how to add URL button on form that opens an external website (ie www.google.com) into a new window? I am brand new to Quickbase and also cannot write code

No problem,

QuickBase is a "low code" platform so you don't need to be much of a coder.

If you want to hard code which website it goes to make a new field of type Formula-URL

The formula for google would be

"www.google.com" and the Link text would probably just be Google.

If you want it to open in a new window then check the box in field properties to Open in new Window.

If you wanted  a data entry field to type in different websites in different records, then it would just be a URL field type instead of a Formula-URL field type

>QuickBase is a "low code" platform

Yeah I'm hopping on the "low code" cluetrain myself. Instead of this:

$.get(url, {
  act: "API_DoQuery",
  qid: "1"
}).then(function(xml) {
  // your code here
});

I am going save a lot of keystrokes not typing the "function" keyword by using the "fat arrow" syntax:

$.get(url, {
  act: "API_DoQuery",
  qid: "1"
}).then(xml => {
  // your code here
});

Hi Mark and dandiebolt_QB_Pirate ... I have tried both of your suggestions and I am still getting a syntax error.  Side note, the link I am trying to open is my teams SharePoint site, if that makes any difference.

Please post your formula.  Dan was not really answering your question, so please post your acrual formula and we will have it working in a jiffy.

>Dan was not really answering your question

Yeah I was lobbying against the "low code" mentality in favor of using script with increasing levels of abstraction which makes your code smaller.

I'm not sure what u are looking for here : "so please post your acrual formula"

Well aside from my poor typing skills, you are saying that you entered a formula for a website such as "www.google.com" and there is a syntax error.  I'm asking to see what you have in the formula box so I can help debug the formula.

ie please post your formula that is not working so i can see it.