Form Presentation Question

ab042

I'm trying to CREATE an ORDER type form and would like there to be a table with 6 BLANK line items displayed for editing in place of the ONE item that is currently displayed.

Under visual element I have it set Display as a Table of Items and the SHOW 6 items but when you creating a new order it only shows ONE line item and then you have to click on ADD LINE for each additional.

Is there anyway to change this to show more blank lines on the form when starting and then if the user only completes two or three and clicks finish just don't save the undefined lines?

Or maybe I could create a routine to add 6 blank lines before showing the order lines and then after its completed delete the blanks from the order.

Any suggestions or samples?

aware_support2

Yes, you can pre-create line items when initializing the order and discard blank ones when the order is created. To create line items during order initialization, add a rule like this to the order object:

If ClientOrder.LineItems IS UNDEFINED Then
CREATE LineItem FOR EACH NUMBER BETWEEN 1 AND 6 WITH LineItem.Order = ClientOrder

To delete blank line items when the order is created, add a two-action rule like the following to the order object:

If ClientOrder IS NEW Then
FIND LineItem WHERE LineItem IN ClientOrder.LineItems AND LineItem.Quantity IS UNDEFINED
DELETE LineItem