i Logic: Input fields in forms should appear empty after opening the file. How?

[Anonymous]

Hello World 🙂

I have created forms with i Logic, that pop up automatically after opening the iam.-file and the user can put values in the input fields.

The question is: How can be the input fields be cleared after saving the file? Because the values are already saved in a copy, that is created automatically after saving. The original file shouldn't contain any values after saving.

Thank you in advance for any ideas! 🙂

[Anonymous]

The parameter boxes in an iLogic form are going to display the current value of the parameter and allow you to change them, much the way you can from the main parameter dialog box. To my knowledge there is not a way around this unless using a "hold" parameter which then writes to the "final" parameter.

[blandb]

Can you not just blank out the fields you are populating at the end of the rule, or run a "clear" rule that will blank them out?

iProperties.Value("Summary", "Title") = ""
iProperties.Value("Project", "Description") = ""

[Anonymous]

Thak you for your reply.

How can I create a rule that will blank out the input fields in my forms after I open the file?

[blandb]

I read your initial post that the values were being saved when it was copied, so an after save rule would clear the values.

You could in your "show form" rule, say to run the clear rule before the show form:

iLogicVb.RunRule("clear")

iLogicForm.Show("Form 1")

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much for your idea, sounds good.

I am a beginner using iLogic... how does a "clear rule" look like?

[blandb]

It would be just a stand alone rule that just blanks out whatever properties you are looking to clear. Example, below will make the Title field blank.

iProperties.Value("Summary", "Title")=""

The reason I said to make it its own rule is because if you decide to clear other things later, you can just add to your clear rule. But as a standalone rule, you can choose when to fire that specific  rule when needed.