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BrandonClark's avatar
BrandonClark
Qrew Cadet
6 years ago

Using iol to Select Tab of Child After Adding Child Record

I am trying to move my Add Child buttons up out of the tabs and on to the main form.  To keep it from appearing awkward, I also would like to have the associated tab selected after adding the child re...
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EverettPatterso's avatar
EverettPatterso
Qrew Captain
6 years ago
Post your formula for the Add Child buttons, you should be using the native & "&z=" & Rurl() and it should return to the correct tab after adding a child record. 

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BrandonClark's avatar
BrandonClark
Qrew Cadet
6 years ago
Thanks for the reply Everett.  Code from button below. 

The issue is that the button to add the child record is not on the child record tab for us.  It basically saves the user from having to click the tab header and then click add child.  This way they just click add child and then when completed it returns them with the correct tab in focus so they can see it come through and review/edit if required.  

URLRoot() & "db/" & [_DBID_CONTACTS] & "?a=API_EditRecord&rid=" & URLEncode ([Record ID#])
& "&_fid_104=11"
& "&rdr="
& URLEncode(URLRoot() & "db/" & [_DBID_OPPORTUNITIES] & "?a=API_GenAddRecordForm&_fid_17=" & URLEncode ([Related Company])& " &_fid_43=" & URLEncode ([Record ID#])& "&z=" & Rurl())

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  • EverettPatterso's avatar
    EverettPatterso
    Qrew Captain
    6 years ago
    Sorry I must have misunderstood, you are wanting a function within the code page that looks at the value of _fid_104 and determines which tab to focus?

    (function () {
//Get the expected tab value
var QBUmytab = Number($("#tdf_1").text());
//Go to tab based on value
switch(QBUmytab) {
    case 3:
		$("#tab_t3_link a").click();
		break;
    case 4:
		$("#tab_t4_link a").click();
		break;
};})();


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    • BrandonClark's avatar
      BrandonClark
      Qrew Cadet
      6 years ago
      Hi Everett,

      I pasted the code in but nothing is happening.  Do you by chance have any debugging code I can insert to see if the variable is passing in and if the cases are selecting properly?  

      Thanks!
      Brandon

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      • AustinK's avatar
        AustinK
        Qrew Commander
        6 years ago
        Given the code above adding in the debugging is the easier part. You should get used to adding it in yourself because it helps you learn as you go.

        What I would do is start simple, a console.log(QBUmytab); after the variable is set in the code. If you see that it is returning something then go from there. Make sure it is returning what is expected which is some type of number, and if it is returning anything but the numbers listed(3 or 4) then it doesn't have anything in the code to call. If it is returning a 3 or 4 then chances are the code for those may not be exactly right.