I like using the Magic Button app to find code and graphics for buttons for my app. I just copied one and am having multiple weird behaviors. The button I want is to let our staff close-out items on a report.
1. Click on button on the report, it goes to the record and shows it unmodified from the button.
2. I refresh the record and it then shows it as modified as 'Done' per the button.
3. I use the back button to go back to the report, it shows as unmodified still.
4. I refresh the report and the record shows as 'Done'.
I suspect that (1) is caused by the click on the line being captured as a hyperlink to the record first, then secondarily as a click on the button. And (3) is caused by caching, but I'm not used to QB caching info like this, I guess this is related to the Javascript modifying the record instead of yours truly.
My button is a formula/text, I've only really modified it to add a 'if' statement to deactivate it if the status doesn't need to be changed. Skipping the Var declaration of the URL:
If([Status]="Done","Done","<a href=\"javascript:" & "$.get('" & $url &
"', function(){" & "location.reload();" & "});" &
"void(0);\"><img src=\"https://images.quickbase.com/si/32/110-touchscreen.png\"></a>")
I could switch to a URL field, but I like being able to disable the button when it it done. Is the behavior I am describing normal, or am I crazy? Or my browser (Firefox)?
1. Click on button on the report, it goes to the record and shows it unmodified from the button.
2. I refresh the record and it then shows it as modified as 'Done' per the button.
3. I use the back button to go back to the report, it shows as unmodified still.
4. I refresh the report and the record shows as 'Done'.
I suspect that (1) is caused by the click on the line being captured as a hyperlink to the record first, then secondarily as a click on the button. And (3) is caused by caching, but I'm not used to QB caching info like this, I guess this is related to the Javascript modifying the record instead of yours truly.
My button is a formula/text, I've only really modified it to add a 'if' statement to deactivate it if the status doesn't need to be changed. Skipping the Var declaration of the URL:
If([Status]="Done","Done","<a href=\"javascript:" & "$.get('" & $url &
"', function(){" & "location.reload();" & "});" &
"void(0);\"><img src=\"https://images.quickbase.com/si/32/110-touchscreen.png\"></a>")
I could switch to a URL field, but I like being able to disable the button when it it done. Is the behavior I am describing normal, or am I crazy? Or my browser (Firefox)?
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The 'var text url' declaration in the example Magic Button, and my use, doesn't have an rdr. The magic button seems to be using the 'location.reload()' call. Of course that works fine in the example, does it need a image-onload or something? Final URL of a rendered button:
javascript:$.get('mydomain.qb.com/db/bj8kjp6fp?a=API_EditRecord&rid=870&apptoken=mytoken&_fid_11=Done&_fid_99=02-13-2017%2009:20%20AM',%20function(){location.reload();});void(0);
javascript:$.get('mydomain.qb.com/db/bj8kjp6fp?a=API_EditRecord&rid=870&apptoken=mytoken&_fid_11=Done&_fid_99=02-13-2017%2009:20%20AM',%20function(){location.reload();});void(0);
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Okay, I see image-onload being used in Magic Buttons. This is first time using outside of my usual app, must be the problem, I don't have it set up. I'll have to backtrack to add.
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Ⲇanom the ultimate (Dan Diebolt), Champion
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