copy other module custom fields to SO custom fields

[Mike.Sheen]

Hi Danny,

You can get to the inventory business logic via the custom field value you already have:

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Dim inventory As JiwaInventory.Inventory = DirectCast(customFieldValue.CustomField.CustomFieldCollection.BusinessLogic, JiwaInventory.Inventory)

Your snippet with the above incorporated into it would be something like this:

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Sub ChangedCustomField(Sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)
    Dim customFieldValue As JiwaApplication.CustomFields.CustomFieldValue = DirectCast(sender, JiwaApplication.CustomFields.CustomFieldValue)
   Dim inventory As JiwaInventory.Inventory = DirectCast(customFieldValue.CustomField.CustomFieldCollection.BusinessLogic, JiwaInventory.Inventory)
   
   If customFieldValue.CustomField.PluginCustomField.Name = "CustomField1" Then
      If CustomFieldValue.Contents = 0 Then
         inventory.CustomFieldValues.ItemFromSettingName("CustomField2").Contents = ""
      End If
      If CustomFieldValue.Contents = 1 Then
         inventory.CustomFieldValues.ItemFromSettingName("CustomField2").Contents = "Some text"
      End If
   End If   
End Sub


Mike

[DannyC]

Thanks Mike. When I have the suggested line

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Dim inventory As JiwaInventory.Inventory = DirectCast(customFieldValue.CustomField.CustomFieldCollection.BusinessLogic, JiwaInventory.Inventory)

I can't read the custom field name and value.

If I comment out that line, then I can.
Is there something about that line that is causing the read of the name & value (e.g this line)

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Msgbox(String.Format("Custom Field '{0}' has a value of '{1}'", customFieldValue.CustomField.PluginCustomField.Name, customFieldValue.Contents)

to fail with the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" ?

[Mike.Sheen]

Ahhh - my bad - I should have used:

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Dim inventory As JiwaInventory.Inventory = DirectCast(customFieldValue.CustomFieldValueCollection.CustomFieldCollection.BusinessLogic, JiwaInventory.Inventory)

Getting to the business logic the way I originally suggested would fail when the custom field is being edited for the first time because customFieldValue.CustomField.CustomFieldCollection is null at that point.

Attached is a plugin which does what you want (Note the attached plugin adds two custom fields to inventory "CustomField1" and "CustomField2" which will very likely clash with your existing one - which highlights the reason to use the ItemFromSettingName method which includes the plugin name as well as the custom field name to disambiguate which custom field you want).

Plugin Test.xml

Sample plugin

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Mike