Simple Prompter Message

[Brecht DHeere]

Hi,

Can someone give me a working example of the prompter function please?

I need the prompter for a simple thing: Delete a record and show me a prompter message: “Do you really want to delete the record?”. I’ve been searching hours and hours on the forum and trying a lot of things but it is to complicated and I don’t have more time to spend… Maybe someone has A TapForms Archive and is willing to share this so I can change it for my needs? It is for a custom Lay-out…

Thanks in advance!
Brecht

[Daniel Leu]

In the script editor, there is the Prompt for confirmation template. That’s a good starting point. For your example, I just changed one string:

function confirmExecution(question) {
	return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
		let prompter = Prompter.new();
		prompter.cancelButtonTitle = 'No';
		prompter.continueButtonTitle = 'Yes';
		prompter.show(question, ((status) => {
			if (status ==  true) {
				resolve('Yes');
			} else {
				reject(question + 'No');
			}
		}));
	});
}

async function myFunction() {

	try {
		await confirmExecution('Do you really want to delete the record?');
	} catch (errorText) {
		// user clicked 'No'
		console.log('cancelled');
		return;
	}

	// user clicked 'yes'
	// continue with function
	// main code here
	console.log('continue from yes');

}

myFunction();

[Brecht DHeere]

Thanks Daniel!

I tried to set the scriptline for deleting the record in this place (see below) but the record is still there after I run the script until I refresh. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,
Brecht

…
async function myFunction() {

try {
await confirmExecution(‘Do you really want to delete the record?’);
} catch (errorText) {
// user clicked ‘No’
console.log(‘cancelled’);
return;
}

// user clicked ‘yes’
// continue with function
// main code here
form.deleteRecord(record);
console.log(‘continue from yes’);

}

myFunction();

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[Brecht DHeere]

I think I found it. There maybe other (simpler) approaches but it works.

….
async function myFunction() {
try {
await confirmExecution(‘Record verwijderen?’);
} catch (errorText) {
// user clicked ‘No’
console.log(‘cancelled’);
return;
}
// user clicked ‘yes’
// continue with function
// main code here

var records = form.getRecords();
var field_id = ‘fld-7a3920ab535745e8a78213b49a8b13d9’;
var naam = record.getFieldValue(field_id);

for (var index = 0, count = records.length; index < count; index++){
var aRecord = records[index];
var field_value = aRecord.getFieldValue(field_id);
if (field_value == naam) {
form.deleteRecord(aRecord);
}
}
form.saveAllChanges();
}
myFunction();

[Daniel Leu]

The first version of the code was missing the form.saveAllChanges();. The second version of your code will delete all records that have the same naam. This might not be what you want.

I would update the first version with form.saveAllChanges();. Sometimes the TapForms GUI doesn’t refresh upon changes. So the record might be deleted but you just don’t see it. Try clicking on ‘recalculate formulas’ to get the display updated. This should be fixed in the future (https://www.tapforms.com/forums/topic/advice-on-script-triggering/#post-42484).

[Brecht DHeere]

I tried the second version with the value of the creation date field but surprisingly, this doesn’t work.
So, I stick with the first version and do the ‘recalculate formulas’ click.

[Sam Moffatt]

+1 to sometimes the GUI and the script engine have different views of the actual underlying state (generally the script is correct and GUI is out of sync).

[Philip Jones]

In my limited experience so far with Tap Forms, I must say that, although I love the software, the standout problem for me so far is, for lack of a better term, “Refresh Issues”.

A few things I notice consistently:
– GUI not showing what is then shown with a refresh (Mac)
– iPad OS version updating some fields but not others, fixed with a refresh
– Record list view requiring “clicks” to show current information

I have seen the allusion above to a fix. I also hope this comes soon and fixes the problems.

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