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silver179
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I have several drop downs for various reports on front pages that are driven by a separate FEX. The problem is when users make their selection, view the report, leave to another page and then come back to the front page, the previous data is still selected.

Is there anyway to make these automatically reset to the default or should I tell the user to just put up with it?

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Francis Mariani
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Since the report opens in a new window, you could add the following to the <body tag of the html page that launches the report:

<body ... onBlur="document.forms[0].reset();">

This will do what you require, but it will also be annoying because if the user switches to anothr window, I believe the same onBlur event will occur.

OR

You could add this to the window that displays the report (that is, if you have the report within an -HTMLFORM BEGIN and END): <body ... onUnload="self.opener.document.forms[0].reset();">

The problem with this method is that you'll get a JavaScript error if the original window was closed before the report window, so you may have to do this instead:

<body ... onUnload="if (!self.opener || self.opener.closed) {} else {self.opener.document.forms[0].reset();}">

This means: If the opening window does not exist or the opening window has been closed do nothing, else rest the form on the opening window before closing the current window.

I hope this helps...


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