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Donald
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I have a report similar to this one
 
DEFINE FILE CAR
RETAIL/A16=FTOA(RETAIL_COST,'(D12CM)',RETAIL);
END
TABLE FILE CAR
PRINT
-* INFLD
 COMPUTE CNT/I4=CNT+1;
 COMPUTE RETAIL_COST1/A255=RETAIL | '<INPUT type=hidden id=cost' | EDIT(CNT) | '_1 name=cost' | EDIT(CNT) | '_1 value=' | EDIT(RETAIL_COST) | '>';
 COMPUTE RETAIL_COST2/A255=RETAIL | '<INPUT type=hidden id=cost' | EDIT(CNT) | '_2 name=cost' | EDIT(CNT) | '_2 value=' | EDIT(RETAIL_COST) | '>';
 COMPUTE RETAIL_COST3/A255=RETAIL | '<INPUT type=hidden id=cost' | EDIT(CNT) | '_3 name=cost' | EDIT(CNT) | '_3 value=' | EDIT(RETAIL_COST) | '>';
 COMPUTE REBATE/A255='<INPUT type=text id=rebate' | EDIT(CNT) | ' name=rebate' | EDIT(CNT) | ' value="" onChange=projectFuture("' | EDIT(CNT) | '")>'; AS 'Rebate %'
 COMPUTE MULT_INFLD/A255='<span id=infld' | EDIT(CNT) | '>calculation</span><INPUT type=hidden id=outfld' | EDIT(CNT) | ' name=outfld' | EDIT(CNT) | ' value="")>';
 BY CAR
ON TABLE HOLD AS RPT FORMAT HTMTABLE
END

-RUN

-HTMLFORM BEGIN
<HTML>
<head>
<SCRIPT>
function projectFuture(num)
{
for (i=1; i<4; i++)
{
 var costName='cost' + num + '_'+i;
 var rebateName='rebate' + num;
 var newCost=document.getElementById(costName).value * ((100 - document.getElementById(rebateName).value) / 100);
 var idName='infld' + num;
 var outName='outfld' + num;
}
document.getElementById(idName).firstChild.nodeValue=newCost;
document.getElementById(outName).value=newCost;
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<body>
<form action="/ibi_apps/WFServlet" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="IBIF_ex" value="test1">
<input type="hidden" name="PART" value="UPDATE">
!IBI.FIL.RPT;
<br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
-HTMLFORM END

when I run it manually it looks fine, but thru reportcaster I get a javascript error whenever a text box is updated. Is there something different that needs to be done for javascript logic to work thru reportcaster?

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Prod: WebFocus 7.7.3 Win 2003
Dev: WebFocus 7.7.3 Win 2003
 
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GinnyJakes
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Report Caster is not a browser-based tool. What exactly do you want to do with this? Are you expecting a form to be distributed to the user to be filled out?


Ginny
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Donald
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The report gets emailed to the user, who then has the ability to calculate a cost based on a rebate value. If I run the report myself and e-mail it to the user it works fine.


Prod: WebFocus 7.7.3 Win 2003
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Darin Lee
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As Ginny says, RC is not browser-based. Javascript login does not "work" in RC. It has no concept of HTMLFORM, so anything that would be displayed inside of -HTMLFORM won't work, including your JS functions.

One thing you might try that would give similar functionality would be to create this to output to EXL2K FORMULA.

However, I DO like the functionality / interactivity you are providing in the HTML form and have snipped your code to use as an example for future reference.


Regards,

Darin


In FOCUS since 1991
WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex
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Francis Mariani
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I tried this and it worked without any problems in ReportCaster when the report is sent as an "attachment" and not an "inline message".



WF 5.3.2


Francis


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Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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Francis Mariani
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You most likely will need to add the

SET FOCEXURL = 'webfocus-server-call' parameter in the fex.

e.g.
SET FOCEXURL = 'http://gfnotoeiprod/ibi_apps/WFServlet?'


Francis


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Francis Mariani
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So, Donald, have you given it a try? Setting the task to send the report as an "attachment" instead of an "inline message"?


Francis


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Donald
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In my mind it is already an attachment Francis. What change would I have to make in order for it to be an attachment?


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<SomeUsr>
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quote:
when I run it manually it looks fine, but thru reportcaster I get a javascript error whenever a text box is updated.


What is the exact JavaScript Error you are seeing?
 
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GinnyJakes
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If you go to the Distribution tab, in the General Information box, there are 2 radio buttons. Make sure that the first one is selected.


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<SomeUsr>
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quote:
<SCRIPT>
function projectFuture(num)
{
for (i=1; i<4; i++)
{
 var costName='cost' + num + '_'+i;
 var rebateName='rebate' + num;
 var newCost=document.getElementById(costName).value * ((100 - document.getElementById(rebateName).value) / 100);
 var idName='infld' + num;
 var outName='outfld' + num;
}
document.getElementById(idName).firstChild.nodeValue=newCost;
document.getElementById(outName).value=newCost;
}
</SCRIPT>



I think your issue might due to different clients have slight different DOM setups and the first chlid might not be always the text node that you want to update with the new value. It seems to be most of the time, but I have observed where that is not true, so when the javascript codes goes to run the ".firstChild" code it actually gets a non-text node to update in the DOM causing the JS Error.

The following JS code should fix that issue... See if this removes your JS error.

<SCRIPT>
var TEXT_NODE=3;
function projectFuture(num)
{
  for (i=1; i<4; i++)
  {
   var costName='cost' + num + '_'+i;
   var rebateName='rebate' + num;
   var newCost=document.getElementById(costName).value * ((100 - document.getElementById(rebateName).value) / 100);
   var idName='infld' + num;
   var outName='outfld' + num;
  }
  tmpObj=document.getElementById(idName).childNodes;
  for (cntr=0;cntr<tmpObj.length;cntr++)
  {
    if (tmpObj[cntr].nodeType==TEXT_NODE) { tmpObj[cntr].nodeValue=newCost; }
  }
  document.getElementById(outName).value=newCost;
}
</SCRIPT>
 
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