asked on August 31, 2018

Hi -

I am looking for a method to launch a Forms process from the Web Client with reference to a specific entry.  I recognize there have been a few threads that have touched on this concept, but to my knowledge, they have all hit roadblocks (launching Form on server vs client machine, custom toolbar buttons available in windows client but not web client, limitations with embedded iFrame, etc.) with no ready solution.

Specifically, what I'd like to do is:

  • Starting in Web Client, highlight an entry
  • Click "ButtonX" to launch a Forms process with the highlighted EntryID as an input variable
    • Preferably, "ButtonX" would be a custom button added to the toolbar
    • Alternatively, "ButtonX" could be a business process workflow called by right-mouse-click on the entry (or the standard "Start BP" button on the toolbar)
  • ButtonX then calls either a workflow or a custom action to invoke the Forms process
  • Form is automatically displayed to the user in a browser window on the client machine
    • Using EntryID, the Form would then be pre-populated with info referencing the entry

 

Any thoughts you have on the best way to approach this, or experience you can share with similar development challenges/results, would be much appreciated.

Thanks, .... Steven.

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