Using !format on multiple occurrences of the same field

Question

I'm trying to use the @if function to apply formatting to two occurrences of a field, but am not having any luck so far.  The specific example is that I have two check boxes on the template, and would like to have only one of them checked at a time, using the same field in my data file for both check boxes.  The field that I'm using in my data file is:
^field ACCOUNT_TYPE
And the only two possible values for that field are CHECKING and SAVINGS.  On the first ACCOUNT_TYPE checkbox, I have entered the following !format:
@(If("@_$_."=="CHECKING","X"," "))
And on the second ACCOUNT_TYPE check box it is
@(If("@_$_."=="SAVINGS","X"," "))
The @if statement works fine when I apply it to only one of the check boxes, but when I apply it to both, nothing populates into the field.  A simple solution would be to change the data, but doing so is not an option in this case for me.  Any help or alternate solutions is appreciated.  Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi
I treid different combination keeping the same field name for two radio buttons but it didnt work. You can work out with an alternate solution , keep different name for two radio buttons say : JF07 & JF08
And under JF07 for !Format event : @(If("@JF03."=="SAVING","S",""))
And under JF08 for !Format event : @(If("@JF03."=="CHECKING","C",""))
where JF03 is the field name which may have one of two value : i.e either SAVING or CHECKING
So your form consits of 2 radio buttons ( JF07,JF08) and one field label JF03. In your dat file you have to refer to first radio button that appears first on the form i.e left to right or top to bottom.(So whatever radio button is appearign first in the sequence on the form from left to right use that radio button in dat file.Here its JF07)
^symbolset 108
^page 1
^field JF03
CHECKING
^field JF07
==========
^symbolset 108
^page 1
^field JF03
SAVING
^field JF07
Hope this layman's altenate solution will give you a bit of relief.
thanks
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