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~Sean Opfoosonetsi

Mar 23, 2012, 2:07 PM

9 Posts

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Prompt for user input and write to field?

Category: Other
Platform: Mobile
Release: 8.5.3
Role: Developer
Tags: XSP,Prompt
Replies: 1

I am new to XPages development and working on a mobile form for approvals.

I am trying to create a button to Req More Info. I would like to prompt the user for comments and add them to a field. I would then add the field to an email that is sent using an agent.

I have included a sample of the code below. My question is... how do I take the results of the Prompt and put them into a field in the document?

Any help would be appreciated!

<xp:button value="Req More Info - Supv" id="button1">

<xp:eventHandler event="onclick" submit="true" refreshMode="complete" id="eventHandler1">

<xp:this.script>

<![CDATA[

var msg = XSP.prompt("Enter (optional) brief message to include in request:");

**I have tried several things here to add the value to the document or make it available to be added below with @SetField, with no success**

]]>

</xp:this.script>

<xp:this.action>

<![CDATA[#{javascript:var roles = context.getUser().getRoles().toArray();

if (@IsMember('[CIO]',roles))

{

@SetField('Appr4','Pending-Supervisor');

@SetField('AprSign4',@Name("[CN]",@UserName()));

@SetField('AprSignDate4',@Now());

viewScope.actionPerformed="submitByCIO";

save();

context.redirectToPage("mobileRequestApprovedFinal.xsp")

}}]]></xp:this.action>

</xp:eventHandler>

</xp:button>

~Sean Opfoosonetsi

Mar 26, 2012, 6:53 PM

9 Posts

Re: Prompt for user input and write to field?

I have posted the answer below. I think I just needed to walk away from it for a weekend and then come back to it. Below is the code I used to set the field value:

var msg = XSP.prompt("Enter (optional) brief message to include in request:");

var AprReason4 = document.getElementById("#{id:aprReason41}");

AprReason4.value=msg;