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Update the Client Information Form

1. Click the Image Modified Copy icon to Action Menu and select Image Added Duplicate to make a copy of the Order Info form. Then, click the Image RemovedEdit icon to name of the new form to open the Form Designer.
2. In the Properties Panel, change the form name to Order Info Rules.

Rule: Automatically Set Date to today's date

1. Click the Image Modified rules icon  rules icon on the toolbar. Create a new rule and click the Image Modified icon  icon to edit it.
2. Change the name of the rule to: Initialize form

3. Click on the Rule Builder button.
   

   1. Click Next to go to the Action wizard.

   2. The first action appears by default. If needed, click the Add Action button on the top right of the Action Wizard

   3. Select TodaysDate from the first dropdown. TodaySDate is the Name of the Date control at the top of the form. If your control is named something else, select that control from the dropdown.replace TodaySDate below with that name

   4. Select to from the second dropdown

   5. Type today in the Expression field and click on the today function when it displays in the dropdown 

4. Click Finish then click on theImage Modifiedsave and test icon. Now, when the end user first starts using the form, the Date control at the top will be set to today's date. No need for the user to type it in.

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When the user selects an item in any of the rows in the Order Items table, we want the price of that item to be displayed automatically. Normally, this price information would come from a back end database or other system but we're just hard-coding the values in the rule for the time being.

1. Click the Image Modified icon  icon in the toolbar to return to the form. In the Order Items table, select the Price column by clicking on the header. In the Properties panel, uncheck Enabled. The entire column is greyed grayed out.
2. Go back to the rules editor, create a new rule and edit it. Change the name of the rule to: Set Price for Item.

3. Click Rule Code then click Edit Code. In the Rule area, type or copy/paste the following. 
   

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   for (var i = 0; i < Item.value.length; i++) { if (Item[i].value === 'Chevrolet') { Price[i].value = 125.75; } else if (Item[i].value === 'Chrysler') { Price[i].value = 118.75; } else if (Item[i].value === 'Ford') { Price[i].value = 132.75; } }

   Now, when the user selects an item, the price for that item will be displayed.

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When an item and quantity are selected in a particular row, we want to compute the price for that item (Subtotal = Quantity * Price) and display it in the Subtotal column for that row.

1. Click the Image Modified icon  icon in the toolbar to return to the form. In the Order Items table, select the Subtotal column by clicking on the header. In the Properties panel, uncheck Enabled. The entire column is greyed outgrayed out.
2. Go back to the rules editor, create a new rule and edit it. Change the name of the rule to: Calculate SubTotals

3. Click on the Rule Builder button. You will see the Condition wizard

   1. Select your Price control from dropdown

   2. Select the "is filled" property from the Property dropdown

   3. Click Next to go to the Action wizard.

   4. Select your Subtotal control from the dropdown.

   5. Select "to" from the second dropdown

   6. Type Price * Quantity in the Expressions field

4. Click Finish then click on the Image Modified save  save and test icon. Now, when the end user selects the item and fills in the quantity, the Subtotal will be calculated for each row of the table
   
   

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When all items and quantities are selected, we want to compute the overall price for all items and display it in the Grand Totals field.

1. Click the Image Modified icon  icon in the toolbar to return to the form. Click on the Grand Total control. Uncheck Enabled in the Properties panel. The field is greyed out.
2. Go back to the rules editor, create a new rule and edit it. Change the name of the rule to: Calculate Grand Total

3. Click on the Rule Builder button. You will see the Condition wizard
   

   1. Click Next to go to the Action wizard.

   2. Select your Grand Total control from the first dropdown.

   3. Select "to" from the second dropdown

   4. Type sum in the Expressions field and click on the sum function when it displays in the dropdown 

   5. Select the Subtotal field from the dropdown then add the closing parenthesis

4. Click Finish then click on the Image Modified save  save and test icon
   
   

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