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DavidLichty
Qrew Trainee
10 years ago

How do I create a URL button on a QB Form that saves the current record and then displays a report?

Our team frequently works by looking up a record, editing that record, and then looking up the next record. They start by using a look-up report (Prompt the user for a Record #, for example.) Curr...
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QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
10 years ago
David, not tested, but maybe there is a simple solution using nexturl to make customized EDIT button.

var text URLONE = urlroot() & "db/" & dbid() & "?a=er& rid=" & ToText(Record ID#])
var text URLTWO = urlroot() & "db/" & dbid() & "?a=q&qid=xx"

$URLONE
& "&nexturl=" & urlencode($URLTWO)
  • KellyBianchi's avatar
    KellyBianchi
    Qrew Assistant Captain
    7 years ago
    This works on desktop for me, but doesn't seem to work in mobile. 
  • PaulVorster1's avatar
    PaulVorster1
    Qrew Cadet
    7 years ago
    HI Kelly, did you manage to get a solution for mobile, as I have the same problem?
  • KellyBianchi's avatar
    KellyBianchi
    Qrew Assistant Captain
    7 years ago
    No, sorry, I did not. You might just want to add a line of text to instruct users to save and then add their child records.