Hi,

I'm generating a GUID via a javascript. I'm printing it to a long textfield. However, when i set the question to "always hide this question" the GUID is not stored among the answers. How can I make the GUID stick to the answer table while still being hidden?

// TIA

You can't write to a question which is hidden via "always hide this question" because it does no show up in the HTML code and you can only write with Javascript to a question that is in the HTML code.

What you need to do is hide the question via CSS, thus it is just not shown in the browser, but it is still in the html code and thus read and writable via JS.

Alternatively, you can write $("#questionID").hide(); in the question box or help box if you don't want to mess with CSS.

I didn't know this one. That is an interesting alternative, because you don't need to make chances to the template css.

If the goal is to have the GUID stored in the database, then you can use an Equation question to do this. Equations are unique among questions types in that their value is always saved to the database even if the always_hidden attribute is set. For all other question types, if the question is hidden by always_hidden, or relevance (e.g. the question is not applicable), then the database stores NULL for that question.

Hi,

@Thomas : hidden => save in DB : default value OR value set by Equation ( Q1="Answer ).

No ability to use javascript