How can I call Javascript inside formsweb.cfg? - javascript

In the Changing the Browser title I read that it is possible to dynamically change the "pageTitle" of the "formsweb.cfg" with the help of Javascript.
My aim is to dynamically show the name of the oracle forms (10g) in the browsers page title. How can I use a function like this
# HTML page title
<script>
function setWindowTitle(x)
{
document.title=x;
}
</script>
setWindowTitle(form);
in my formsweb.cfg to return the form name and set it in the browser title?!!!!
Does anybody know how I can do it?
I appreciate any kind of help

You can change your title in the base.htm file or whatever you're using as a file.
Here you can also use javascript because it is a normal html file.
For the title depending on data or so you can use cookies.
You can create it from triggers and you can also read it with javascript.

You can see some examples of manipulating the applet browser window dynamically here:
http://oracleformsinfo.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/getting-the-browser-window-under-control-when-separateframetrue/
If you would like to pass parameters from the Forms itself such as the Form name you must be using Forms 11g and use javascript to send the Form name to the page itself.
For a solution in Forms 4.5 - 10g you can set the Form window title very easily to be the Form name using get_application_property to get the form name and then set_window_property to set the Form window title.

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I need to write new text in a p tag on the 'cart' page when I click on the 'submit' button on the 'index' page. How can I do this with JavaScript. I have already tried with this
HTML page index :
<button onclick="myFunction()"> click me </button>
HTML page cart :
<p id="id"> </p>
Js code :
function myFunction() {
document.getElementById('id').innerHtml = 'mytext';
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index page and cart page in this reference, are different documents.
Accordingly, when you call your function on the index page, it can't find an element with the mentioned id in that document.
function myFunction() {
document.getElementById('id').innerHtml = 'mytext';
}
The only way to perform this trick with only Javascript, is to use Cookies.
You can create a Cookie in the client's browser and save 'mytext' as an object, then retrieve it on another page.
See this page https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_cookies.asp
If you're not using a SPA structure with a framework like React or Vue this could be difficult - however its not impossible.
What you can do to circumvent the issue is that you can save a variable in sessionStorage or localStorage depending on whether or not you want it to remain between different browser sessions, then in your other page check if this variable exists and if it does make the required changes.
Then when it should change back you remove the variable from your localStorage again.
It's a bit of a hacky way, and the best way would be to either do this server side or to have a SPA and share the variable through global state.

add a javascript query dynamically change the button label in Oracle Apex

I have created a button named "Freeze".
I want to create a dynamic action that changes the name from "Freeze" to " "UnFreeze" on click.
I have set the static id for the button as "Freeze_StaticID" and then created a dynamic action for the click event.
Under True condition, I want to add a javascript query for the same.
Can anyone please tell me the query I need to add for the same?
I tried adding the code below but it didn't work.
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It depends on the HTML implementation. When it's a <button> element, then it works like this: $('#Freeze_StaticID').text('UNFREEZE')
Btw: It's jQuery behind the scenes. You can toggle the browser's developer console (F12) and execute the appropriate getter and see what the result is for:
$('#Freeze_StaticID').text();
$('#Freeze_StaticID').attr ('value');
When undefined is returned, it's the wrong approach because it should return the current title of the button.
Details:
https://api.jquery.com/text/
https://api.jquery.com/attr/
Just use the JavaScript API for Apex
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Insert javascript variable into a form on another page?

I am wondering if there's a good way to take a variable built in Javascript and then insert it into a form that's on another page.
My application is a survey: I've got it so that at the end of the survey, all the results are displayed so they can look over their answers. Now I want to have the user click a link and have the answers of the survey show up automatically in the body of the form where they'll then add their email and contact info and click "send."
Any ideas?
Knowing that this ISN'T possible is fine too...if not, what alternate methods might I accomplish the end result?
You can create a hidden field in first page and change that value from javascript variable. When you post that page it can be another page where you need to display in form element.
EDIT
If you need without form in first page you need to link with hyperlink like below.
<a href='#' onClick='OpenPage()'> Go To Result </a>
<script>
var val=20 ; // say this is the value you want to pass to second page
function OpenPage ()
{
window.location.href = "resultpage.php?param=" + val;
}
</script>
After you need to read that param in resultpage either with javascript through URL string or from server side (in PHP $_GET).
Hope it helps.

Submit form values to a script without loading a new page

I have an issue regarding sending form values to a script. I have a form set up, and upon the user pressing a button I want the values in the form to display on another part of the page. I can easily do this with php or another web scripting language, but all I know is how to do this by sending it to the script in a form of
http://www.example.com/myScript.pbp?value1=VALUE
is there a way to do this without loading a new page? Like just show a loading overlay on the page until the script completes and displays the value on the page?
I'm guessing this would be accomplished using Javascript or Ajax or something like that.
If anyone could help me out, or even just say where I should start to look, I'd really appreciate it!
Indeed. Just attach an onsubmit event listener to your form that always returns false to prevent actual sending of your form via the usual GET or POST request.
In your event listener you can send the form values using XMLHttpRequest and let the callback function update the relevant part(s) of your page.
But remember to always create a fallback option (with the usual GET or POST request of the form) to handle your form in case JavaScript is not available (e.g., turned off, blocked, etc.).
Yes AJAX would be exactly how you would do it. Have a look at the tutorial over at Tizag: http://www.tizag.com/ajaxTutorial/index.php
That will get you started in no time at all.
If you just want the values in the form to display on the page again without any interaction with the server then something like jQuery would be the best approach.
Jquery has a nice form plugin that you can do the following:
var form_values = $('#form_name').formHash();
the form_values will then be a hashed array of your form values in the system i.e.
<form id="test">
<input id="test1" name="test1" type="text" value="Test Text"/>
</form>
So form_values['test1'] would hold the value Test Text in it
Once you have the values you could then use some other jquery functions to display them on the page i.e.
<div id="displayDiv"></div>
then your javascript could be
for (key in form_values) {
$('div#displayDiv').append('<div>Key: ' + key + ' Value: ' + form_values[key] + '</div>');
}
This would put your values in the display div
Here is a simple javascript ajax object. You can use without loading any library.

Calling a javascript file (.js) via Excel VBA?

How to call a javascript file (.js) via Excel VBA?
So as i am opposed to the same kind of problem i'll try to submit you guys my case.
I am trying to automate datas extraction from valeo's catalogue using excel vba macro.
I have a list of références attached to valeo's automotive products (huge list, as more than 3000 thousands items). And i would like to import directly informations from the catalogue wich seems to run under javascript.
The datas i need is the list of every vehicules attached to a reference.
Here is the url: http://outcat-cs.tecdoc.net/ows/en/7FA2A0C501BC34CA4BECB04095663CF1.ows_cs2.srv?view=VIndexFramesetJsp
I'd like to access to the "Direct Article Search" tab, in order to copy a reference directly from an excel tab's cell and then simulate a clic on the reference in order to display the "linked vehicules section" and then to copy them in a new excel sheet.
I already succeede in doing this with html pure programmed webpage (oscaro.com) using the following code :
Set maPageHtml = IE.document
Set Helem = maPageHtml.getElementsByTagName("input")
For i = 0 To Helem.Length - 1
If Helem(i).getAttribute("name") = "toFind" Then Helem(i).Value = "819971" '819971 is the valeo reference searched
If Helem(i).getAttribute("name") = "submit" Then Set Monbouton = Helem(i)
Next
Monbouton.Click 'this does the click on my button Monbouton
But this technique can't be used with valeo website since I am not able (or at least I don't know yet how to do it) to select/click a button when the page is made on javascript, since it doesn't have a name, value or id for the button.
Also it seems that the url in the address field is the same before clicking on the "Direct Article Search" button and after having clicked....
Hope i am clear enought in spite of my english...
Greetings
All the previously suggested approaches sound hacky to me.
For a more reliable solution, embed the Javascript in a COM component via Windows Script Components, and call the Javascript-based COM component as you would any other COM component.
I don't think that there is a direct way to run JavaScript code in VBA.
What you could try to do is to embed the JavaScript code in an HTML form which you could open in a (hidden) browser control. Then fill the form controls via the DOM of the browser control and submit the form. The submit triggers the JavaScript function that you want to call.
Sample (not tested):
VBA:
oIE.Document.frmMain.param1.Value = 5
oIE.Document.frmMain.param2.Value = "6"
oIE.Document.frmMain.submit.click ' this line will call the JavaScript function
HTML:
<div id="submit" > Do Action</div>
<script>
function doAction()
{
// do whatever the code should do
}
</script>
You mean through windows scripting host?
You can shell (use the shell command) out to wscript.exe with the name of the .js file.
But this javascript object model won't be like the one you get in the browser.
It would be helpful if you told us what the javascript was supposed to do.

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