Links to Operations

pbrad

Hi,

I am really struggling with the instructions in the User Guide for inserting html links to operations in an html cell of a form.

According to the guide, the general format is <a href=”javascript::AwareApp.functionName(parameters)” >Name of the link</a>

I have been fighting with getting it to run a process but using the most basic function: AwareApp.logout(null)

resulting in <a href=”javascript:AwareApp.logout(null))” >Logout</a>

does not work. Whatever I try, I continually get an error message like:

message /AwareIM/%E2%80%9Djavascript::AwareApp.logout(null)%E2%80%9D

description The requested resource (/AwareIM/%E2%80%9Djavascript::AwareApp.logout(null)%E2%80%9D) is not available

When viewing this error, the url is: http://localhost:8080/AwareIM/”javascript::AwareApp.logout(null)”

which doesn't seem right at all. Am I doing something totally wrong. I almost wondered whether this section of the guide is a leftover from Version 3?

Any Ideas?
Pete

aware_support

The section is not a left over. You have a typo in your script - I wonder if it's a real typo:

<a href=”javascript:AwareApp.logout(null))” >Logout</a>

Note two brackets - it should be just one.

You can also try the following equivalent:
<a href=”#" onclick="AwareApp.logout(null); return false;” >Logout</a>

Also check your quotation marks - make sure you are using valid symbols. Try replacing them with apostrophe, which should also work.

If you still can't get it to run, download the Microsoft development toolbar from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=E59C3964-672D-4511-BB3E-2D5E1DB91038&displaylang=en

And using it find your element in the DOM on the page and check what the HTML code is translated to.

pbrad

Hi,

Are you saying that <a href=”#" onclick="AwareApp.logout(null); return false;” >Logout</a> should work because you tried it and it worked for you? Because it doesn't work for me, the hyperlink text doesn't even show in IE. It shows in Firefox but doesn't work.

The extra ) was just a typo, trust me, I tried every permutation and combination under the sun. Could you please provide me with one working example of a syntax for any operation link that you have tested as working.

Thanks,
Pete

aware_support

We HAVE tested it and it is working. We just finished a new feature that involves improvements in this area and we have tested it extensively. The example that you have (without a typo) SHOULD work. If it doesn't, you NEED TO verify what the code is translated to - please download the toolbar and let us know.

pbrad

Hi,

I haven't used the developer bar before but I believe that the relevant return is: name: href, value: http://216.220.37.215:8080/iPort/AwareApp.startProcess(%22TestMessage%22,%20%22Main%22)

I have loaded the test bsv on my production server and accessed it from a different computer to eliminate my laptop from the equation.

I am using the html in an html cell of a form: <a href=”javascript:AwareApp.startProcess('TestMessage','Main')” >Test Message</a> where TestMessage is a simple process to popup a test message. I have tried replacing " with ' and ` with the same results.

Pete

aware_support

I am not sure I understand this.

With the development toolbar you display it by choosing it from the list of Tools. Then click on the "Find" (by click) button and then click on your HTML element. The toolbar should display all HTML attributes of the selected element. We need to know the href attribute of the hypelink.

What you are describing doesn't make any sense. Something is definitely not right.

pbrad

There are two attributes: href and id

The value of the href attribute is: http://216.220.37.215:8080/iPort/”javascript:AwareApp.startProcess('TestMessage','Main')”

The value of the id attribute is: ext-gen168

Pete

pbrad

Hi,

I finally found the right combination of single and double quotation marks:

<a href="javascript:AwareApp.startProcess('TestMessage','Main')" >Test Message</a>

Thanks,
Pete

aware_support

I suspect that in your original HTML where you only used one type of quotation marks, the ones you were using were wrong.

pbrad

Yes, sometimes you get so buried in troubleshooting methods, you lose sight of the goal line. Thanks for your help.

Pete