Use calculation as default value

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Hi all,

I have a list of buildings/locations, and in some of them I need add a
room.
I want that room to be like the code of the building, with a number.
So if Hotel is selected, I want the room to be HOT-xyz, and Library would
be LIB-xyz (xyz any number).
I create a calculate concat(${location},'-') to add a hyphen to the
location, but don't know how to use it in next question.
Is it possible?
I've attached xls that I use with xlsform

Nelson

testform.xls (8.5 KB)

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Hi Nelson,
You can use calculated values in labels, but I am pretty sure there is no
way to use them as default values.
Regards,
-Nathan

··· On Monday, January 21, 2013 8:36:01 AM UTC-8, Nelson Mambre wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a list of buildings/locations, and in some of them I need add a > room. > I want that room to be like the code of the building, with a number. > So if Hotel is selected, I want the room to be HOT-xyz, and Library would > be LIB-xyz (xyz any number). > I create a calculate concat(${location},'-') to add a hyphen to the > location, but don't know how to use it in next question. > Is it possible? > I've attached xls that I use with xlsform > > > Nelson >
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As Nathan said, you can put "HOT-xyz" easily in the text of the question,
but then ask the user to enter just "xyz". You can put these together
internally to create a single string for a combined data value.

··· On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Nathan wrote:

Hi Nelson,
You can use calculated values in labels, but I am pretty sure there is no
way to use them as default values.
Regards,
-Nathan

On Monday, January 21, 2013 8:36:01 AM UTC-8, Nelson Mambre wrote:

Hi all,

I have a list of buildings/locations, and in some of them I need add a
room.
I want that room to be like the code of the building, with a number.
So if Hotel is selected, I want the room to be HOT-xyz, and Library would
be LIB-xyz (xyz any number).
I create a calculate concat(${location},'-') to add a hyphen to the
location, but don't know how to use it in next question.
Is it possible?
I've attached xls that I use with xlsform

Nelson

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Thanks Nathan and Gaetano for the suggestions.
I think I'll put the string in the "Hint" and let the user fill in the
rest.
I was trying to check the value of the string in the constraint field, but
wasn't able to use it there either.

··· On Thursday, January 24, 2013 1:26:56 PM UTC-4:30, Gaetano Borriello wrote: > > As Nathan said, you can put "HOT-xyz" easily in the text of the question, > but then ask the user to enter just "xyz". You can put these together > internally to create a single string for a combined data value. > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Nathan <nab...@gmail.com >wrote: > >> Hi Nelson, >> You can use calculated values in labels, but I am pretty sure there is no >> way to use them as default values. >> Regards, >> -Nathan >> >> >> >