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Tofindoutwhetheracellorspanhasadirectlinktoadatafield,selectit(see"Selectinganelement"
onpage174)and:
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TakealookontheAttributespane.IfunderOther,theFielddrop-downorSumfieldpointtoa
datafieldinthedetailtable,theelementhasadirectlinktoadatafield.
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SwitchtotheSourceview.Elementswithadirectlinktoadatafieldhaveadata-fieldor
data-sumattribute.
Bydefault,cellsthatarefilledwithaplaceholderhaveadirectlinkwithadatafield.Cellsthatarefilled
withanexpressiondon't.Tocreateadirectlinkwithadatafield,selectthecellandchoosethedata
fieldfromtheFielddrop-downontheAttributespane.
Theeasiestwaytoaddascriptthattargetsaspecificelement(acellorspan)thathasadirectlinkwith
adatafieldisthis.
1. InDesignmode,selecttheelement.
2. ClicktheCreate ScriptbuttonnexttotheFielddrop-downontheAttributespane.
3. ClickYestoconfirmthatthedirectlinkwiththedatafieldwillbebroken.
Asaresult:
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Theelementwillnowhaveadata-scriptattribute.
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Thedata-fieldordata-formatattributeisremoved.
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AnewscriptwillbecreatedandopenedintheScriptEditor.
Theselectorofthenewscriptisthedata-scriptattributewiththenameofthedatafieldthattheele-
mentwaslinkedtoasitsvalue.Forexample:table[data-script='ID'].
Thecodeofthescriptreplacesthecontentsoftheelementwiththecurrentvalueofthedatafield:
var field = this.record.fields['ID'];
if (field) {
this.text(formatter.upperCase(field));
}
UnderOptions,thescopeofthescriptissettoEach matched element(see"Settingthescopeofa
script"onpage373).Thismeansthatinthecode,thisreferstotheelementthatmatchestheselector,
andthis.recordreferstothecurrent (nested) detail record(see"this"onpage781).
Tip: Togetaccesstotherowinwhichthecellislocated,youcanusethis.parent().
Note: Ifyoubindtheelementtoadatafieldagainbyselectingitandthenselectingafieldfrom
theFielddrop-downontheAttributespane,thedata-scriptattributewillberemoved.
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