So in Studio we now can make a new type of object, UiForms. These are basically the next iteration of the previous way of building forms, still based on Form-js but with a much better editor and events etc. My problem is I cannot find any way to enter a dynamic value in the dropdown control. Prev…

@Jon_Smith Did you try this [image] [image] [image] Without _dropdown use the same name as field key cheers

Interesting. I did not because how would I then get the value I select in the dropdown back out? If its an In/Out argument would the ienumerable returned only have one value? Edit: Indeed a test shows that it only allows an Input, an In/Out argument breaks the behaviour and only selects the last …

Do the new forms have the JSON output of all the form data? I think that’s how you’d get the selected value.

No, they are definitely an improved experience (excusing this missing feature) and did away with dealing with the JSON. Instead you just get a form that pops up and shows all the available fields based on the controls in the form. Anil’s screenshot shows one of the dialogs where he is passing Listv…

@Jon_Smith So after a little trail and error …we can get the value…using get form values activity…so basically use show forms as above and then use get form values activity with same variable name but now select it a string and assign a variable to it…you can see the value that you selected [imag…

That does help @Anil_G as if it works then it means at least the same behaviour as before can be restored. It does feel like a workaround or inconsistency considering you can get values out by using the direction ‘Out’ in Show Form. I could make decompile their code and see if there is indeed a hi…

Hi @Anil_G , thank you so much for the clarification. Can you request to add this info somewhere in the docs please? I have lost an entire day for this issue. since we had many ways to do it depending on the version, I had to try and retry untill I found this one. Just and example, I’ve followed a…

New UiForms Don't Allow Dynamic Dropdowns

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Anil_G (Anil Gorthi) November 18, 2023, 7:21am 3

@Jon_Smith

Did you try this

Without _dropdown use the same name as field key

cheers

Dynamic dropdown lists doesn't work

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