dynamic link actions

Question

how to show a confirmation message when performing action by using dynamic link?

harshjan · Answer

Hi Raviteja, you can refer the code mentioned below. a!localVariables(
 local!showConfirmation_bool : false(),
 {
 a!cardLayout(
 showWhen: local!showConfirmation_bool,
 contents: {
 a!richTextDisplayField(
 value: {
 a!richTextItem(
 text: "CONFIRM"
 )
 }
 )
 },
 link: {
 a!dynamicLink(saveInto: {
 a!save(
 local!showConfirmation_bool, false()
 )
 })
 }
 ),
 a!cardLayout(
 link: a!dynamicLink(
 saveInto: {
 a!save(
 local!showConfirmation_bool, true()
 )
 }
 ),
 showWhen: not(
 local!showConfirmation_bool
 ),
 contents: {
 a!richTextDisplayField(
 value: {
 a!richTextItem(
 text: "SHOW CONFIRM Window"
 )
 }
 )
 }
 )
 }
)

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Step 1: go to my existing feature request thread 
 Step 2: click "like", click "i have this question too", add a comment detailing your use case in case anyone at Appian ever sees it (and adding a comment will float it back to the top of Community, which might help) 
 Step 3: wait long enough for this to make it off their backlog. I've been waiting 3 years so far, so.... 
 Note : I do like the workaround that @harshjan already posted above, though it's a lot of manual work and juggling to make sure that sort of thing functions as desired, when (to me) there should just be built-in functionality that replicates how it works for buttons and a!submitLink().