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JackWoods
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4 years ago

Update Date & Time field with URL Button

Hey Community,

I'm working on some cool approval functionality and want to be able to use a URL button field to 1, change the status and 2, update the date and time of a field. 

I have everything worked out excepted for the date and time stamp of "today" or "now"

& "fid_67="Today()" 

what's is the proper formula to update this field to the current date and time? 

Let me know if you need any additional information. Thank you :)

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  • MarkShnier__You's avatar
    MarkShnier__You
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    4 years ago
    If it's  date time field

    & "fid_67=now"

    It's an "easter egg" undocumented secret that will give the current date/ time when clicked even if the browser has been sitting "stale" for a long time.

    This Syntax
    & "fid_67=" & urlencode(Now())

    will load the current date/ time into the button as the time the screen is loaded,  but that will get stale if the screen sits for a while.

     

     

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    • JackWoods's avatar
      JackWoods
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      4 years ago
      The now seem to work but I'm getting an error message when the button is pressed now. 

      "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
      <qdbapi>
      <action>API_EditRecord</action>
      <errcode>0</errcode>
      <errtext>No error</errtext>
      <rid>2</rid>
      <num_fields_changed>0</num_fields_changed>
      <update_id>1611595484356</update_id>
      </qdbapi>"




      HERE IS THE FOMRULA FOR THE BUTTON: 

      "javascript:if(confirm ('Are You Sure You Want To Approve This?')){location.assign('/db/" & Dbid()
      & "?act=API_EditRecord&apptoken=cppcatecu6khbiyb25chbxtangb"
      & "&rid=" & [Record ID#]
      & "&_fid_7=Approved"
      & "fid_67=now"
      & "&rdr=" & URLEncode(URLEncode(URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=dr&rid=" & [Record ID#]))

      &"')}"

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      • MarkShnier__You's avatar
        MarkShnier__You
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        4 years ago
        It's not an error message, just an unfriendly success message.  I'm not an expert on that syntax with the popup confirm, but I do have this alternate code that you can try.

        var text URL= URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?act=API_DeleteRecord&rid=" & [Record ID#]
        & "&apptoken= xxxxxxx";

        "javascript: " &
        "if ( confirm('Are you sure you want to permanently delete this record ? ') == true ){ "&
        "$.get('" &
        $URL &
        "',function(){" &
        "location.reload(true);" &
        "});"
        & "void(0);"&
        "}"


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