Extensions (LPP)

SmartForm Server-side Scripting Functions

Extensions can be used to perform server-side (cache) scripting, giving the ability to programmatically perform some data manipulation actions that are not supported within SmartForms. Most commonly, a particular type of SmartForm may not support display or editing of a specific patient data (EPT) record. To work with that information, it may be possible to manage a SmartData element within the form and to set the value of that element from the EPT record while loading the form, then return the SDE value the EPT record on closing the form.

Cache Code

Core data management functions draw from the "HULIB100" library for SmartForm scripting. Callable tags include:

• SFReadOnly - Check if a form is read only

• SFGetIDDAT - Get the context ID and DAT for a specific INI

• SFGetCV - Get a concept (SDE) value

• SFGetCVCmt - Load a SDE comment

• SFPutCV - Set a SDE value

  • • Parameters (comma delimited, quotes enclosed)

      • SDE identifier in AHS#NNNN format

      • Context: ENCOUNTER or PATIENT

• SFPutCVCmt - Set a SDE comment

• SFGetChron - Get a Chronicles value

• SFPutChron - Set a Chronicles value

• SFSetProp - Set a property on a component

SmartForm Script - Set Date Field

LPP 37963 (IP SMARTFORM SCRIPTING SET DEFAULT DATE) can be copied and used to set the value of a SmartForm Field of "Date" type (usually data bound to an SDE element). When this programming extension is added as a scripting action to the AfterDataLoaded event of the RootComponent, it will set a default date for the field when the form is loaded. The same functionality can be attached to other events (e.g., command buttons to set the date of a related field).

• Parameters

  • SDE Identifier (AHS#NNN format)

  • SDE Context (use shift-F5 for values; can be PATIENT, NOTE, ENCOUNTER, EPISODE, etc.)

  • Relative date (use "T" or "T+N" syntax for days, weeks [W], months [MB])

• Limitations

  • This function will only write to a null field. If a form field already has a date value, running the extension will have no effect. Be sure to include an action of clearing the field before resetting its value with the LPP.

  • The target SDE must be a plain Date field (not time, not instant).

• Tricks

  • One can copy a SDE value (or an EPT value) to a temporary buffer field or label, work with the value, then copy it back to the SDE. This can be useful when trying to get around the inability of this function to write to a non-null field.

SmartForm Script - Set Label Caption from CER Message

LPP 42320 (ES SMARTFORM SET LABEL CAPTION) can be copied and used to set the caption of a SmartForm Label object. 

• • • Parameters

      • CER rule identifier (must return error message)

      • (optional extension to return text value)

      • Identifier of the SmartForm Label object where caption will be set

SmartForm Script - Set SmartForm Bound EPT Value from CER Message

LPP 42940 (ES SET RULE ERROR IN SMARTFORM FIELD) can be copied and used to set the value of a SmartForm Field object. 

• • • Parameters

      • CER rule identifier (must return error message)

      • EPT identifier 

    • Limitations

      • Limited to SmartForms that can bind EPT data.

SmartForm Script - Append Values to a List

LPP 24516 (SMARTFORM APPEND VALUES) can be copied and used to add values to a List, SmartGrid or a SmartText Box component via SmartForm Scripting.

• • • Parameters

      • SDE Identifiers (AHS#NNN format) of SDEs to append to the SmartForm

      • Values to append to respective SDEs; must be value values in valid format for the SmartForm setup

      • Context; which must match context for the SDEs in the SmartForm

Resources

• Epic: Extension Search Report Template - to identify records using particular extensions