Alert Box in Report Datapage

[bookish]

Hi, I have been searching for how to use the alert box. But I mostly found those for submission forms. Hence this one worked for me. But I would like it really to work first in the listing before the submission form. How could you revise this alert to work as a simple message in a report datapage. Thanks in advance.
 

<script type="text/javascript">
 function check()
 {
var countr = document.getElementById("xip_Country")

if ((countr !="COUNTRY1")&&(countr !="COUNTRY2")) 
{
alert("sample message");
return false;
}
};
 document.getElementById("caspioform").onsubmit=check;
</script>

[Tubby]

@bookish what is the intended use of the alert box for the listing(list datapage I assume)? Like when should it pop up? Are there conditions?

[bookish]

@Tubby Thanks for replying! I got it already to work. I started from the simplest code and it worked  Simplicity is key
 

<script>

var countr = '[@authfield:Country]';

if ((countr !="COUNTRY1")&&(countr !="COUNTRY2")) {
alert("MESSAGE");
};
</script>

However, now that the Caspio directory in Version 37.0 can already use Yes/NO field I am looking for a way that a YES is checked when this alert box is okay-ed for the first time or at least for the 3rd time, or the alert will be a nuisance. I would appreciate your help.

 

[Tubby]

17 hours ago, bookish said:

@Tubby Thanks for replying! I got it already to work. I started from the simplest code and it worked  Simplicity is key
 

<script>

var countr = '[@authfield:Country]';

if ((countr !="COUNTRY1")&&(countr !="COUNTRY2")) {
alert("MESSAGE");
};
</script>

However, now that the Caspio directory in Version 37.0 can already use Yes/NO field I am looking for a way that a YES is checked when this alert box is okay-ed for the first time or at least for the 3rd time, or the alert will be a nuisance. I would appreciate your help.

 

Ah I guess it is to check whether the user is assigned to that country that they are viewing. Anyways, try declaring a counter for your alert box if you want to prevent it from firing after nth number of times:

Something like this maybe:

<script>

var countr = '[@authfield:Country]';
var i = 0;

if ((countr !="COUNTRY1")&&(countr !="COUNTRY2")&&(i < 4)) {
alert("MESSAGE");
i++;
};
</script>

[bookish]

Thanks @Tubby for the effort. It was not working for me. So I used console log and it keeps showing 1 for the value of i.

 

[bookish]

Just for the record, the problem could be with the value of "i" not being persistent across page loads. So consulting chat.openai and I got this script which worked. Hope it helps anyone

<script>
var countr = '[@authfield:Country]';
var i = parseInt(getCookie("alertCounter")) || 0; // Get the value of i from the cookie, or initialize to 0 if it's not set

if (countr !== "COUNTRYA" && countr !== "COUNTRYB" && i < 4) {
  i++;
  setCookie("alertCounter", i, 365); // Set the value of i in the cookie for 1 year
  alert("MY MESSAGE");
}

function setCookie(name, value, days) {
  var expires = "";
  if (days) {
    var date = new Date();
    date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
    expires = "; expires=" + date.toUTCString();
  }
  document.cookie = name + "=" + (value || "")  + expires + "; path=/";
}

function getCookie(name) {
  var nameEQ = name + "=";
  var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
  for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
    var c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
    if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
  }
  return null;
}
</script>