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existing web document without saving

How do I prevent a user from existing the web enabled form without clicking the save button. Currently they can use the backward or forward buttons on the browser to exit without saving or click on any links.

HemanthaKumar

Hi

You can use @Command([Fileclosewindow]) to close the document without saving, this action will take him to previous screen from where he started.

Good Luck
~Hemanth

pcorreya

ASKER

I need to prevent them doing this, not letting them exit.

Z_Beeblebrox

I really doubt that this it is possible to do what you ask but if you want people to at least read your question just in case there is a way, you need to reject HemanthaKumar's answer so that your question is no longer locked.

Zaphod.

Simon_Hendry

It is impossible to stop someone pressing the back button on there browser or closing your window... It is possible to stop them saving the document without filling in all of the required data using either server side field validation or client side javascript validation , but it is not possible to trap a user at page ..

If it was how long do you think the internet would have lasted !!!

pcorreya

ASKER

This is for an intranet application and we need users to save the data before they go off and do something else.

Paebdb

There is a way to disable the back button of the browser, you should ask this in the Internet forum (or Javascript forum).
With Notes, you can only make sure that before going on the document is saved.

Z_Beeblebrox

However there is no way to stop users from closing their browser. The only thing you can do is have it automatically save when the user leaves the page if it has not been saved yet.

Zaphod.

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ribeirora

How can, at least, alert the user that the information he typed would not be saved?

Thanks