[slitchfield]

Sorry to be thick, but how do I actually get data back from forms?

For example, in my Settings function, I have:

state = [u'On', u'Off']
svalue = [u'1 bar',u'2 bars', u'3 bars']

data = [(u'Audible metronome','combo', (state,0)),(u'Tuning length','combo', (svalue,0))]

flags = appuifw.FFormEditModeOnly+appuifw.FFormDoubleSpaced
f = appuifw.Form(data, flags)
f.execute()

But how are the two choices returned to me? Help!

Thanks,
Steve Litchfield

[simo.salminen]

Just use the [] operator on the form-object. Here is code that shows content of form-object.

f.execute()
for label, tname, value in f: 
  print label, tname, value

[slitchfield]

Originally Posted by simo.salminen

Just use the [] operator on the form-object. Here is code that shows content of form-object.

f.execute()
for label, tname, value in f: 
  print label, tname, value

Err... which [] operator? Your example didn't have any [] chars! In my code, should I be using my variables instead of those zeros?

Cheers
Steve

[slitchfield]

Just to reiterate where I am with this. Here's the code I'm currently using:

state = [u'Off', u'On']
svalue = [u'1 bar',u'2 bars', u'3 bars']

data = [(u'Audible metronome','combo', (state,soundflag)),(u'Tuning length','combo', (svalue,tuninglength))]

flags = appuifw.FFormEditModeOnly+appuifw.FFormDoubleSpaced
f = appuifw.Form(data, flags)
f.execute()

From what's been written below, I'd expect my variables in the 'value' fields to be changed when the user selects different options. But they're not. Whatever I select in the dialog, their values don't change....

Any ideas?

Cheers
Steve Litchfield

[srouil]

You can get the values with the following code:

self.soundflag = int(f[0][2][1])
self.tuninglength = int(f[1][2][1])

Note the int(). I am very new to Python but it looks like form contains selected index as Long when Form is saved and I needed to convert back to Int to use them in

data = [(u"Audible metronome",'combo',(self.state, self.soundflag)), (u'Tuning length','combo', (self.svalue, self.tuninglength))]

[slitchfield]

Originally Posted by srouil

You can get the values with the following code:

self.soundflag = int(f[0][2][1])
self.tuninglength = int(f[1][2][1])

Note the int(). I am very new to Python but it looks like form contains selected index as Long when Form is saved and I needed to convert back to Int to use them in

data = [(u"Audible metronome",'combo',(self.state, self.soundflag)), (u'Tuning length','combo', (self.svalue, self.tuninglength))]

Interesting post, although Python gives an error, saying that 'self' is not defined. Also, I don't follow where you got the f[] array numbers from. Can you comment?

Thanks for your help so far! I'm sure we can work this out and I'll then post a working example of form use for others to use.

Steve Litchfield

[srouil]

Do not worry about self in my code snippet. I put your example in a small test app that had a class. You can remove it in your example.

I use indexes to access the result of a form from its data list and tuples. If you consider the example form below (variation of your example):

countries = [u"Switzerland", u"France", u"Deutschland", u"Italia"]
data = [(u"Name", 'text', name), (u"Country", 'combo', (countries, country_code))]
flags = appuifw.FFormEditModeOnly
f = appuifw.Form(data, flags)
f.execute()

I get name with
name = f[0][2]
index 0 refers to 1st item in form data list
index 2 refers to the value within the tuple (u"Name", 'text', name)

I get country_code with
country_code = f[1][2][1]
index 1 refers the 2nd item (country) within list
index 2 refer to the value within the tuple (u"Country", 'combo', (countries, country_code))
index 1 refer to the combo's index within the tuple (countries, country_code)

A good example for using forms with DB is Sports_diary.py from the examples of Nokia SDK. I use the same pattern of methods in my application.

[slitchfield]

Thanks, I'll give all that a whirl today!

Steve

[slitchfield]

Works fine, thanks, the example quoted should tell people all they need to know about getting data back from forms.

If anyone's interested, I've just released Musician 1.5, with configurable settings and a fladgling shareware nag screen system. Still fully working, of course, but I live in hope of someone actually registering it one day 8-)

Thanks to everyone for their nuggets of wisdom over the last few days, I've acknowledged this forum in my code!

Steve Litchfield

[bandz_fab]

Hi, im a newbie so please bear with my questions regarding pys60 programming. In addition to sir palmac127's question, I would like to ask you guys a couple of questions:

These are slightly OT questions, sorry for this.
1. How can I retrieve the form field's value or data inside a function. Referring to sir adywicaksono's previous solution:
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# Menambahkan menu-menu pada objek Form
def fungsi1():
appuifw.note(u"Menu 1","info")
#------------------------------------------------
# How can I retrieve the values of the form fields
#from inside this function? Please help me out. Many Thanks
------------------------------------------------

def fungsi2():
appuifw.note(u"Menu 2","info")

daftarMenuForm = [ (u"Menu1",fungsi1), (u"Menu2",fungsi2)]

# Daftar field dalam Form
fieldForm = [(u"Nama","text"),
(u"Alamat","text")]

# set the view/edit mode of the form
flags = appuifw.FFormAutoLabelEdit
frmId = appuifw.Form(fieldForm,flags)
frmId.menu = daftarMenuForm
frmId.execute()

appuifw.app.exit_key_handler = exit_key_handler
app_lock.wait()

2. For my second question, I would like to ask you guys on how can I assign a value from a form field. Let say I would assign "Francis" as the value of the Nama text field in the previous solution.

3. Lastly, I was wondering if it is possible to set specific field on the form to act as readonly form field---meaning users are not able to put or enter data to that text field for example. This field will on only be used for displaying output or computed values. If this is possible kindly post the solution/s.

Thank you guys, and looking forward for your replies soon.

[bandz_fab]

I was able to retrieve the form field value by first saving the form entries via the options menu and using frmId[0][2] to retrieve the form field value. Can it be possible to retrieve the form field value without pressing Save from the option menu?