In other forums, expects suggest to have JS variable passed through input object.

Is this the only way to pass variables from JS to fex?

Thanks
KR

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rkiran1

First of all Welcome to Focal Point! I am sorry I missed this post. Usually you will get answers to your questions in this forum but unfortunately no one was able to give you guidance. If this is still an issue please open a case with techsupport and they should be able to help you!

This can be one way where I call a fex to create a list of value for a Province control based on a change of the Country that is then filled with the values retrieved

var xml03Http = false;
try {
 xml03Http = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e) {
 try {
     xml03Http = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
 }
 catch (e2) {
     xml03Http = false;
 }
}
if (!xml03Http && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
 xml03Http = new XMLHttpRequest();
}

function CNTRY_onchange(event) {
  var eventObject = event ? event : window.event;
  var ctrl  = eventObject.target ? eventObject.target : eventObject.srcElement;
  var cont  = IbComposer_getCurrentSelection('CONTINENT');
  var cntry = IbComposer_getCurrentSelection('CNTRY');
  removeAllOptions(PROV);
  addOption(PROV,"Loading...", "_FOC_NULL");
  callProv (cont, cntry);
}

function callProv(cont, cntry) {
 var url = "/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_ex=lst_prov_all.fex&IBIAPP_app=shared_modules&CONTINENT=" + escape(cont) + "&CNTRY=" + escape(cntry);
 xml03Http.open("GET", url, true);
 xml03Http.onreadystatechange = UpdateProv;
 xml03Http.send(null);
}

function UpdateProv() {
     if (xml03Http.readyState == 4)
     {
         if (xml03Http.status == 200 )
         {
            var responseXML = xml03Http.responseXML;
            var trs = responseXML.getElementsByTagName("tr");
            document.getElementById("PROV").options.length = 0;
            for (r = 0; r < trs.length; r++) {
                var tds = trs[r].getElementsByTagName("td");
                document.getElementById("PROV").options[r] = new Option(tds[1].firstChild.nodeValue, tds[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
            }
            // if only one record mean that only ALL option exist, so do not display
            if (trs.length > 1)
            {
                IbComposer_showHtmlElement('PROV',1);
                // check if only two options exist and if so, then remove the ALL option
                if (trs.length == 2)
                   document.getElementById("PROV").remove(0);
                document.getElementById("PROV").options[0].selected=true;
            }
            else
            {
                removeAllOptions(PROV);
                addOption(PROV,"No Data Found", "_FOC_NULL");
                IbComposer_showHtmlElement('PROV',0);
            }
        }
    }
}

Thank you MartinY