Creating a Notes document from a browser - problem passing in a value

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This should be a very simple thing to do, but I just can’t get it to work!

What I’m trying to do is this:

I need to create a document in Notes with a value selected from a picklist in a form on the web. I’ve got a handle on the value OK, and I need to pass it into a field called GroupName on my newly created document in Notes. Now, with URL below the document creates fine, but I just can’t get it to populate the GroupName field.

var theURL = “Notes://” + theServer + “/theDatabase.nsf/theForm?OpenForm&GroupName=” + value;

I’ve looked on the forum, but nothing works. Any suggestions?

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Subject: Creating a Notes document from a browser - problem passing in a value

Hi,

You need to put a hidden field on your form with the name Query_String. Then in the WebQueryOpen event, you can access the arguments:

doc.GroupName = strright(context.Query_String(0), “&GroupName=”)

HTH

Joost

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Subject: RE: Creating a Notes document from a browser - problem passing in a value

I don’t think Query_String works in the Notes client, Joost, I’ve tried without success. Thanks anyway.

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Subject: Creating a Notes document from a browser - problem passing in a value

Am I missing something? I may not be reading your issue correctly.

If you are composing a document in a browser, and the document is based on a notes form, then submitting the document commits all fields.

document.forms[0].submit();

Do you already have a field called GroupName on the form and its not capturing it? Then there may be a translation or some other formula that is acting upon it simultaneously.

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Subject: Creating a Notes document from a browser - problem passing in a value

Is it the browser inside the notes client, because you can do this with cookies, if not ie you are in a separate web browser you cannot do it AFAIK, I tried very hard about a year ago. -Adam

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Subject: RE: Creating a Notes document from a browser - problem passing in a value

I’m opening the Notes client from a browser. I want to populate a field with a value selected from a picklist in the browser.

In Notes there are at least two ways to do it:

  1. Document that inherits the selected value

  2. Environment variable

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Subject: Creating a Notes document from a browser - problem passing in a value

Did anyone ever discover a way for this to work? I have the exact same problem, and looked all over and still can’t find a solution.

Not sure why this is so difficult to do - it seems like it should be very simple. It can already open the document, but I haven’t found any place that adds any passed parameters.

Thanks!