Prompt for input

The Prompter class does not support a date picker. But you could just ask for the date to be entered in as text then use the Date.parse(dateString) function to parse a string into a date.

I have a little prompter helper library that makes it easier to use the Prompter, at least for simple cases. You can find it at: https://api.danielleu.com/public/tf5/v1/files/prompterHelper-v2.js

Place the code in a form named Scripts and call it prompterHelper. Here is a little example:

document.getFormNamed('Scripts').runScriptNamed('prompterHelper');

async function myFunction() {
  
  try {
  	await textPrompter('Enter date');
	console.log("Text entered: " + prompterVar);
  } catch (errorText) {
  	// user clicked 'Cancel'
  	console.log('cancelled');
  	return;
  }
  
  // user clicked 'yes'
  // continue with function
  // main code here
  console.log('continue from yes');
}
 
myFunction();

As you see, the entered text is stored in the variable prompterVar. As Brendan showed, this would need to be parsed in order to get date object.

Hi Daniel, Brendon,

This was actually just what I needed for my own database. Here’s the code I used to get it to work:

document.getFormNamed(‘Scripts’).runScriptNamed(‘prompterHelper’);

async function Selected_Items_Change_Follow_Up_Date() {

//Change Follow Up Date for Selected Items

let selected_id = ‘fld-ef53cc6a7a5f4ed2a51f7de0fa046400’;
let follow_up_date_id = ‘fld-6fa53ab54482495289f38b069d3c713f’;

try {
await textPrompter(‘Enter Follow Up Date (YYYY-MM-DD):’);
console.log(“User entered: ” + prompterVar);
} catch (errorText) {
console.log(‘User clicked cancel’);
return;
}

//let new_date = new Date(‘2023-07-03T00:00:00’);
let new_date = new Date(Date.parse(prompterVar + ‘T00:00:00’));

for(let baserecord of search.getRecords()) {
if (baserecord.getFieldValue(selected_id) === true) {
baserecord.setFieldValue(follow_up_date_id, new_date);
baserecord.setFieldValue(selected_id, false);
}

}

document.saveAllChanges();
}

Selected_Items_Change_Follow_Up_Date();

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by Pinny Berlin.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by Pinny Berlin.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by Brendan.