Blob Field to Big Text Variable on a Repeater

derekj22

I created a prototype of what I thought I needed which was a Blob Field which I used streams to put into a Big Text Variable so I could view the text on the Page. This all worked fine.

Here is where I began to have issues:

My biggest issue right now is the variable is single instance, so when I put it on a repeater, it will only show one instance of text. What is a way around this issue?

Also, the Page is a Page Part (Service Item Worksheet Subform), it does not seem like all of the data exists in the normal OnOpenPage. I have been trying to get this for a while now and it may be something simple, but I am spinning my wheels.

kaspermoerch

In what trigger do you read the value from the Blob into the BigText variable?

In my experience you will need to do this in both OnAfterGetRecord and again in OnAfterGetCurrRecord to get the correct behavior, when using a variable as a field in a Repeater.

kaspermoerch

In what trigger do you read the value from the Blob into the BigText variable?

In my experience you will need to do this in both OnAfterGetRecord and again in OnAfterGetCurrRecord to get the correct behavior, when using a variable as a field in a Repeater.

derekj22

@kaspermoerch Thank you for your post! You pointed me in the right direction! I ended up creating a new page and using it as a details page per service item worksheet entry. In doing this I was able to build out the blob data I needed. There may still be a better way, but for now this seems to work ok.