Debugging of Web Error?

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Hi all,

I am developing an allegedly simple application for usage in a browser.

I have two buttons on my form to set a status with history. They are written in JavaScript and do not cause a JS error in the browser.

Here is the JS code:

var jetzt = new Date();

var _history = “Active (” + document.forms[0].web_UserName.value + " on " + jetzt.getTime() + “)”;

document.forms[0].docStatusNum.value = 0;

document.forms[0].docStatus.value = “Active”;

document.forms[0].docStatusBy.value = document.forms[0].web_UserName.value;

document.forms[0].docStatusOn.value = jetzt.getTime();

document.forms[0].docStatusHistory.vlaue = _history + “;” + document.forms[0].docStatusHistory.value

alert(“Status set to -active-”);

But when I want to save the form (simple action, FileSave and FileCloseWindow) it comes up with an error page saying “Page cannot be displayed”.

I render all fields for HTML.

How can I debug the error occuring ? Or any idea about the error itself ?

Thank you so much !

/ Alex

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Subject: Debugging of Web Error ?

Ok, some news:

I looked into the server log and found out, the date/time causes the prob.

After removing the lines, the doc is saved now without errors.

But now I have two other questions:

First: The button does not work ! No change of status is saved !

Second: How can I get the date/time into the right format ?

Thanx for your help again !

/Alex

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Subject: Debugging of Web Error ?

Hi Alex.

Your javascript SHOULD be causing an error, because in your last line, you’ve

misspelt .value (as .vlaue)

Heres another problem I’m seeing - I’m not sure if you realize it, but the Date

object’s .getTime() method returns a number (a long to be specific), not a Time

element of the date.

You need to convert your Date into a String, and unfortunately, the toString

method of Date returns a date in a format that Notes does not interpret (I

don’t blame it, the toString is a bloated string representation).

And, again unfortunately, you do not have access to Java’s java.text.DateFormat

or java.text.SimpleDateFormat classes.

But, here’s a method that will return a STRING for the date- one that Notes WILL interpret.

function getDateString(var dt){

var dt = new Date();

var strDate;

strDate=(dt.getMonth() + 1) + "/" 

	+ dt.getDate() + "/" + dt.getYear()

	+ " " + dt.getHours() + ":" 

	+ dt.getMinutes() + ":" + dt.getSeconds();

return strDate;

}

I hope that helps.

  • Steve
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Subject: RE: Debugging of Web Error ?

Hi Steve,

cool, this works ! Thank you !

I think the mispelled value caused the saving-error, cause now everything is saved fine, including the date.

This produced a new question:

After displaying my form processed message I return via a link to a view, including the document just modified. But the view is not refreshed. How could I do this ?

Thanx,

/Alex