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When a Form loads it may be necessary to default some data. There are two ways of doing this.
 

  • providing default values for the Fields in the FAB Workbench 
  • implementing method DETERMINE_INITIAL_FIELD_VALUES

 
           1. Providing default values using the FAB Workbench

 
Using the Fields editor, enter the default value in the 'Default' column


2. Implement method DETERMINE_INITIAL_FIELD_VALUES


Note: default values set in DETERMINATE_INITIAL_FIELD_VALUES overrides any default set in the workbench.

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Note: for defaulting field values after a form has already been submitted at least once (ie as part of a workflow), implement method DETERMINE_FIELD_VALUES_ON_LOAD
Important: always call the SUPER method in this implementation so that system fields such as the current user name will be determined correctly at run-time.

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The procedure is to read parameter CT_FIELD_VALUES with the key ZFIELD_NAME equal to the Form field which is to be modified, then set the attribute ZFIELD_VALUE to the desired value.
 
Save and Activate.

3. Implement method DETERMINE_FIELD_VALUES_ON_LOAD

 

This method is used to provide default data and to overwrite existing Form data at various stages through out the Form life-cycle.
 
This method provides a parameter I_HEADER_INSTANCE which allows the method to determine the current state of the Form via fields such as
 

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This method is called once for each field in the form via parameter I_FIELD_NAME and the method may set the value of each field using the parameter E_FIELD_VALUE.
 
A typical implementation is as follows:

 

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