nuRunPHP in nuAddActionButton Topic is solved

[vario]

I have several "reports" that are little more than lists (i.e no grouping, subtotals etc) and I achieve a two-column layout for longer lists by an unpleasant piece of code which creates report table #TABLE_ID# with duplicate columns and then shuffles data about.

Anyway, I have been fiddling around with CSS flex & grid layouts which provide an easy way to output a list into two columns. I have a PHP procedure which generates an HTML page but if I call it from nuAddActionButton then it doesn't work. It should output a page to a new tab like it does from the onclick event of a button (or as nuRunReport does from nuAddActionButton).

Would I be right in assuming this Behaviour of the RUN button is also my answer?

Neil.

[kev1n]

Hello Neil,

Are you calling nuRunReport() in nuAddActionButton() ?

[vario]

Yes, nuRunReport() working OK when called from nuAddActionButton(). i.e

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if (nuFormType() == 'browse') {
 nuAddActionButton('VehCheckRpt', 'Checklist', 'nuRunPHP("php_checklist")');
 nuAddActionButton('VehInspections', 'Inspections', 'nuRunReport("rpt_inspections")');
}

So the nuRunReport produces its PDF output in a new window, and the nuRunPHP produces no output (the button remains "down" for a moment).

[kev1n]

In a test form, I added this line of code.

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 nuAddActionButton('VehCheckRpt', 'Checklist', 'nuRunPHP("php_checklist")');

And I created a procedure "php_checklist" with the code

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echo "123";

When the action button is clicked, a new tab is opened and 123 is written to the document.

Do you do anything differently? Please provide step-by-step instructions on how to replicate it.

[vario]

I'm always too slow to delve into the console and debugger...

1) the console error is

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Uncaught TypeError: $(...).val() is undefined

2) This is from the nuBeforeSave() function which is being called:

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function nuBeforeSave() {
 if ($('#veh_reg').val().indexOf(" ") > 0) {
  nuMessage("No spaces allowed in registration number");
  return false;
 }
return true;
}

3) nuajax.js has this:

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function nuRunPHP(code, iFrame, runBeforeSave) {

	if (runBeforeSave == undefined) {
		if (window.nuBeforeSave) {
			if (nuBeforeSave() === false) { return; }
		}
	}
...

I should read the docs more often - the third parameter has fixed this. Sorry for wasting time!