Creating a dynamic URL in a Record Producer?

[CharlesR1]

Hello all,

I'm not sure this is possible but we need to create a clickable link on a record producer to enable a new window to open with a URL comprised of static text and values retrieved from the selections made on the form.

We have already created a UI action which performs this task on the main table form, and we have created a UI Macro which provides a link to a static URL on a record producer, but we have not managed to merge the two! Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks very muich,

Charles

Example of our UI Macro:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<j:jelly trim="false" xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:g="glide" xmlns:j2="null" xmlns:g2="null">

<a href="https://community.servicenow.com/" target="_blank">Please Click Here</a>

</j:jelly>

Example of our UI Action:

function presentWindow(){

var URL1 = 'http://companyintranet.com/re1/searching.do?aty=';

var URL2 = g_form.getValue('u_test_field');

var URL3 = '&newInfodate=0';

window.open(URL1+URL2+URL3);   /*to open the window in new page*/

  }      

action.setRedirectURL(current);

[Chuck Tomasi]

In order for the UI action to use the value, you'll need to store it somewhere from the record producer. A variable or a field value is needed. It doesn't necessarily need to be present on the form displayed, but it does need to be available somewhere in the record.

[CharlesR1]

Hi Chuck, thanks for the reply.

Sorry, what I mean is that we need to have the ability for an end user to click a link on the Record Producer, and for the window to open before the record producer is submitted. The reason is that the URL will point to a page on which information will be provided which will then be copied and pasted back into the Record producer before it is submitted.

Thanks,

Ch

[Chuck Tomasi]

OK. Thanks for the clarification Charles. Where is the dynamic content coming from that constructs the URL?

[CharlesR1]

Thanks Chuck,

The 'dynamic' sections of the URL need to be taken from the values of the selections that have been made on a number of choice and reference fields that appear on the Record Producer.

This is easy between a main form and a UI action,   but we're stuck on how to get values passed from a Record Producer into a UI Macro!

Thanks again for your help.

Charles