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    Hiding the submit button

    Hi

    I have searched the forum for a way to hide the submit button conditionally.

    There are a few "solutions" posted like

    1.
    e.javascript= "$('"+e.tmpl.componentName+".GRID_PART.SUBMITBUTTON_BOTTOM').style.display= 'none';$('"+e.tmpl.componentName+".GRID_PART.CANCELBUTTON_BOTTOM').style.display = 'none';"


    and

    2.
    $('GRID1.GRID_PART.SUBMITBUTTON_BOTTOM').style.display='none'; -> off
    $('GRID1.GRID_PART.SUBMITBUTTON_BOTTOM').style.display='none'; -> show



    I have not been able to get the first way to work. Clicking the button will initiate something without error (not sure what) , but it will not hide these buttons.

    The strangest thing though is the second solution: These statements work perfectly fine in the working preview, but will not work in the final published product.


    Any quick help is highly appreciated.

    PS: If somebody can explain the "e.javascript" to me, that would be great, too. Is this an alternative to returning the
    java code as Call_back_function="...code...;" ????
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    #2
    Re: Hiding the submit button

    I'm not sure what your goal is.
    On the registratioin page I am currently working on, I put
    Code:
    FirstName != '' and LastName !='' and email !='' and Phone !='' and UserName != '' and UserPassword !=''
    in the show/hide expression for clientside properties.

    I did it because of the frustration when I accidently hit the submit button on my iphone before I got most of the
    fields filled out. This hides the button until all but the confirm password fields are dirty.
    Gregg
    https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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      #3
      Re: Hiding the submit button

      Thanks Gregg,

      My condition is a little bit more complex, but I could set a hidden field to a value and hide the Submit button with "Fieldname ==X"

      BUT: Excuse my ignorance, can you give me the exact name of the client side properties you are talking about?
      I searched for "Submit" under the Grid Properties, but no luck.

      Thanks

      Eriks

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        #4
        Re: Hiding the submit button

        Pics rock. Hope this helps.


        Gregg
        https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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          #5
          Re: Hiding the submit button

          I just realized you're working on a grid, and stupid me gave you an answer that works on a dialog.
          Gregg
          https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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            #6
            Re: Hiding the submit button

            Originally posted by madtowng View Post
            I just realized you're working on a grid, and stupid me gave you an answer that works on a dialog.
            Gregg

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              #7
              Re: Hiding the submit button

              See if following gets you to your destination:
              In RecordNav/Grid TB -> GridTB Template, insert template for editable grid. The last row holds the placeholder for the submit button. Wrap it with an span with an id. You can then use the action JS Toggle visibility of container or write your own js and place it in a client side event to to show/hide the span.

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                #8
                Re: Hiding the submit button

                Thanks to all.

                I will try this, although - I'm a newbie - it is not that clear to me yet.

                It amazes me though that with all the other options for the navigation bar, the submit and cancel buttons somehow where forgotten.
                I thought it would be an easy and common thing to prevent submitting (other than with simple field validation rules.)

                Also why is the "onGridDirty" event not exposed - obviously the Submit/Cancel buttons get it.

                (Hope Selvin reads this)

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                  #9
                  Re: Hiding the submit button

                  OK,

                  here is my own (NOT TESTED) solution - a true workaround - or "from the back, through the chest into the eye" as we say in Germany:

                  I will create a hidden field that is set to "false" if the complex condition is not met.

                  In the CanGridSubmit event I test this field, alert the user and return false..

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                    #10
                    Re: Hiding the submit button

                    I have often taken the submit button out of the grid toolbar (Customize Grid toolbar) and created my own Action button with the inline javascript for submitting a grid. I set the Enable rules on the action button to various things depending on my grid. (of course, one of them being that the grid is dirty). Then I go put that Action button in the same place that the submit button stuff from the template was. This generally means I also create an Action button for Cancel Edits, too.
                    Carol King
                    Developer of Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS)
                    http://www.CHSBuilderSoftware.com

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                      #11
                      Re: Hiding the submit button

                      Hey Carol...you just confirmed what I spent hours trying to figure out.
                      For the benefit of others, the pic below shows where the options are to
                      hide the submit buttons.
                      Gregg
                      https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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                        #12
                        Re: Hiding the submit button

                        OK,

                        here is my own solution - a true workaround - or "from the back, through the chest into the eye" as we say in Germany:

                        I created a hidden field that is set to "false" if the complex condition is not met.

                        In the CanGridSubmit event I test this field, alert the user and return false..

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                          #13
                          Re: Hiding the submit button

                          But I like Carol's approach, too!

                          Thanks

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                            #14
                            Re: Hiding the submit button

                            Customizing the grid toolbar works great. Thanks.

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