Client script abort action

[kchorny]

Hi,

I have a form where it's critical that the user submits the correct data the first time.   I need to make the following onSubmit client script prompt the user to confirm and abort if they cancel.   I know I need a return false; statement somewhere to abort the action, but I can't figure out where to put it or the confirm statement var doIt = confirm('You are about to enter ' + answer + ' hours of ' + timeType + ' time against this task.   Are you sure?');

function onSubmit() {

    //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below

var cdt = g_form.getValue('u_start_time'); //First Date/Time field  

var sdt = g_form.getValue('u_end_time'); //Second Date/Time field  

var dttype = 'hour'; //this can be day, hour, minute, second. By default it will return seconds.

var timeType = g_form.getValue('u_time_allocation');

var ajax = new GlideAjax('ClientDateTimeUtils');

ajax.addParam('sysparm_name','getDateTimeDiff');  

ajax.addParam('sysparm_fdt', cdt);

ajax.addParam('sysparm_sdt', sdt);  

ajax.addParam('sysparm_difftype', dttype);

ajax.getXML(doSomething);

function doSomething(response){  

var answer = response.responseXML.documentElement.getAttribute("answer");

alert(answer);

}      

}

TIA!

Karla

[Abhinay Erra]

For testing purposes, use synchronous ajax like this and see if it works

function onSubmit() {

    //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below

var cdt = g_form.getValue('u_start_time'); //First Date/Time field

var sdt = g_form.getValue('u_end_time'); //Second Date/Time field

var dttype = 'hour'; //this can be day, hour, minute, second. By default it will return seconds.

var timeType = g_form.getValue('u_time_allocation');

var ajax = new GlideAjax('ClientDateTimeUtils');

ajax.addParam('sysparm_name','getDateTimeDiff');

ajax.addParam('sysparm_fdt', cdt);

ajax.addParam('sysparm_sdt', sdt);

ajax.addParam('sysparm_difftype', dttype);

ga.getXMLWait();

var answer=ga.getAnswer();

var doIt = confirm('You are about to enter ' + answer + ' hours of ' + timeType + ' time against this task.   Are you sure?');

if(!doit){

return false;

}

}    

[Chuck Tomasi]

He he. We were working on the same answer at the same time.

FWIW, I tested synchronous, it worked.

[Abhinay Erra]

Karla,

  You can add this in the call Back function

function doSomething(response){

var answer = response.responseXML.documentElement.getAttribute("answer");

var doIt = confirm('You are about to enter ' + answer + ' hours of ' + timeType + ' time against this task.   Are you sure?');

if(!doit){

return false;

}

}    

}

[kchorny]

The record still gets created with this method as well.

Is it possibly because of the way the doSomething function is called?

[Chuck Tomasi · Accepted solution]

It's because we're telling it to process in the background, (async).

Change it to a synchronous GlideAjax call and it will work. I just confirmed it.

function onSubmit() {

    //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below

var cdt = g_form.getValue('u_start_time'); //First Date/Time field

var sdt = g_form.getValue('u_end_time'); //Second Date/Time field

var dttype = 'hour'; //this can be day, hour, minute, second. By default it will return seconds.

var timeType = g_form.getValue('u_time_allocation');

var ajax = new GlideAjax('ClientDateTimeUtils');

ajax.addParam('sysparm_name','getDateTimeDiff');

ajax.addParam('sysparm_fdt', cdt);

ajax.addParam('sysparm_sdt', sdt);

ajax.addParam('sysparm_difftype', dttype);

ajax.getXMLWait();

var answer = ajax.getAnswer();

if (! confirm('You are about to blah blah blah'))

        return false;

}