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KatherineOakey's avatar
KatherineOakey
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4 years ago

When does a checkbox set in a URL get checked by Dynamic Form Rules?

I have a checkbox field in a table (don't we all :) ). I set or clear the checkbox from the URL that the form is accessed with using the '&_fid_10=1" type syntax at the end of the URL. I have a ...
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MarkShnier__You's avatar
MarkShnier__You
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4 years ago
Dynamic Form Rules only fire when the actual record is up on our browser screen and you edit the record  in the browser in edit mode.  So pushing a  button to run a formula URL will not cause form rules to fire. The form rules actually run on the Browser and not at Quickbase.

One way to think of this that might help you feel that this of course makes sense is that a particular table could have 10 forms used for different purposes in different circumstances. If you were to edit the record with an API or pushing a button would you expect that the Dynamic Form Rules from all 10 forms would suddenly start firing all at once? Of course not.

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KatherineOakey's avatar
KatherineOakey
Qrew Member
4 years ago
Then why does a field display or not display based on a Dynamic Form Rule but not the field value?

I have a different form that will display, or not, a field based on how a checkbox is set.

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Katherine Oakey
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  • MarkShnier__You's avatar
    MarkShnier__You
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    4 years ago
    I do not understand the question really.

    When you view the record on the form if there are dynamic form rules on that form that control which fields should be shown or hidden then they will show or hide based on those formulas.

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    • KatherineOakey's avatar
      KatherineOakey
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      4 years ago
      I guess where I am confused is the behavior of a field on the form vs the behavior of a field 'value' on the form.

      ie, display or not display a field vs set the value of a field to 'something'.

      What I tried is just setting the actual 'default for this form' value via the URL using the dfid and fid values and the field value I want to start the form with was set in the field (values are from a dropdown list).

      Now, I set both field that I want to start with a specific value via the fid in the form URL.  I don't know if that is the right way to do things but I think it's doing what I want :)

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