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ValueListSelectedIndex ( File ; ValueList ; Value )

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Rob Poelking, Me
http://www.donthaveone.com

Returns the number of the selected value in a list

Sample Input:
ValueListSelectedIndex ( "" ; "MyValueList" ; myField )
Sample Output:
6 when myField has selected the 6th value from a value list.


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Description:

Data type returned: Number

Given a list of paragraph separated values, this returns the number of the item selected by a user. If a user selects the third value in a list, then the function returns 3.

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This is my Custom Function and I want to edit it

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Doesn't work

DS, NYC
February 24, 2009 10:21am

Looks as though the author left a reference to a fixed value during testing i.e.

ValueList = "type";
Value = inventory::inv_1004_item_type_t;

If you remove these, it works.

Nick Stockbridge, Bristol, England
October 26, 2009 12:34am

My apologies, I've updated the function taking out the testing code.

Rob Poelking, South Euclid
April 20, 2010 9:32am

For reasons not apparent, if I enter a field value not in the Value List, I usually get 0 but sometimes I get 1. Huh?

ron, bellingham, wa
March 23, 2012 8:12pm

Without seeing your code maybe check for the existence of a carriage return. I use this function and variations of it often.

Rob Poelking, South Euclid
March 24, 2012 5:38am

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