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ToddM
Qrew Cadet
13 days ago

Formula URL Button to Open New Form and Check a Box

I'm not proud, lol. Asking for help with my tail between my legs. I'm missing something here. 

I'm in a form in Table "A". I want my button to open a different form in the same table in edit mode and check a checkbox. THAT'S IT! Here's what I currently have: 

URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=er&rid=" & [Record ID#] & "&dfid=14" & "&apptoken=apptoken" & "&_fid_216=1"  & "&z=" & Rurl()

Thanks for any suggestions! 

  • Its actually a bit complicated because a=er is not an API call, just a cheat we all use and it does not support checking a box.

    But you might be OK with checking the box and then editing the record.

    not tested but try this

    var text CheckBox =

    URLRoot() & "db/" & dbid() & "?a=API_EditRecord&rid=" & [Record ID#]

    & "&apptoken=xxxxxxxxx" 
    & "&_fid_216=1";

    var text OpenInEditMode = URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=er&rid=" & [Record ID#] & "&dfid=14"

     

    $CheckBox

    & "&rdr=" & URLEncode($OpenInEditMode)

     

  • Its actually a bit complicated because a=er is not an API call, just a cheat we all use and it does not support checking a box.

    But you might be OK with checking the box and then editing the record.

    not tested but try this

    var text CheckBox =

    URLRoot() & "db/" & dbid() & "?a=API_EditRecord&rid=" & [Record ID#]

    & "&apptoken=xxxxxxxxx" 
    & "&_fid_216=1";

    var text OpenInEditMode = URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=er&rid=" & [Record ID#] & "&dfid=14"

     

    $CheckBox

    & "&rdr=" & URLEncode($OpenInEditMode)

     

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      ToddM
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      Thanks for the quick response Mark! Much appreciated. It worked fine, just added a semicolon after 14". Always grateful for your expertise.