Assign a DataCardValue to a global Variable and Use it with a Button to Navigate to another screen

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Hello

Thanks in adcance for your help

I have a screen1 containing A gallery and on select it display and edit form with the content of a sharepoint list. This part works very fine

On of the DataCard contain the value of the next screen i would like to navigate (for example Screen_Next)

I added a button and on the Screen1 and set a global variable : Set(Gbl_Next_Screen, DataCard1.Default) and the Gbl_Next_Screen is set as Screen_Next when I run the program

When I want to use it with the navigate funtion : Navigate(Gbl_Next_Screen) I have an error : The first argument of Navigate should be a control or Screen

Can I have help on this ?

Thanks a lot

PART 2

Hello

Thanks your answer !

The text is coming from a Sahepoint List

this is the test I did

In my On Select function of my button from Screen1

Set(Gbl_Next_Page, Next_Page); Navigate(Gbl_Next_Page)

Next_Page is the name on my targeted screen

This is working fine

In my field called Link from my Sharepoint List I have entered Next_Page

I did those test

Set(Gbl_Next_Page, DataCardValue33.Text)

The Global variable received the Value Next_Screen as text

but when I'm tryting to use it with the Navigate function I have the error (The first argument of Navigate should be a control or Screen)

Set(Gbl_Next_Page, DataCardValue33.Text); Navigate(Gbl_Next_Page)
 
I also tried to 
Set(Gbl_Next_Screen, RACI_Link_Txt_DataCard1.Default);Navigate(Gbl_Next_Screen)
With the same result
 
I'm able to transform a text string into a control ?
 
Thanks for your help !
 

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Assign a DataCardValue to a global Variable and Use it with a Button to Navigate to another screen

Hey @SV-01121732-0,

Sounds like the default is entred as a string "Next_Screen".

Does it take this value automatically from your datasource or is it hard coded?

If it take sit from a datasource it will always be seen as a string and not as a controll. You could make use of a Switch function to get it working.

But the function could be quite long.

Let us know a bit more about your use case so we can give you the best advice possible.

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Assign a DataCardValue to a global Variable and Use it with a Button to Navigate to another screen

Hello

Thanks your answer !

The text is coming from a Sahepoint List

this is the test I did

In my On Select function of my button from Screen1

Set(Gbl_Next_Page, Next_Page); Navigate(Gbl_Next_Page)

Next_Page is the name on my targeted screen

This is working fine

In my field called Link from my Sharepoint List I have entered Next_Page

I did those test

Set(Gbl_Next_Page, DataCardValue33.Text)

The Global variable received the Value Next_Screen as text

but when I'm tryting to use it with the Navigate function I have the error (The first argument of Navigate should be a control or Screen)

Set(Gbl_Next_Page, DataCardValue33.Text); Navigate(Gbl_Next_Page)

I also tried to

Set(Gbl_Next_Screen, RACI_Link_Txt_DataCard1.Default);Navigate(Gbl_Next_Screen)

With the same result

I'm able to transform a text string into a control ?

Thanks for your help !

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