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April 1, 2023 at 12:49 PM #49228
smartinParticipantHello
I’d like to generate a checklist that shows the universe of trading cards using Tap Forms.Typically card sets come in “Base” versions, then potentially have certain modifications known as “variants” … i.e. a different photograph or border design, etc.
Downloading a checklist from the manufacturer you get the list of Base Cards; we’ll call this table A. You can also download another table of data that will show (as an example) if a certain Base Card has a short print, or a super short print, or an ultra short print variant; we’ll call this Table B!
What we would like to do is connect Table A to Table B, and add a record to Table A if a short print variant exists in Table B. Heck, we’d add three records if a Card has all three variants of short prints. In that case we would have four unique records in Table A for the Base, Base SP, Base SSP, and a BASE USP variants.
What is the best way to permute the baseline record in Table A to up to four unique records based on the information provided in Table B?
Thanks for the help!
April 2, 2023 at 6:06 PM #49250
smartinParticipantWe gave it a try at coding and came up with what I will paste below. Unfortunately we’re getting a Syntax Error —> Permute_Short_Prints: SyntaxError: Unexpected end of script, line:78
note: line 78 is the final line of the code.
here’s the code. thanks to anyone looking it over and feeding back where we’ve gone wrong!
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// Here goes nothing! We're going to try some Tap Forms Java to make a permutation of short print variants in our 2022 Topps Series One Form; // First we will define the Short Print field Id's from this Short Print Form with the following variable names using the const instruction; const shortPrintId = form.getFieldNamed("Short Print").getId(); const superShortprintId = form.getFieldNamed("Super Short Print").getId(); const ultraShortprintId = form.getFieldNamed("Ultra Short Print").getId(); // We'll call this script the Permute_Short_Print; // I don't know if this is where the function instruction should be placed, but here it is; function Permute_Short_Prints() { // These variables probably can (should?) be declared here outside of the search Loop (I think); // "2022 Topps Series 1" is another Form in the database with a full checklist of available cards (minus all of the permutations of variants); const seriesOne = document.getFormNamed("2022 Topps Series 1"); let seriesOneRecord = seriesOne.addNewRecord(); // Now we'll Loop over the fields in the Short Print Form. This script will be placed at the Short Print Form level using script button; for (field of form.getFields()){ // We'll define these variables inside of the Loop. Not sure if it has to happen this way, but seems right. let seriesOneFieldId=seriesOne.getFieldNamed(field.name).getId(); let seriesOneShortPrintId=seriesOne.getFieldNamed("Short Print"); let shortPrint = getFieldValue(shortPrintId); let superShortPrint = getFieldValue(superShortPrintId); let ultraShortPrint = getFieldValue(ultraShortPrintId); // This one additional variable will be used to set a flag in the seriesOne Table to sort for scripted entries (in case we need that later) let seriesOneScriptAutoEntryId=seriesOne.getFieldNamed("Script Auto Entry"); // IF NUMBER 1 -- This first If Statement will create a record in the seriesOne Form for short prints called "SP"; if (shortPrint = "SP") { // true condition; seriesOneRecord.setFieldValue(seriesOneFieldId, record.getFieldValue( field.getId())); seriesOneRecord.setFieldValue(seriesOneShortPrintId, record.getFieldValue(shortPrint)); seriesOneRecord.setFieldValue(seriesOneScriptAutoEntryId, "Y"); } else { // false condition is to just move on; continue; } // IF NUMBER 2 -- This second If Statement will create a record in the seriesOne Form for short prints called "SSP", or SUPER short prints; if (superShortPrint = "SSP") { // true condition; seriesOneRecord.setFieldValue(seriesOneFieldId, record.getFieldValue( field.getId())); seriesOneRecord.setFieldValue(seriesOneShortPrintId, record.getFieldValue(superShortPrint)); seriesOneRecord.setFieldValue(seriesOneScriptAutoEntryId, "Y"); } else { // false condition is to just move on; continue; } // IF NUMBER 3 -- This third If Statement will create a record in the seriesOne Form for short prints called "USP", or ULTRA short prints; if (superShortPrint = "USP") { // true condition; seriesOneRecord.setFieldValue(seriesOneFieldId, record.getFieldValue( field.getId())); seriesOneRecord.setFieldValue(seriesOneShortPrintId, record.getFieldValue(ultraShortPrint)); seriesOneRecord.setFieldValue(seriesOneScriptAutoEntryId, "Y"); } else { // false condition is to just move on; continue; } // save seriesOne.saveAllChanges(); // ...and we are done!; } Permute_Short_Prints();
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- This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by Brendan. Reason: Added back-ticks to the code
April 2, 2023 at 6:26 PM #49251
smartinParticipantahhh… we figured out that we were missing a closing bracket ( i.e. a } )
but we’re now getting a Reference Error –>Permute_Short_Prints: ReferenceError: Can’t find variable: getFieldValue, line:(null)Not sure how to diagnose this one. womp womp. Thanks to anyone who can help!
April 2, 2023 at 8:13 PM #49252
Daniel LeuParticipantYou have to provide a
record
object when usinggetFieldValue()
. So that’s usuallyrecord.getFieldValue(fldId)
.BTW, if you encapsulate the code with back ticks (`), then it comes better readable.
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