Re: API Edit Record, Mailto, and a rdr or nexturl?
Gotta post that working code bro! :)
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Meredith Moore
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Meredith Moore
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4 Replies
- That will cost you!
var text baseurl = URLRoot() & "db/"& Dbid();
var text purchTbl = $baseurl & [_DBID_PURCHASE_ORDERS];
var text editRecord = "?a=API_EditRecord&apptoken=" & [EliteApptoken] & "&rid=" & [Record ID#];
var text LABEL = "Executive Approval";
var text decoration = "text-decoration: none;";
var text bgColor = "background: #0044cc;";
var text txtColor = "color: white;";
var text txtAlign = "text-align: center;";
var text txtShadow = "text-shadow: none;";
var text border = "border-radius: 5px;";
var text padding = "padding: 8px 20px;";
var text display = "display: inline-block;";
var text font = "font: normal 700 24px/1 'Calibri', sans-serif;";
var text styleOptns = List("", $decoration, $bgColor, $txtColor, $txtAlign, $txtShadow, $border, $padding, $display, $font);
var text mailto = "mailto:" & [Manufacturer - PO Submission Email] &
If([CC PO Submission Email] != "", "?cc=" & [CC PO Submission Email],"") &
"?subject=Purchase Order&body=Please review the attached Purchase Order and confirm receipt.";
If([Old PO], "",
If(IsNull([Executive Review On]) and IsNull([Project Review On]),
"<span style= 'font-family:Calibri;color:#57a3f0;font-size:14px'><Strong>Requires Executive Approval</Strong><br /></span>",
"<div><a target='_blank' style='" & $styleOptns & "' class='Vibrant' href='"
& $baseURL & $editRecord &
"&_fid_40=" & Today() & "&rdr=" &
URLEncode($mailto) &
//URLEncode("&rdr=" &
//URLEncode(URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=dr&rid=" & [Record ID#]) &
"'>Submit PO</a></div>"))//)
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Ivan Weiss
------------------------------Hi Ivan,
I'm currently looking to achieve the same goal as you. When the button is pressed:
1. Edit the current record and update a certain field with the current date
2. Open the Send to Outlook feature in outlook
3. Return the user back to the record after the change in #1
I was not able to decipher which part of your code gets the user back to the record they were on. Can you please help me understand your code so I can replicate it and get it working on my end?
Thank you for your time.
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Fraidy Jacoby
------------------------------- To make this easier to work with all of the early on code is just setting the variables with portions of the button functionality and styling so that later on I can make its such simpler. This is the section of code that actually executes the work. It obviously references those variables earlier on.
href='"
& $baseURL & $editRecord &
"&_fid_40=" & Today() & "&rdr=" &
URLEncode($mailto) &
//URLEncode("&rdr=" &
//URLEncode(URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=dr&rid=" & [Record ID#]) &
"'>Submit PO</a></div>"))//)
To try to step through it:
The baseURL is my app URL
Edit Records performs the edit
It processes the mailto.
I honestly do not remember why I commented out those two bottom sections (shame on me for not documenting where I left off). I think the button just stays on the current record so I never got it working with a refresh.
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Ivan Weiss
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