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PhilPinkham
Qrew Trainee
7 years ago

Add a new record on a custom form AND view that record on the same custom form once the record is saved.

I have a magic button to add a new record in a specific form ' URLRoot() & "db/" & [DBID XXX] & "?a=API_GenAddRecordForm&_fid_21=" & URLEncode ([XXX]) & "&dfid=18".  It works to add the record, howeve...
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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
7 years ago
Alas, when you add a record,  you do not know the Record ID# until it gets created.  So I'm stumped on that one.

  • QuickBaseJunkie's avatar
    QuickBaseJunkie
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    7 years ago
    Ah, good point. The formula URL above was triggered off of an existing record, so it's actually just directing to that record and not the new one... 

    I'll need to test a bit more.

    @Phil Pinkham, where is your button located?