AJAX - Function - Append
Contents
1 Primary Function
Retrieves data from a form and appends it to fields on the current page.
2 Example uses
- Quick population of an order form with company details from another form
- Quick population of a contact record with details of an account from another form
3 Code
/******************************************************************************************************
Application: This function ............
Version [1.0] Date [2016-08-29] Author [PJ]
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function fn_FunctionName(){
if (typeof aryAjax_Settings=='undefined') { alert('Library did not load'); }
else {
// Clear all settings
fn_Ajax_bxp_ResetSettings();
// Security Settings
aryAjax_Settings[0] = 'client_demo';
aryAjax_Settings[22] = document.getElementById('intSystemGenerated_CompanyId').value; //Auto Login - System
aryAjax_Settings[23] = document.getElementById('intSystemGenerated_UserId').value; //Auto Login - User
aryAjax_Settings[24] = document.getElementById('intSystemGenerated_LoginKey').value; //Auto Login - SessionId
// Retrieval Settings
aryAjax_Settings[16] = 'Append'; //Engine to use
aryAjax_Settings[3] = 1; //The form with the data
aryAjax_Settings[4] = 'intCDA_1_Id'; //The Id field to match on
aryAjax_Settings[5] = document.getElementById('strCDA_2_field_0_0').value; //The Id of the CDA record with the data
aryAjax_Settings[13] = '-1' //Limit response
aryAjax_Settings[40] = "500"; //Retrieval limit if applicable
//Error management
aryAjax_Settings[15] = 'divWarning'; //Where to draw error messages if any
//Common Functional settings
aryAjax_Settings[6] = 'intCDA_1_Id,strCDA_1_field_0_1'; //The data fields to retrieve
aryAjax_Settings[12] = 'id,Name of cust'; //Headings for xml troubleshooting
aryAjax_Settings[17] = 'strCDA_2_field_0_1,strCDA_2_field_0_2'; //The fields to append the data to
aryAjax_Settings[28] = ''; //Function to be executed after retrieval
//Function specific settings
//...
//Execute
fn_Ajax_bxp_Process(); //The main execution of the AJAX
//Write URL out (Comment out after testing)
if (document.getElementById('divURL')){
document.getElementById('divURL').innerHTML = "<a href='" + aryAjax_Settings[7] + "' target='_blank'>Constructed AJAX URL</a>";
}
}
}
4 Troubleshooting
For any errors messages and troubleshooting AJAX please read here AJAX_-_Error_messages_and_troubleshooting
5 Associated reading
For all our custom AJAX functions please read here AJAX_-_Start_Here
For the full array of all possible parameters please read here AJAX_-_Full_Array_of_Parameters
For how the security engine of AJAX works AJAX_-_Security_engine