Hi
I’ve allready created wizard’s for the notes client but now I nedd one that works in browser, to fill out a form in a few steps.
Maybe anyone has done something like that an can give me a littel advice ?
Subject: wizard to fill fields that works in browser ?
If you are doing it to break the form up into smaller bites for the user, the technique I outlined in this posting in the R4 & R5 forum will work just fine. (You may need to read through the thread in order to include page-by-page validation and so on.) If there are things to do back at the server between steps, you can use a $$Return field to point the user to the same document using a different form (using ?EditDocument in the URL and a view form formula, specifying the right view for the step in the URL).
Subject: RE: wizard to fill fields that works in browser ?
Hi Stan
thank you.
I know have a wizard with java script function to step through.
Now I have to save the selected values in the wizard to a document.
I thought I should collect the selected values with java script and fill them in a hidden multi value field an send them with the form.
If there are things to do back at the server between steps, >you can use a $$Return field to point the user to the same >document using a different form (using ?EditDocument in the >URL and a view form formula, specifying the right view for the >step in the URL).
You mean that for example I can send the form at the end of every step an get back to the document with $$Return an choose the next step ?
Subject: RE: wizard to fill fields that works in browser ?
Yes, but you don’t have to. In the example, you would just flip the hidden/shown attributes of the various divs on the form and post the form normally at the end – there are no gymnastics involved, no saving values off to hidden fields or anything. The user can only see one part of the form at a time, but the whole form is in the browser at all times.
Subject: RE: wizard to fill fields that works in browser ?
Hi Stan
ok, thank you.