Launching specific pages for each item from dropdown box selection

[zerou]

Hello,

I am yet again befuddled by something and need some assistance please. I simply wish to be able to navigate to certain URL's based on the selection made in a drop down box. I did some reading and it seems that I can use the Launch function to do this. But from what I've seen, it's unclear to me how I can add it to my drop down box. 

In the advanced tab for the combo box, I have:

["Apples","Juice", "Garlic","Green","Red","Summer","Autumn","Winter"]

So I tried doing this:

Launch(Apples.https://apples.com), Launch(Juice. https://Juice.com) 

But that didn't work. My limited programming knowledge says this doesn't make any sense, and that there should be an IF statement at the beginning, no? For example: //IF Apples, launch "https://apples.com"//, and so on, correct? Because I have a list of things that I want to lead to different pages upon selection. 

[BCBuizer]

Hi @zerou ,

Using the below formula shows how this may work: 

Launch("https://" & "microsoft" & ".com") 

So if you replace "microsoft" with ComboBox.Selected.Value, it should do what you want:

Launch("https://" & ComboBox.Selected.Value & ".com") 

[rohitsbots · Accepted solution]

@zerou 

Try this on the OnChange event of your dropdown.

If(ComboBox1.Selected.Value = "Apples",Launch("https://apples.com"),ComboBox1.Selected.Value = "Oranges",Launch("https://oranges.com"))

Tip: Make sure to use a dropdown instead of combobox if you have to select only 1 option.

[zerou]

Hi, yes it's a dropdown box not a combo, would that make a difference in the snippet you posted above?

[BCBuizer · Accepted solution]

Hi @zerou ,

A third option is to include a URL in the Items property of the combobox:

[{Value: "Apples", URL: "https://apples.com"},
{Value: "Juice",  URL: "https://juice.com"},
{Value: "Garlic", URL: "https://garlic.com"},
{Value: "Green", URL: "https://green.com"},
{Value: "Red", URL: "https://red.com"},
{Value: "Summer", URL: "https://summer.com"},
{Value: "Autumn", URL: "https://autumn.com"},
{Value: "Winter"] URL: "https://winter.com"}]

Like that you can use 

Launch(ComboBox.Selected.URL)

Big advantage is that you only have to update your data in one place if the values were to ever change.

[rohitsbots]

@zerou It won't. You can use the same code on the OnChange event of your combobox.

[zerou]

Okay, thanks. I tried using it as such to test:

The drop down box ID where I'm working in is Dropdown7:

If(Dropdown7.Selected.Value = "Apples",Launch("https:Apples.com"))

I then hit play, but nothing happened when I selected Apples. 

[rohitsbots]

@zerou Did you put this code on the OnChange property of the dropdown ?

[zerou]

Hi, yes I did. I'm still getting used to all this and made a stupid oversight. The text for values is case sensitive and I put "apples" instead of "Apples", as soon as I changed that, it worked. Thanks a million! 🙂

[zerou]

Hi  BCBuizer, Can you explain this method a little bit more please? Like just dumb it down a lot? Would I first define my values in the box as:

["Apples", "Juice","etc""] and then add 

[{Value: "Apples", URL: "https://apples.com"},
{Value: "Juice",  URL: "https://juice.com"},
{Value: "Garlic", URL: "https://garlic.com"},
{Value: "Green", URL: "https://green.com"},
{Value: "Red", URL: "https://red.com"},
{Value: "Summer", URL: "https://summer.com"},
{Value: "Autumn", URL: "https://autumn.com"},
{Value: "Winter"] URL: "https://winter.com"}]

After it in the box? Because this does seem a bit cleaner and would make it easier for future changes for myself and others.