Form Number Field Does Not Allow Decimal Numbers

Flowable Application
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When placing a number field on the form, decimal numbers are not allowed. Is there a way around this beside using a text field? Thanks.

2

Hi,

No, currently the number field is meant for numbers without decimals.
So another decimal field type could be added to the form modeler pallette.

Best regards,

Tijs

3

I can work this weekend on adding the additional field. Can you please provide me some info to get started?

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Ok great. The form-builder.js script file is a good place to get started. On line 203 you’ll see the palette definition. You’ll also need to change the flowable-form-model project and include the new FormFieldType. To render the new form field you can have a look at the form-element-template.html file and the render-form.js script file. Hope this helps to get started, let me know if you need more info.

Best regards,

Tijs

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I have this working in the modeler and task. However, when I view the variables in the admin app, the value still shows as a string. I am assuming I am missing a mapping somewhere so the db execution saves to the double column. Where can I locate this?

Also, in the UI, would you like the field named “Double Number” or “Decimal Number” or something else?

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I found the missing mapping. Just want to check with the preferred name and will be ready to create the pull request.

7

Hi,

Ok great, I would vote for Decimal number.

Best regards,

Tijs

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I have submitted the pull request. Let me know if you see any issues.

9

Thanks, merged the PR.

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I just submitted an PR which corrects the missing placeholder property for the decimal field.

Also, I made the expression field to have a selectable size setting. Finally, on the process initialization the expression is displayed instead of the empty message which allows the expression field to be used as a label on the process start form.