Pseudo Ajax using Target Frame property of lotus notes form

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A colleague found an existing database that used the seldom used property Target Frame of a Notes Form.

This is not to be confused with the @settargetframe function or setting target='_blank' in an anchor tag.

The trick is to set the target frame property which is below the WebQuerySave property to the name of a frame or iframe.

We used "steve" for no particular reason, though "graham" (Simmons) and "doug" (Tait) were involved.

NB I tried setting this to be a field but it didn't work, disappointingly.

Now the result of setting target frame property is that the result of a

@command([FileSave])

or even

@Command([FileSave]);

@Command([FileCloseWindow])

in a button (possibly using a WebQuerySave) is to paste the result into a frame or an existing iframe or a new frame.

To use an iframe with no borders can create a pseudo ajax effect without a round trip:

or a tiny 1 pixel high 1 pixel wide iframe would give a silent save (Doug Tait likes this).

To put the result into a small pop up window on saving or submitting stick this code into the onsubmit event.

opt='height=550, width=500, menubar=no,statusbar=no,titlebar=no, screenX=200, screenY=100, left=200, top=100, resizable=no,scrollbars=no';
var remote=open(' ,'steve', opt );

(NB if you have an iframe already called Steve this will not work)

If you do not have the onsubmit or an iframe a new window will be created, which might also be useful, but using the onsubmit allows the dimensions to be preset.

Nice Eh?