Button Printing Other Form

Is there a way on a button click to bring up another form (same folder ID) so a user can review and print this and then close the window so they get back to the form they are on? In other words, when the user views the folder, they see the form called 'Confirmation'. On that form, I want to have a button so when clicked it opens up another window and shows the "Pre-Approval Form". I can see how you can set the button click (Open Folder option) to open a folder but the only option I can get working is to pass the Folder ID, which then brings up all the forms for the procedure. I have also used the Client Operation option where I can do an window.open("http....."). But what I want to do is to open just a particular form.

Thanks.

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Rob Vignerot

If this is the same Folder, why can't you use the standard action button from the Folder view? Only one action can be taken at a time, so if you really need it to start from within another action on the same Folder, you could use a chained action to submit the current action, open the confrimation, submit the confirmation, re-open the original folder.

Bette Stalsberg

Thanks. I already suggested that there be instructions on the current form (instead of the print button) to go to the tab for the Pre-Approval form and then have the standard print button there. The user is not happy with that. So unless we can come up with a better solution, we will create a Crystal report and then link to that. Maybe there is just not a way to do what I want to do.

Again, thanks.

DSmith

The request is outside the boundaries of the application but you have a couple of external options.

You could attempt to call the Metastorm form as a modal form via javacript (this works in version 7.6)

One solution is to turn the form in question into an admin form. will need to accept the FolderID as a param on load.

From the calling form or button the script would be something like this

function buildBrowseURL(Predefined)

{

sURL = "";

// set path to server

server = window.location.hostname;

// build URL to access Admin Form

txtBase = eworkGetField("txtHTTPBase","");

sURL = txtBase + server + "/Metastorm/eForm.aspx?Action=AdminFormName&Map=AdminProcessName";

sURL += "&Service=" + psGetParam("Service");

// add folderid to URL

sURL = psBuildQueryString(sURL,"FolderID",eworkGetField("txtFolderID",""));

///Include Attributes

sAttributes = "edge: raised; resizeable: no; scroll: yes; status: no; center: yes; help: no; dialogWidth: 450px; dialogHeight: 600px;";

window.open(sURL,"",sAttributes);

}

You also could create the form as an external ASP.NET form and pass the parameters you need in.

Either way would work fine, just be sure to maintain the proper look and feel so that the transition is seamless.

Naturally doing this means you need to maintain an external form, but these types of requests tend to have trade offs

Brian Mellert

Or if not intending to edit to just use the built-in tabs across the top of the form to see the other tab?

DSmith

From what I'm reading it sounds like they are trying to do this from within in action - so the tabbed view would not be on top at this point

Bette Stalsberg

Yes the tabs for all the forms are at the top but this is not what the user wants. We are just going to go with creating a Crystal report so when they click on the button it will take them there and then they can print.

Thanks for all your suggestions and help.

Bette