FormComponent

Brian Brown asked on August 22, 2022 20:19

I've created a few Form Components that read from a Custom Table.

I'm now trying to create a Form Component that reads from a Custom Table based on what was selected in a previous field. Example: I'm trying to create a EmailTo Form Component (just a textbox) that pulls an email address from a Custom Table (the custom table has a list of email addressed and states) based on what was selected in the state dropdownlist earlier in the form.

Any direction would be appreciated.

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Eugene Paden answered on August 22, 2022 20:30

Do you already have the code to retrieve content from the Custom Table?

The article Developing Form Components should be able to help you get started.

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Brian Brown answered on August 22, 2022 21:17

What's tripping me up is how do I pass the value selected in the form from the Custom Table (State) into the Form Component.

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Sean Wright answered on September 10, 2022 18:07

Currently, Form Components are designed to be used independently - they cannot pass state to each other. If you need to have the value of one form input impact what is displayed in another, I'd recommend combining those fields into a single Form Component and serializing the state into a string value. The example in the docs of a color selector Form Component is a good example of this approach.

That said, for the next Xperience refresh we will be getting a feature that allows Form Components to pass state to each other for conditional visibility and other logic.

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