getField

Description

This mobile device JSP function is used in conjunction with the getForm() function.

Syntax

public YFCElement getField(YFCDocument formDoc, String fieldName) throws Exception

Input Parameters

formDoc - Required. Name of the YFCDocument from which the element must be extracted.

fieldName - Required. Name of the form field for which the other attributes need to be set.

Example

The following example shows the getField function.

Consider a form with formName as formName. The following code creates a YFCDocument from the XHTML form:
YFCDocument ydoc=getForm(formName);
Prior to setting the attributes of the form for a specific element, getField can be called as:
YFCElement dropoffLocationElem = getField(ydoc,"lblDropoffLocation");
To set the type and subtype attributes for the dropoffLocationElem, use:
dropoffLocationElem.setAttribute("type","hidden"); 
dropoffLocationElem.setAttribute("subtype","Hidden");