SetFieldTypeByRole Method

What it Does

Sets the type of all fields having a certain role. Usually fields are defaulted to textboxes, radio buttons or checkboxes. With this method, you can make a field be a DropDownList (select), a multiline field (textarea) or other types.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Role	String	The role of the field to be applied a type. E.g "1own"
FieldType	AbstractFieldType	Base class representing a type. The child classes that can be used are described below, and can be retrieved using the FieldType module / static class, which has one method per available field type.

FieldType options

Type	Parameters	Description	Sample Code
AltDataButton	valueList:List<string> → list of Level2 + Level 3 field parts that will cover the button. E.g: New List(Of String)({"LName", "FName"}))	Adds an alt data button ( + ) next to the field	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.AltDataButton(New List(Of String)({"LName", "FName"})))
DropDownList	valueList:List<string> → list of options to be built within the select tag. Each item will be both the value and the text of the html option tag	Converts the field (usually textbox) into a select element	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.DropDownList(New List(Of String)({"NY", "CA", "NV"})))
MultiLine	No parameters	Converts the field (usually textbox) into a textarea element	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.MultiLine())
Range	minValue:int → lower bound of the range maxValue:int → upper bound of the range	Converts the field into a range element	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.Range(1, 100))
Month	No parameters	Converts the field into a month element	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.Month())
Week	No parameters	Converts the field into a week element	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.Week())
Time	No parameters	Converts the field into a time element	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.Time())
DateTime	No parameters	Converts the field into a datetime element	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.DateTime())
DateTimeLocal	No parameters	Converts the field into a datetimelocal element	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.DateTimeLocal())
FTDate	No parameters	Converts the field into a date element	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.FTDate())
Email	No parameters	Converts the field into an email element	objQFE.SetFieldTypeByRole("1own", QuikFormsEngine.FieldType.Email())