Redirecting to another form by filling the foreign key

[absalom]

Hi, being on an edit form for a given record (having "id" as its id on current table A), I would like to put two buttons for leaving the current form and redirecting to other forms related to table B:

A button for creating a new record in B with foreign key being automatically filled as A.id (and being invisible/uneditable).

A button for browsing records in B having foreign key being A.id

How can I achieve that?

[kev1n]

The solution depends on how/where the form is opened (new tab, same breadcrumb, new breadcrumb) etc. See Related question)

A button for creating a new record in B with foreign key being automatically filled as A.id (and being invisible/uneditable).

Using sessionStorage allows you to transfer a value from one form to another, regardless of where it is opened (New Breadcrumb, new tab, came Breadcrumb etc.)

Set a Hash Cookie in the button's onclick event:

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sessionStorage.setItem('PK_A',nuCurrentProperties().record_id);

In the 2nd form (in the form's Custom Code):

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var  fk = sessionStorage.getItem('PK_A'); // Retrieve the PK of Table A
sessionStorage.removeItem('PK_A'); // Remove the item from session storage
$('#Object_FK_ID)').val(fk).change(); // Assign the fk value to the object with ID "Object_FK_ID" on the 2nd form


A button for browsing records in B having foreign key being A.id

Set a global Hash Cookie in the button's onclick event. It the form is going to be opened in the same Breadcrumb, the third parameter can be omitted.

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nuSetProperty('PK_A', nuCurrentProperties().record_id, true)

and in the 2nd form's Browse use that to filter like:

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WHERE foreign_key = '#PK_A#'

[absalom]

My button is a "Run" object; as long as I open the console before clicking the button for checking the value of

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nuCurrentProperties()

I have the relevant values, but if I add a

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console.log(nuCurrentProperties())

in the onclick event of the "Run" button, the fields get empty; maybe the Javascript is evaluated after the values have been reset?

[kev1n]

Try using the event onmousedown instead of onclick

[absalom]

I tried onchange and onkeydown; finally I got it working with onfocus.