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~Ted Asavelutherikle

Jul 28, 2011, 9:33 PM

13 Posts

Getting a handle on a document in CLJS

Category: Dojo and Client Side JavaScript
Platform: Windows
Release: 8.5.2
Role:
Tags: Javascript
Replies: 2

I am writing a timecard-like web app in Xpages. Employees will punch in and a record with the timestamp will be written out to the db.

I want to prevent them from putting in another punch within, say, two minutes of their first one.

I am trying to write some CLJS in the on click even of the submit button. I want to get their most recent entry and compare that to the time they clicked.

I have a computed field on the form with the following code:

var empnbr = requestScope.employeeCC;

var notesView:NotesView = database.getView("(TimeCardsByEmployee)");

var doc:NotesDocument = notesView.getDocumentByKey(empnbr);

var dt:NotesDateTime = doc.getItemValue("PunchDateTime")[0];

This correctly displays the last PunchDateTime.

In the on click event I have

var lstpnctme= document.getElementById("#{id:dt}").value;

and some other code. But when I use firebug my var lstpnctme is undefined.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

~Vera Opfreechekakol

Jul 29, 2011, 6:25 AM

14 Posts

Re: Getting a handle on a document in CLJS

Try dojo.byId()

~Alexis Opresaman

Jul 29, 2011, 9:39 AM

129 Posts

Re: Getting a handle on a document in CLJS

A computed field on the server results in a span node (if tagName isn't specified) in the browser. field.value only works for form fields in the browser.

Use .innerHTML to get the content of the computed field in the browser.

I understand IBM's reasoning behind calling it a computed field (computed field in "regular" domino applications), but if they called it computed text, maybe fewer people would be confused.