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Posted: **Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:35 am**

Hi

I am creating a flow, where I start with a Submit Point.

And I would like to have the user fill out metadata.
One of them should be a dropdown of files from a folder on the Switch-Server.
The contents of the folder will only be pdfs but it the number of pdfs changes over time.

I tried to set the Data values of the dropdown to a script expresision (see code below), but SwitchClient just shows me a text-entry field. If I set values manually, then I get a dropdown.

I hope somebody can help.

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var theDir = new Dir("D:\SB-S\kursussystem-v2\APPROVED");

var theEntries = theDir.entryList("*.pdf", Dir.Files, Dir.Name);

	var list = new Array;

	for (var i = 0; i < theEntries.length; i++) 

		list.push(theEntries[i]);

	list;

Posted: **Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:02 pm**

Hi,
Not helping but your code just works fine onto my mac :S

Posted: **Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:53 pm**

Hi Jimmy

Try This:

var theDir = new Dir("D:\\SB-S\kursussystem-v2\APPROVED");

var theEntries = theDir.entryList("*.pdf", Dir.Files, Dir.Name);

var list = new Array;

for (var i = 0; i < theEntries.length; i++)

list.push(theEntries);

list;

The extra backlash made all the difference for me.

Posted: **Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:09 am**

Terkelsen wrote:The extra backlash made all the difference for me.

Thanks to Erik to point me in the right direction.
I needed to use doublebackslash in the complete path. And then it worked.

I have added some extra-code to remove the extension of the filename.

Finished and working code:

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var theDir = new Dir("D:\\SB-S\\kursussystem-v2\\APPROVED");
var theEntries = theDir.entryList("*.pdf", Dir.Files, Dir.Name);
var list = new Array;
for (var i = 0; i < theEntries.length; i++)
  list.push(theEntries[i].substring(0, theEntries[i].lastIndexOf('.')));
 
list;

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2019 4:45 pm**

Hi All,

I tried a such Expression in a Submit Point (Switch 2018U3), but I obtain a list which is not a DropDown List :

It should be shown as a list :

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12000_BASIQUE_PAYSAGE_520X720
12000_BASIQUE_SFP_520X720
12000_CAHIER_DEPLIANT_520X720
12000_CAHIER_MARKS_520X720
12000_CAHIER_MARKS_Avec_Couv_520X720
12000_CAHIER_SIMPLE_520X720
12000_DCC_COUVERTURE_520X720
12000_DCC_INTERIEUR_520X720
12000_PPG_PPG_520X720

Any ideas how to modify the expression ? Adding like a CR/BR ?

Thanks for replies.

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:05 pm**

I suspect that the datatype of your metadata property is text instead of dropdown. Can you check this?

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:12 pm**

Padawan wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:05 pm I suspect that the datatype of your metadata property is text instead of dropdown. Can you check this?

It is a DropDown List :

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:36 pm**

Strange. Afaik I always return arrays for drop downs, I'll check again tomorrow.

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:47 pm**

Padawan wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:36 pm Strange. Afaik I always return arrays for drop downs, I'll check again tomorrow.

Apparently, there was an issue with my flow : I deleted the Tool, re-create & it works now

Thank you Padawan to take care

Posted: **Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:42 am**

You're welcome

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