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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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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
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.
      • BrandonClark's avatar
        BrandonClark
        Qrew Cadet
        6 years ago
        Thanks Austin.  It appears the QBUmytab variable is not getting defined.  Did #tdf_1 need to be edited for my implementation or does that convert to fid_104?  I've tried simply changing to tdf_104 with no luck.
         
        (function () {
        //Get the expected tab value
        var QBUmytab = Number($("#tdf_1").text());
        console.log(QBUmytab);
        //Go to tab based on value
        switch(QBUmytab) {
        case 3:
        $("#tab_t3_link a").click();
        break;
        case 4:
        $("#tab_t4_link a").click();
        break;
        };})();

        And I agree on getting used to adding the troubleshooting code.  I probably have 30 hours into just trying to accomplish this one task.  But if I have this snip with the code to debug each step along the way then I can start using this as my reference example to build out from and start getting some context to better understand the javascript documentation.  

        Thx again,
        Brandon

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