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"Cannot find control with path" but cannot figure out why - Angular 5


I'm trying to build a nested reactive form but so struggling.

I checked this example and this example and put up codes like following, but always get error "Cannot find control with path: 'four_six_doc_multi_group -> document_txt_sub'"

Can anyone help me out? thank you very much!

My form:

let form = new FormGroup({
  sevenzerozeroInfoForm : this.formBuilder.group({
    pre_adv_ref : '',
    lc_currency :'',
    lc_amount :'',
    issue_date : '',
    four_six_doc_multi_group: this.formBuilder.array([this.create46DocMulti()])
  })
},
{updateOn: 'blur'}
)

create46DocMulti(){
  return this.formBuilder.group({
    document_code: '',
   document_txt_sub : this.formBuilder.array([this.formBuilder.control('')])
})}

My Html:

<div [formGroup]="sevenzerozeroInfoForm">
  <div class="form-group" formArrayName="four_six_doc_multi_group">
          <div *ngFor="let doc of four_six_doc_multi_group.controls; let i=index">
              <div [formGroupName]="i">
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-md-3">
                        <div class="form-group">
                            <label class="control-label">46A Documents Required (Code).{{i+1}}</label>
                            <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="document_code">
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
              </div>
              <div formArrayName="document_txt_sub" *ngFor="let document_txt of
                                            getDocument_txt(i).controls; let j=index">
                <div [formGroupName]="j" >
                    <div class="row">
                        <div class="col-md-3">
                            <div class="form-group">
                                <label class="control-label">46A Documents Required.{{i+1}}.{{j+1}}</label>
                                <input type="text" class="form-control" formControlName="document_txt_sub">
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
              </div>
          </div>
      </div>
    </div>

get four_six_doc_multi_group(){
    return this.sevenzerozeroInfoForm.get('four_six_doc_multi_group') as FormArray;
  }

  getDocument_txt(index){
    return ((<FormArray>this.sevenzerozeroInfoForm.get('four_six_doc_multi_group')).controls[index].get('document_txt_sub')) as FormArray;
  }


Solution

  • You should change this line as follows:

     document_txt_sub : this.formBuilder.array([this.formbuilder.group({
          document_txt_sub: ''
      }])
    

    because in your template you are declaring a [formGroupName]="j", but in your Form Array you only create a control, that's is the problem here. you should wrap the form control with a form group