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This tip describes a method that mimics dialog box functionality over the Web. Users click on a button and it pops up a window to choose a value. The user selects a value and hits submit. The selected value appears in the specified field and closes the pop-up window.
Code
1. Create a button next to your text field (Say Line)
<INPUT Type = button value = " v " onClick = "ChooseLINE(this.form)">
2. Create a JavaScript function in the same form
name ChooseLine
function ChooseLINE(form)
{
var dB = "<DBPath>";
window.open(dB + "/LINE?OpenForm&LINE="+ <Pass Any Parameter>,"Win", "scrollbars=yes,
resizable=yes,width=400,height=400")
}
3. Create a Notes Form named Line and create a field name CurrentLine for selection.
4. Write JavaScript in this form to transfer selected value to your original form
function ChangeLINE(form)
{
var curr = form.CurrentLINE.options[form.CurrentLINE.selectedIndex].text;
window.opener.document.forms[0].Line.value = "";
window.close()
}
window.opener.document gives you the original document.
Please contact me at pankaj_h@hotmail.com if you have any questions.
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