field

Last updated 9/12/2025

The

field

property allows you to access a field on the current form and returns the value associated to the

fieldID

in the format of

five.field.<fieldID>

When using the

field

property on a form field or a screen field, it will be applied to the specific

fieldID

and you can read or write a value.

When using the

field

property on a data field (data views), any field in the row can be accessed and the value can be read.

Functions using

five.field.<fieldID>

can be attached to the following event and display fields:

Forms

• On Selection
• On Show
• On Add
• On Edit
• On Cancel
• On Sub Form Complete
• On Complete
• On Finish

Form Pages

• On Selecting
• On Selected
• On Leaving

Form Fields and Screen Fields

• On Enter
• On Click
• On List Select
• On Validate
• On Exit

Data Fields

• On Click

Display Form Fields

• Show If
• Required If
• Read Only If

What five.field.<fieldID> Represents

five.field

contains all the fields on the current form.

fieldID

is the field ID of an actual field on that form - for example:

• Quantity
• Price
• Fees
• Total
• StockKey

So when you write

five.field.Quantity

you are accessing the value of the field

Quantity

on the current form.

How it Works

Reading a value:

Gets the current value stored in the Quantity field

const quantity = five.field.Quantity

Writing a value:

Updates the Total field on the form

five.field.Total = five.field.Quantity * five.field.Price

Examples

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