either because this.options is not just a list, it's a more complex object and I couldn't find a way to override the options list.

    I did find something that worked for me:
    this.items = *custom_list*; successfully overrides the enum list and it also solves the problem pointed out by lorenzo. If the old dropdown value is not in the new list, it defaults to one that is.

    Hope this is helpful.

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  • 0 in reply to EvilPeri EvilPeri
    Hi!

    Sorry to rescue an old thread, but I was trying to implement this in 7.6 and the following line:
    app.metadata._dev_data.app_list_strings['case_descriptor_dd']
    didn't work for me. If I console.log() app.metadata, _dev_data isn't even defined.
    Then I tried this.options because I saw it in some other threads but that didn't work either because this.options is not just a list, it's a more complex object and I couldn't find a way to override the options list.

    I did find something that worked for me:
    this.items = *custom_list*; successfully overrides the enum list and it also solves the problem pointed out by lorenzo. If the old dropdown value is not in the new list, it defaults to one that is.

    Hope this is helpful.

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