Use Case 1-Dragging and dropping data between character fields

The following procedure describes how to allow users to copy data between two character fields: Bill To and Ship To.

To allow users to drag and drop data between character fields

1. Create two character fields:
   • Bill To
   • Ship To
2. Set properties for fields as follows:
   • For the Bill To field, set the Draggable property to True.
   • For the Ship To field, set the Droppable property to True.
3. Create an active link that copies the data to the drop target when the mouse button is released.
   1. In the Execution Options panel, enter the Ship To field in the Field field.
   2. Select the Drop execution option.

   3. Create a Set Fields active link that sets the Ship To field to contain the contents of the Bill To field.
       The Value of the Ship To field should be $Bill To$.
       Optionally, you can create an active link that responds to a Drop event of a drop target field and performs a Set Fields action: 

      
      $PROCESS$ Application-Copy-Field-Value $DROPTGTFIELDID$ $DRAGSRCFIELDID$

       This active link is written once per drop target field and will accommodate any number of drag source data fields. The developer avoids having to write one active link per drag source field to copy data to the drop target field.
       For more information, see Process commands. 

      Tip

      To move instead of copy the data, create another Set Fields action where the Bill To field is set to NULL when the drop action occurs.