I want to have the chart come up with a default value in a parameter but can't seem to get this to work. For example I have two values for the parameter &Session, they are Fall and Spring. I want the default to be Fall when the Chart loads on an HTML page but I want the user to be able to select Fall or Spring from the Drop down on the HTML page to be able to switch it.

Initially I created the HTML with &Session in it so that a parameter was put on the HTML page and associated with the Filter. This all worked and the chart reflected the drop down selects.

Next I went go to the Tasks and Animation tab under the chart properties on the HTML page and set the Task to be load with a trigger type Load and the requests/actions to be External procedure/chart1 with a target type Window. When I tested this the chart does not load/display when the page is loaded.

I was going to put the following code in the chart.fex at the beginning to make the default value for &Session be 'Fall'. But since I can't get the chart to load on it's own I haven't gone further with this.

 -DEFAULTH Session='Fall'; 

Any hints on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: <Emily McAllister>,

The code s/b, exactly:
-DEFAULTS &SESSION = 'Fall'

no semi-colon

DEFAULTH "hides" the parameter from the initial execution...

Tom thanks, and the DEFAULTS works when you run the chart .fex, but it does not work when you put that same chart .fex on an HTML Page and run the HTML page.

Hi Trudy,
Put this at the very top of the fex:
-SET &ECHO=ALL;

Then, go to the HTML page and run it. When it doesn't load, right-click and view source.
Look for an error...

Tom