afterDialogValidate Javascript action

[jennygong]

I am using UX component, and in afterDialogValidate, i have my xbasic code. I wanna add a javascript warning box, such as "window.alert("Successful");" immediately show up after validate xbasic done. I do not know how to add javascript code into server-side events...Does anyone can help me?

Thank you very much!

[GGandhi]

Re: afterDialogValidate Javascript action

There should be something like e.javascript you can set that up like
E.javascript = "alert('successful');"

[TheSmitchell]

Re: afterDialogValidate Javascript action

Hi Jenny!

There should be a giant comment block in your afterDialogValidate event. Near the bottom, there is a section about returning JavaScript to the client. Mine reads something like this. I don't know if yours is the same because I get the sense/feeling that you're using Alpha Anywhere and this is the help from Alpha V11:

'NOTE: If you have used Server-side Action Scripting in this event to save the submitted data to a table, then you might want to reference
'the rtc.flagRecordWasSaved variable (which is set by the Action Script) to decide if the window should be closed or not. In addition, since the
'Server-side Action will have already set the value of the e.javascript variable, you will want to append your code to e.javascript, as follows:
'e.javascript = e.javascript + crlf() + var ele = $('mywindowid'); + crlf() + {dialog.object}.closeContainerWindow(ele);

Be wary of any server-side action scripts you may have added. They modify the e.javascript variable, so you'll want to get in the habit of appending to the e.javascript variable. Whenever I'm going to do something like return javascript from the server, I set e.javascript to "" as the very first action so I can use *concat(e.javascript,"strings here") without getting errors from alpha:

function afterDialogValidate as v (e as p)
    e.javascript = ""

    'some action javascripts here
    
    'too many whiskers
    'over-caffeinated design decisions here

    *concat(e.javascript, "alert('done!');")

'Giant alpha generated block comment 

end function

If this is a situation where you're saving something and want to indicate to the user - proactively - that the action is going on & succeeds, you may also want to check out some of the things others have done, including throwing up an A5.msgBox.show during the submit parts and closing it in the after validate:

http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...ight=a5.msgbox

[jennygong]

Re: afterDialogValidate Javascript action

Thank you both! Yes, e.javascript is the way to do it! Thanks again!!