Answer.SetRepeatIndex Method

This method sets the current value of the Answer object to the value at the specified repeat indexes.

Syntax

void SetRepeatIndex ( int repeat1, int repeat2, int repeat3, int repeat4 )

Any unused repeat indexes must be set to -1. For instance, if you want to reference the fourth iteration of the first level of a repeated answer, you would use 3,-1,-1,-1 as the repeat index.

Example

The following Visual C# example uses SetRepeatIndex to add two names and e-mail addresses to an answer file:

public class ExampleCode
{
    static void Main()
    {
        HotDocs.AnswerCollection asc = new HotDocs.AnswerCollection();
        HotDocs.Answer ans = new HotDocs.Answer();
         
        asc.Create(@"C:\Documents\HotDocs\Answers\AnswerFile.anx"); 
        asc.FileFormat = HotDocs.HDAFFORMAT.HD2009Format;
        HotDocs.HDVARTYPE vType = HotDocs.HDVARTYPE.HD_TEXTTYPE;
         
        ans = asc.Item("Name", ref vType);
        ans.SetRepeatIndex(0, -1, -1, -1);
        ans.Value = "John";
        asc.Add(ans);
         
        ans = asc.Item("Email", ref vType);
        ans.SetRepeatIndex(0, 0, -1, -1);
        ans.Value = "John@beatles.com";
        asc.Add(ans);
         
        ans = asc.Item("Name", ref vType);
        ans.SetRepeatIndex(1, -1, -1, -1);
        ans.Value = "Paul";
        asc.Add(ans);
         
        ans = asc.Item("Email", ref vType);
        ans.SetRepeatIndex(1, 0, -1, -1);
        ans.Value = "Paul@beatles.com";
        asc.Add(ans);
         
        asc.Save(@"C:\Documents\HotDocs\Answers\AnswerFile.anx");
         
        asc.Close();
         
        ans = null;
        asc = null;
    }
}