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In this chapter we will use field mappings to populate more than one field from a drop-down. Our goal to populate the country name and associated country code from a single drop-down in the contacts app:

Update your contacts app to do the same. To recap the steps in the video:

  • Add a new field CountryCode to the stream Country List
  • Add this new field to the grid view and edit form in the app to maintain the list of countries
  • Go into App Mode, and add codes for all the countries you have added so far
  • Go back into Design Mode, and open the configuration form for the stream Country List
  • Create a new view to provide the drop down list:
    • Call this Country Select
    • Make this a Grid view
    • Add the attribute CountryList
  • Add new fields CountryName and CountryCode for contacts:
    • Add both to the stream Contacts
    • Add both to the grid view in the Contacts app
    • Add both to the edit form in the Contacts app
  • Convert the Country Name field in the Contacts edit form to a drop-down:
    • From the stream Country List, drag the view Country Select onto the field Country Name
    • You will be asked if you want to convert this field to a drop-down - confirm this
  • Go into App Mode to confirm that Country Name in the Contacts app is now a drop-down
  • Add the country code into the drop down:
    • From the stream Country List, edit the view Country Select
    • Add the attribute CountryCode
    • Make this attribute hidden, so that it does not also show in the drop down
  • Add a mapping to populate Country Code from the Country Name drop-down:
    • Open the layout for the Contacts edit form (this is called Contact Details)
    • Find the field CountryName
    • Add a mapping:
      • Form Field: CountryCode
      • Drop Down Field: CountryCode

Go into App Mode, and enter some new contact details. You will see that when you select the country from Country Name, the Country Code is populated automatically.

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