Inserting text entered into a textbox into an automatic Whatsapp message

[Sam Summers]

Hi,

What i have below is all working so far apart from getting the text inserted into from the textbox "PO" on my form into the message of the hyperlink but where i have inserted Me.PO it isnt working?

https://wa.me/XXXXXXXXXXXX?text=Me.PO%20has%20been%20received%20at%20Dornie

Any ideas?

Many Thanks in advance

 

[pbaldy]

I'm guessing

https://wa.me/XXXXXXXXXXXX?text=Me.PO & "%20has%20been%20received%20at%20Dornie"

 

[theDBguy]

Can you show us how you were trying to do it? Did you concatenate the textbox to the link?

 

[Sam Summers]

Hi Guys and thank you for replying.
pbaldy's one didn't work.

This works perfectly:

https://wa.me/XXXXXXXXXXXX?text=%20has%20been%20received%20at%20Dornie

but i need to somehow dynamically enter a number from the textbox "PO"

 

[pbaldy]

What does it look like if you hard code a PO number into the string?

 

[Gasman]

Wouldn't the string be

"https://wa.me/XXXXXXXXXXXX?text=" & Me.PO & "%20has%20been%20received%20at%20Dornie"

 

[arnelgp]

where are you displaying it?
on hyperlink field:

Me.PO & "#" & "https://wa.me/XXXXXXXXXXXX?text= has been received at Dornie" & "#"


on html page:

"<a href=""https://wa.me/XXXXXXXXXXXX?text= has been received at Dornie"">" & Me!PO & "</a>"

 

[Sam Summers]

What does it look like if you hard code a PO number into the string?

https://wa.me/XXXXXXXXXXXX?text=Your%20PO436274%20has%20been%20received%20at%20Dornie

 

[Sam Summers]

where are you displaying it?
on hyperlink field:

Me.PO & "#" & "https://wa.me/XXXXXXXXXXXX?text= has been received at Dornie" & "#"


on html page:

"<a href=""https://wa.me/XXXXXXXXXXXX?text= has been received at Dornie"">" & Me!PO & "</a>"

I have been trying numerous methods but for some reason the way that works best is from a label for some reason rather than a hyperlink field or textbox.

To clarify what i am attempting to do is when an order arrives at our port the receiver simply clicks on a checkbox where i have overlaid a label with the hyperlink in it so without knowing a message is sent to the person who made the order to say that it has been received at port

 

[Sam Summers]

Hi guys,

Thank you all for your help.

I have cracked it but it works by using a label as i explained previously. But i have now managed to insert the text from my textbox "PO" by using this:

="https://wa.me/447926674707?text=Your%20Order%20PO " & [PO] & "%20has%20been%20received%20at%20Dornie"

Which displays this in a whatsapp message "Your Order PO XXXXX has been received at Dornie

 

[theDBguy]

Hi guys,

Thank you all for your help.

I have cracked it but it works by using a label as i explained previously. But i have now managed to insert the text from my textbox "PO" by using this:

="https://wa.me/447926674707?text=Your%20Order%20PO " & [PO] & "%20has%20been%20received%20at%20Dornie"

Which displays this in a whatsapp message "Your Order PO XXXXX has been received at Dornie

Hi. Congratulations! Glad to hear you got it sorted out. Good luck with your project.