on click of save – show alert while preSave is running code?

[Jon Whisman]

Hi,

I have a few functions being called in preSave – but they take sometime to run depending on our app farm environment or the form data. What i’d like to do is show an spjs.dffs.alert immediately upon the user clicking save. The alert would be like: “saving…please wait”.

The reason for this is because users are sometimes seeing a delay of a few seconds from the time they have clicked the save button to when the form is actually saved.

Any way to do that?

[Alexander Bautz]

You can try it like this in your dffs_PreSaveAction function:

function dffs_PreSaveAction() {
    spjs.dffs.alert({
        "title": "Saving the form",
        "msg": "Please wait while saving the form...",
        "noBtn": true
    });
    // the rest of your code
}

Alexander

[Steve]

Hello, it works, thank you, but the dialogue shows twice.
I use the rule “The form is saved” calling the function you posted above.
See the attachment.

Thank you for a piece of advice.
Steo

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[Alexander Bautz]

I fixed a bug that could cause this in v4.4.5.18 on March 05, 2021: https://spjsblog.com/dffs/dffs-change-log/#DFFS_v44518

Let me know if that fixes the issue.

Alexander

[Steve]

I got the newest version.
Dynamic Forms for SharePoint v4.4.5.24 – May 5, 2021, and double dialogues still occurs.

Also I would like to use it for newForm but I tried to save the form with some fields required were blank, I could not end the dialogue. The dialogue should appear only when the all required data fields are filled and the save button is hit.

Thak you Alex,

Steo

[Alexander Bautz]

Are you 100% sure you have the same version loaded in your “frontend”? – check the Enhanced with DFFS link below the form to see the version loaded.

Also, are you sending any emails in this form when it is saved? – the original dual-call-dffs_PreSaveActoin-bug was related to the email processing.

If it is the correct version I need to see your custom js. If you don’t have any sensitive info in it you can post it here – alternatively you can email it to me (on the address you get this notification from).

Using this code in NewForm will always show the message as it does not check to see if the field are filled. It is possible to do that and only show the message if you are missing input in some fields, but you should turn on the “Show list of empty required fields when attempting to save the form” feature in the Misc tab instead.

Alexander

[Steve]

Here it is, I think my frontEnd version is OK, don’t you think?
See the attachment. I also attach custom code in the Custom JS section in DFFS.
Steo

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[Alexander Bautz]

Is this all the custom js? – how are you calling the function zadatelInfo?

Alexander

[Steve]

This rule.
If the name in the data field is changed or filled, it should trigger the function.

Steo

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[Alexander Bautz]

OK, are you manually calling the dffs_PreSaveAction function from anywhere? – if so, don’t do that as it is automatically triggered when saving.

Alexander

[Steve]

You got it! 🙂
Yes, I was calling the function from a rule set to “form is saved”.
Thank you Alex for your time, I love DFFS more and more for its features that are necessary for some projects we build.

Thanks
Steo

[Alexander Bautz]

I’m glad you figured it out.

Alexander

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