auto dialing

[dbowman]

I am creating an app that contains a subfile that has a phone number as one of the elements. I want to use the 'onclick' function to initiate a call when a number is selected. I'm pretty new to this and could use some insight. this is what I tried:
window.location("tel:" + DPPHONE.row);

where DPPHONE is the element ID of the number to be called. iPhone errors with "Onclick Error: Can't find variable: DPPHONE"

[Glenn]

Dean,

I believe an easier way to do what you want is to make the phone number field a hyperlink widget and bind the 'value' and 'hyperlink reference' to DPPHONE. The iPhone should automatically recognize that the link is referencing a phone number and open the dialer. Let me know if that works for you.

Glenn

[Glenn]

Dean,

Sorry, I misspoke. What I suggested will probably only work in a mobile app (that's what I get for posting before testing...). If you are doing this in a mobile web page then your code is almost correct.

The code you have in the 'onclick' event should look like this:

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window.open("tel:" + get("DPPHONE." + row));

Keep in mind that we want the value contained in DPPHONE not the object named DPPHONE. The get() API that we provide will return the value. It's a shortcut for the JavaScript notation of getElementById().value.

Sorry for the confusion.

Glenn

[dbowman]

Thanks Glen; I figured out the hyperlink last night; will keep both solutions for future development.