Need a button to view current record in a different form

MarkShnier__You
Qrew Legend
3 years ago
If the table is set in properties to auto save then when you push the button and it should save the record before we displaying it.

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Mark Shnier (YQC)
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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- ChrisSwirtz
  Qrew Cadet
  3 years ago
  Hey Mark,
  
  I turned on the auto save as you said and have the button that takes the user to a different form set to open in the same window so it has to navigate away from the current form/screen. When I click on said button it does ask me to save the record first, which is what I want, but when it opens the subsequent form, it is in 'add new" mode instead editing the the new form with the same Record ID and info I just navigated from. It's like the save action doesn't allow for the button formula to pick up the newly created Record ID.
  
  That being said, when I say hit "save & keep working", then hit the button, it works just fine. Which is why I wondered if I could incorporate the "save & keep working" function into the button formula.
  
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  Chris Swirtz
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  - MarkShnier__You
    Qrew Legend
    3 years ago
    Chris,
    Are you saying that you want to be in Add mode, do some data entry on that form and then click a button to save the record and then continu in edit mode on a different form?
    
    If so, I think that this would work as a formula Rich text Buton
    
    //The code below work to add a record and then blend the user on the newly added //record in edit mode using form ID #10.
    var text RID = "%%rid%%";
    
    var text AddShipment = URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=nwr";
    var text EditShipment = URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid() & "?a=er&dfid=10&rid=" ;
    
    var text URL =
    $AddShipment
    & "&rdr=" & URLEncode($EditShipment) & $RID;
    
    "<a class='SaveBeforeNavigating' data-replaceRid=true style=\"text-decoration:none; background: #4b7097; border-radius: 5px; color: #ffffff; display: inline-block; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; width:100px; text-align: center; text-shadow: none; border: 2px solid #030404; font-size: 12px \"href='"
    & $URL
    & "'>Save and Display in Edit Mode</a>"
    
    //NOTE: The %%RID%% does not seem to like being URLEncoded.
    
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    Mark Shnier (YQC)
    mark.shnier@gmail.com
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Need a button to view current record in a different form