loc:alert not working in button validate

[cwtart]

C8 9661 NT7.11

I have a memory form that has a button tied to a progress control. I used example web72 to set this up and it works fine. But - I cannot get loc:alert to display anything in the send-to-server validate embed for the button. I can put a Message('stop here') in the embed and it shows so I know the code is being called but setting loc:alert = 'stop here' does not do anything.

I need to do some validation when the button is clicked and stop the process from taking place if validation fails but I cannot prevent the process from running - presumably because alert does not work in the validate embed.

I have verified this problem by modifying example web72 and it has the same result as my app - no validation for the button that calls the process and is tied to the progress control.

Chuck

[kevin plummer]

Hi Chuck,

If you are running your report via a url on your button then any ss code won't execute before the report runs. Otherwise you could try p_web.popup('prob with report') to provide info to the user of why the report did not work but it won't stop your process - you need to use a bit of logic in your code if to proceed or not.

Cheers.

Kev

[johanco123]

Hi Chuck,

Try this code after your loc:alert
 e.g          loc:alert = ('Override the rate to make the Loss of Rent < 25%!')
               p_web.SetAlert(loc:alert, net:Alert + Net:Message)

It works for me and it is the same as a message

Regards
Johan

[Bruce]

>> I have verified this problem by modifying example web72

cool, please port the modified example & dict, and some simple directions on what to do - where it does the unexpected and so on, and I'll take a look.

cheers
Bruce

[cwtart]

Kevin,

p_web.popup('prob with report') worked fine for me. Thanks,

Chuck