Can't delete form?
Can't delete form?
I have had trouble doing what I thought should be simple: assigning the value of one drop down field (values taken from another form/table) based on the value of another drop down or radio choice in the current form. Frankly, it shouldn't be as difficult as it is -- your point-and-click script builder should make it easier and your help samples should be clearer. Be that as it may, I did my level best to attempt this on my own. Then, all of a sudden during one of my test cycles of viewing code, using the script editor, and returning to the form's visual elements, etc., so as to get this to work, the form I was trying to program stopped displaying all of its visual components. Component names were listed in the left pane but no elements at all displayed in the main -- I'm not sure what to call it -- edit window. The code underlying the form appeared to be present (script tab) and table view associated with it was still active as well (though empty since I had not yet created a record).
With no visual elements displaying I also had the bigger problem of no menu on top of the edit window which, among other things would have allowed me to 'delete this form'. Since I could do so, I deleted the underlying code (script tab) via a select/and when I returned to the ordinary form view and was asked to drop visual elements. I presumed that this meant that ZOHO understood the form as created, named, but without any field-level element yet. The program stalled when I tried to add an element of the same name/ID as was present before, so (because the menu above the edit window was present finally) I tried to delete the form and start over with a new one. A long wait of 3-4 minutes ensued and I then was told that the 'Form could not be deleted'!
15 minutes later I was able finally to delete the form -- but what a pain and, of course, a huge waste of my effort: Having to re-create all new fields, properly specified. It's a good thing, I suppose, that I had not yet created any significant amount of data in the associated view/table.
cwisniewski