Thanks a lot for the detailed description.

This is what i have:

I used field rules to hide the hidden hyperlink which has the google doc link as per the lookup rule.

When i click "here" to load job desc, the google doc link does not load, it reloads the same form in the next tab. Looks like am missing something .

Is your hidden 'googleDocURL' field that is receiving the lookup value a single line field or a multi-line field?  The javascript was written to read the value of a single line field.  If you are using a multi-line field replace the references to the field 'input' to 'textarea'.

Its a single line field. 

$(document).ready(function (){
  
  $('.googleDocURL input').on('change',function(){
    var googleDocHyperlink = $('.googleDocHTML').find('a');
    if (googleDocHyperlink.length==1) {
        googleDocHyperlink[0].href = $('.googleDocURL input').val();
    }
  });
});

Interesting!  What happens with the hyperlink if you 'hard-code' one of the Google doc URL's in the href attribute of the custom HTML field?  If the hard-coded link opens the Google doc then the issue has to be with the code.  If so, how comfortable are you with using the Chrome developer tools to debug the script?

I tried hardcoding it and it works. Have'nt used the Chrome developer tools to debug. If you brief me i can give it a try. But if that involves any downloads i think the office machine will not allow me to. With whatever available tools i can give it a try. I do use a chrome browser to load the forms.

This is how it looks in the lookup rules section

The developer tools are built into Chrome.  You can do a quick Google search for Chrome DevTools to find some tutorials.  You will want to debug the script by setting some breakpoints in the document ready function when you preview the form and stepping through the code a line at a time to see if any errors are thrown.  

Got it! Let me give that a try. Thx!

I've been trying to do some alerts on the jscript to see at what point the code works.

When the form loads the data is already populated on the form including the url in the hidden field based on the emp_id

So i think the on change function is not firing, since my alert"stepping in" does not fire.

The input to the url field which is hidden  is not changing at any point. The page already loads with the data. 

$(document).ready(function (){
  //alert("starting...");
  $('.googleDocURL input').on('change',function(){
    alert("stepping in");
    var googleDocHyperlink = $('.googleDocHTML').find('a');
    if (googleDocHyperlink.length==1) {
        googleDocHyperlink[0].href = $('.googleDocURL input').val();
    }
  });
});

When you hide the field, do you tell it to save the data?

I just changed the field rule to save the data. I had it as "ignore" initially.

It still doesn't load the google doc when i click the "Click here..."  When i hover over the "Click here" hyperlink it points to the laserfiche form address, and hence loads the same laserfiche form in a new tab.

Rekha,

The hiddenURL onchange event only fires when the hidden URL field actually changes value.  It does not fire if you have any default values in the field or if the values are already contained in the fields when the form loads, i.e. from a previous step.

Is the form that you are trying to update the HREF attribute in the custom HTML hyperlink the starting form? Or is it a secondary form that already has the values in the fields when it displays?

I have a database table with employee details along with the job description google link.

The form being discussed here is the primary form

I have a workflow which creates the link to employees with the form and the link has the guid and the employee id which is specific to each employee. The workflow sends emails to the employees with the link. 

I have a form lookup rule which populates the values from the database table onto the form, hence the google doc link also gets populated for each employee when they click the link in the email. This is what i meant when i said the form already has values when it loads.

So looks like the onchange event will not work for this scenario. What other options do i have? Thanks again for your inputs.