SmartGWT Dynamic Form edit record with boolean values

I've got following problem using SmartGWT 2.4:

• we are having a DynamicForm showing several static text fields (so the form is in readonly mode). The form uses a datasource in the background and our own FormItemFactory to create proper form ite开发者_StackOverflowms based on our meta data. Some of the form items contain boolean values displayed as strings: like 'isHidden': false or 'canShow': true.
• by user action (button click) we need to switch the form to edit mode.

We do it in following way:

• we first gather the form values as rec = form.getValuesAsRecord() getting a Record object
• then we create a new dynamic form and set into it the same datasource as original has
• then we call the newForm.editRecord(rec) method of newly created dynamic form

This way the form static values are shown as editable input fields. However the problem is with those boolean values. They are correctly transformed into check boxes but all of them are checked by default.

I think that the string values 'false' or 'true' are not parsed into boolean values and set as value for respective check box item.

Can I somehow influence this process? I tried to provide an anonymous implementation of FormItemValueParser to CheckboxItem but it turns out to be use only by free text form items.

I'll be really thankful for any given hint.

Try setting the value explicitly to the formItem with record.getAttributeAsBoolean("formItemName")

BooleanItem boolItem = new BooleanItem("boolname");
DynamicForm form = new DynamicForm();
form.setItems(boolItem);

//Get record
Record rec = form.getValuesAsRecord();
boolItem.setValue("boolname",rec.getAttributeAsBoolean("boolname"));