Copying data from one field to another on a form

Question

Hi
I have created a form called application which contains the following fields:
Name
Address1
Address2
Address3
Address4
Location1
Location2
Location3
Location4
When the user has entered his name and address I would like the data to then prefill into the location lines.
I think you can do this sort of thing in java event handlers but I have no experience of this.
Any one got any ideas how I can do this.
Thanks
Jayne

Answer 1

hi Jayne,
The following is an example of something just like what you want.
In this form, get_add1Vals(); is called in the js-event handler for the field NEWFNAME1 which gets populated by the value selected or entered into FNAME1. The following code goes in the additional plsql code region (Before displaying the page).
hope that certainly helps! please update it with your results.
AMN
BEGIN
HTP.PRINT('<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1">
         function get_add1Vals{
            var  v_fname;
            for (i=0; i<document.forms[0].elements.length; i++)
              if (document.forms[0].elements.name=="FORM_TBL_TEST_FORM_3.DEFAULT.FNAME.01")
v_fname = document.forms[0].elements[i].value;
break;
if (document.forms[0].elements[i].name=="FORM_TBL_TEST_FORM_3.DEFAULT.NEWFNAME1.01")
document.forms[0].elements[i].value = v_fname;
break;
void("");
return true;
</SCRIPT>');
EXCEPTION
When Others THEN
null;
END;