Creator is not allowing a certain field type change on stateless forms. When trying to change a field from a Numeric to Decimal type in a stateless form the system allows the user to select the Numeric field for changes. As in the past, the system then allows the user to open the drop-down associated with the selected field and also allows the user to choose the new field type from the drop-down list. In this case, once the Decimal field type is selected the user can navigate away from the field he is editing thinking he has successfully changed the field type from Numeric to Decimal. However, at this point, if the screen is refreshed and the field is edited it will still be a Numeric type field not Decimal as expected.

 

I have discovered that the only way to change a field from Numeric to Decimal on a stateless form is to delete the Numeric field and create a new Decimal field. This is the case even if all scripting associated with the field in question is deleted first. As far as I know the system used to allow for changing field types although it has always correctly warned about the data associated with the field being lost if the change invalidated it.

 

I can only verify that this a problem when changing from Numeric to Decimal field. I have not tested other field type changes on stateless forms and I have not tested this on standard (non-stateless) forms.

 

John