Passing data to a field in a URL

You can pass values to fields in forms by including the field ID in the URL, as follows:

http://<midTierServer>/contextPath/forms/<ARSystemServer>/<formName>?F<fieldID>=<value>

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URL-encoding

In the following example, a value of Web User is passed to the Creator field (field ID=2) of the User form stored on the AR System server mars, from the Mid Tier server saturn. The default context path is arsys.

http://saturn/arsys/forms/mars/User?F2=Web%20User

Values with spaces or special characters must be properly encoded. In this example, the space between Web and User is encoded with %20.

If you want to add more parameters, you can use the & sign, for example:

http://saturn/arsys/forms/mars/User?mode=CREATE&F<fieldID>=<value>&F<fieldID>=<value>

If you enter a value that does not exist for a radio button or drop-down list field on the specified form, the value is not set when the form is displayed in the browser.


 

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