Dear Limesurvey Forum

I have a survey where I'm asking how many people are in a group (list question from 3 to 8, code P01). In the next question, I need to request an individual resume for each person in the group, so the maxfiles value in the file upload question (P02), will need to be the same as the previous response.

If I use P01.shown as value in the maxfile input, it shows me the correct number in the label, but it doesn't work.

Using the chrome inspector I can see that the maxfiles value is 0.

Could you help me?
Thanks

I think .shown gives you probably a string, not a number. What about using the question code for the number? This should give you an integer and LS should be able to work with it.

So if you just use P01 (assuming that the answer codes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and not something like A1, A2, A3, A4) and see what happens.

Wouldn't P01.value return the integer if it is a numeric? and if it is a dropdown then the code which would correspond to the text value but as a number?

P01.value is the assessment value. So it only works if the assessment values are set.

I think the easiest way is to put the answer codes the same as the number that is shown.

Ahh right .. thanks

I tested it and it didn't work. I changed the answer codes to 1,2,3...and it's the same. In the front you'll see the correct label, but when you're going to upload files, the maxfiles values is 0.

Can you export a little test survey with only the relevant questions included as a LSS file and upload it here?

Sure!

Seems like this field does not allow Expressions. Have a look at my screenshot: it actually requires that you put numbers or go up and down with the little arrows.

There was no EM code stores in the field in your survey anyway.

As a simple workaround just create as many fileupload questions as the maximum number is.

Display them with relevance equations.

E.g. fileupload2, if P01>1, fileupload3, if P01>2, ...

Joffm

According to the limesurvey docs, the File Upload Question allow EM.

Yes, I could do that, but I was trying to make it dynamic.
Thanks