Update value of Text box or Label from a previous chained app

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to modify the value of a label or the default text in a text box tool from data received from a chained up? Or is there any other way to display text in an app interface from an incoming data stream?

Here's my use case: I have a company credit card statement where each record shows the transaction details and the named user (the statement contains data for 30 users). In the 1st of a chained app sequence, there is a dropdown box containing the list of names. The user would select their name and click the button, which would then pass that user's transactions to the 2nd app as input. The 2nd app would display some info from each transaction (concatenated from 3-4 fields to a single string) with a couple of dropdowns and text boxes next to it where the user would provide more info.

The bit I don't know is how to display the concatenated strings on the app interface.

Any ideas?

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CharlieS

It's possible to pass values from one chained app to the next. The fist app can write a .yxdb file to the working directory with a Name:Value pair that a Dropdown, Listbox, or Tree tool in the subsequent app will read. Those interface tools have the option to read from an "External Source" or "Custom File".

I'm not familiar with a way to modify a Text Box input, but as long as it doesn't have to be modified in the Text Box, you could have a Dropdown with only 1 option maybe?

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CharlieS

I'm not familiar with a way to modify a Text Box input, but as long as it doesn't have to be modified in the Text Box, you could have a Dropdown with only 1 option maybe?

JordyMicheal

Where is the data currently stored? If queried from a DB (SQL, Snowflake, Oracle, Etc) we can build the list pre run from there.
If not, @CharlieS idea is mine also. If you need any help building we can gladly walk you through.

Super great use case for sharing information with end users

danilang

Hi @DavidP

I don't think it's natively possible to modify the default text of a textbox tool. I just spent some time looking around and the closest I could come up with was a couple of "Hacky ideas"(his words) from @MarqueeCrew, involving a chained app modifying the XML of the following app or grouping controls to simulate the behaviour.

Dan

DavidP

Thanks Charlie, that’s a good idea and should work even if it might end op looking a bit clunky. I play around with it a bit.

Dan, I did think about hacking the xml of the 2nd app from the 1st, so I’ll definitely look at Mark’s posts.

DavidP

@JordyMicheal, the data comes from a file received from the credit card company. The main problem is that I want to filter the data based on the selection made in the 1st app and present it back to the user.

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