Passing a value to a view

[NickGulajec]

The parkName label in modal.xml should be based on the row clicked, but I'm having trouble passing that information over.

[kblairwhite]

I would do the same thing we do just below that for the transect:
example:
var modal = Alloy.createController("modal", {siteID:e.rowData.siteID}).getView();

• pass the site id, then call the database for your desired information.
  "transects.js" does almost the exact same thing.

[NickGulajec]

I can get the value over to modal.js with:

var args = arguments[0];
function editBtnClick(){alert(args.siteID);}

but is there any way to call args.siteID from modal.xml? I'm just using siteID as example, would probably want to display parkName.

[kblairwhite]

I don't think so because parkName is only visible in the loop inside the index.js.

This would work in modal.js:

//retrieve siteID
var args = arguments[0];
var siteID = args.siteID;

//Open Database
var db = Ti.Database.open('ltemaDB');

//Query - Retrieve existing sites from database
var row = db.execute('SELECT park_name ' +
'FROM park p, site_survey s ' +
'WHERE p.park_id = s.park_id ' +
'AND s.site_id = ?', siteID);

var parkName = row.fieldByName('park_name');
db.close();

[kblairwhite]

Or...
The only other thing you could do is pass parkName to the row when it is created in index.js? Don't know whats a better way?

[NickGulajec]

Figured it out.
Instead of creating a label tag in the .xml and trying to assign it a dynamic property,
create the the label in the .js like so:

var args = arguments[0];

var label = Ti.UI.createLabel({ text: args.parkName});

$.modalWin.add(label);

[kblairwhite]

I know this is closed but, I think I may have misinterpreted the question.
But you can use (in the .js file):
$.ID_of_label.text = "something";

[NickGulajec]

That's perfect, thanks Blair.