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Creating the User Interface
Adaptor Type
Data Source Set
Value
Document
Processor -
Initialization
Document
Processor -
Pre-submission
Document
Processor -
Post-submission
Available Templates
or Controls
Not available on high
fidelity templates
Available on these
controls: Text Field,
Number Field, Date
Field, DateTime
Field, Radio Button
Group, CheckBox,
ListBox, Dropdown
List, Package, Slider,
and Embedded Form
Not available on folder
information, process
parameter, task, or high
fidelity templates
Not available on folder
contents, process
instance list, search,
task list, or high fidelity
templates
Not available on folder
contents, process
instance list, process
parameter, search, task
list, or high fidelity
templates
Best Uses/Limitations
Use this adaptor to automatically populate one field on the
template. There are two types of Set Value adaptors:
• On Change - populates a field based on a value entered by
the user in another field. For example, when an employee
is selected from a dropdown list, a field for office location
could then be automatically populated for the selected
employee.
• On Init - populates a field when the form renders at runtime.
An initialization adaptor initializes values for the entire form.
On a document view template, the initialization executes only
when the document view is used while importing documents
in TaskSpace.
A pre-submission adaptor executes prior to form submission
provided the validation succeeds, then the form is saved.
A post-submission adaptor executes after a form is submitted.
There are two out-of-the-box document post-submission
adaptors:
• MoveOrLinkToLocationPostProcessor - moves or links a
form instance to a specified location in the repository.
• StartWorkflowPostProcessor - starts a workflow with the
form instance as the initial package.
Using one data source adaptor to populate multiple
fields
If you want to automatically populate multiple fields on a template, creating one data source adaptor
that populates multiple fields greatly improves performance. The following example takes you through
creating two data source adaptors. The first adaptor populates a list box of employee names from the
repository. When a name is selected, the second adaptor then automatically populates ID, E-mail
Address, Phone Number, and Department fields for the selected employee from an external database.
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