How to set tagged value choices dynamilcally?

[Thiyagaraj A]

I need to give choices for the value field (options in a drop down) of a tagged value. I know it can done through profiles. Is it possible to do the same through AddIn APIs?

[«Midnight»]

You would likely have to trap events, but it should be possible.

However, you can define a tagged value to be a list, and EA will provide the drop-down. I don't think you need a profile for this.

Look up Predefined Tagged Value Types in EA help. [In the Index, this is (without quotes) "Tagged Value Type, Predefined"]

David

[thomas.kilian]

Doesn't tell how to do this with the API

[«Midnight»]

Just create the tagged value type and import is as reference data. You'd have to create a 'reference' project by hand and import it into that project, since EA (still) cannot import reference data from the API (we're waiting...).

As far as the event trapping, see the EA Add-in Model section of EA Help.

[Frank Horn]

There's no event in the API when a user changes a tagged value. So validating them in an AddIn is hardly possible.

Probably worth a feature request, but then the gaps in EA's automation interface are worth a hundred feature requests.

[thomas.kilian]

A better design ahead of programming always would have help to improve things

The much dreaded RR had a really nice API. You could hook almost everywhere with your add-in. But well, it was 10 times the price of EA.