Can I have a RULE save a form?

BLOMASKY

Can I do something like IF BO.ATTR WAS CHANGED THEN SaveForm

Thanks
Bruce

PointsWell

I think this is covered by the 8.1 COMMIT transaction functionality.

I have not found a way to do it quietly (using check boxes and save when changed produces a prompt to the user)

rbross

What about the setting, "If value was changed then save form" This will save the form immediately if the value was changed.

BLOMASKY

Really Roger? I didn't know there is a SAVE FORM command.

Bruce

PointsWell

BLOMASKY wrote
Really Roger? I didn't know there is a SAVE FORM command.

Bruce

It’s not a function Bruce, it’s a flag on Yes/No attributes (and drop downs I think). My experience with it though is that it produces a prompt to the user “Do you want to save Yes/No/Cancel”

Which is what I was trying to say in my original response - if you want the form to quietly save this won’t do it. Unless I have managed to use it incorrectly (always possible).

BLOMASKY

The problem is, I need it to save when I edit a text field. hummm, back to the drawing board

johntalbott

Rule no, script yes. 😃

BLOMASKY

John, when you say script can save, are you suggesting I add some Javascript to the Render script of the form, to trap when a field loses focus and then do a parser.save_form()?

Bruce

johntalbott

Exactamundo!

ACDC

Can I do something like IF BO.ATTR WAS CHANGED THEN SaveForm

IF BO.ATTR WAS CHANGED Then UPDATE BO

BenHayat

ACDC wrote
Can I do something like IF BO.ATTR WAS CHANGED THEN SaveForm

IF BO.ATTR WAS CHANGED Then UPDATE BO

I've used this and works!

BLOMASKY

Humm, I will have to test that. Reading the docs tells me that:

The UPDATE action invokes evaluation of rules attached to the specified business object (provided that there are any)

Doesn't say anything about updating the database, but I should know the answer to that soonish.

Bruce

BenHayat

BLOMASKY wrote
Humm, I will have to test that. Reading the docs tells me that:

The UPDATE action invokes evaluation of rules attached to the specified business object (provided that there are any)

Doesn't say anything about updating the database, but I should know the answer to that soonish.

Bruce

Bruce, I use it for both scenarios. Sometime I want to force the rule evaluation to take place, so I use update, and also for for cases when I change some attribute in a process, I follow it up with update.

tford

Ben -- I don't get how you were able to use UPDATED for Bruce's user case.

If I understand it right, when a user if on a Form, Bruce wants to save the form if a certain text field value WAS CHANGED. I'm assuming Bruce wants to save it dynamically while the user is still on the Form and has not clicked any buttons to save the Form.

To test UPDATE theory, I added two attributes to RegularUser, Test1 and Test2.

Then I added a dynamic rule:
If RegularUser.Test1 WAS CHANGED Then
RegularUser.Test2=RegularUser.Test1
UPDATE RegularUser

When testing, I tried to update RegularUser.Test1 and tab through it hoping it would update the Test2 value and commit the values to the database.

I got an internal error.

BenHayat

tford wrote
Ben -- I don't get how you were able to use UPDATED for Bruce's user case.

If I understand it right, when a user if on a Form, Bruce wants to save the form if a certain text field value WAS CHANGED. I'm assuming Bruce wants to save it dynamically while the user is still on the Form and has not clicked any buttons to save the Form.

If this is the case, you're right, my way doesn't work. It requires a client JS to make an AJAX call to the server for update, which the SAVE button is the best way to go about it.

aware_support

If you can replace a text attribute with a drop down, then the solution is easy (Save form when selection changes). If you cannot, then script is the way to go. The idea is to catch the "focus" event of the field using jQuery and then call parser.saveForm();

BLOMASKY

Update BO is fine as long as you are not triggering it from within the BO. I tried: IF BO.attr was changed, and got stuck in an endless loop. I guess I will have to go the javascript route.

bruce