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I would like to disable the 'Reject', 'Cancel' and 'Request Change' buttons when the 'Approve' button is clicked. I thougth the below formula would work, but it didn't.

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TheRobRush 11,128 Moderator on at

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give all the non approve buttons this displaymode

Switch(chosenBtn=btnApprove, true, DisplayMode.Disabled, DisplayMode.Edit)

and add this to the approve buttons onselect

UpdateContext({chosenBtn:Self})

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@TheRobRush ,

What does this do?
UpdateContext({chosenBtn:Self})
I'm confused by the 'Self'

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@TheRobRush ,

Also, how do I enable those buttons again once I navigate away from the page? When I go to the same page with a different item, those buttons are still disabled.

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UpdateContext({chosenBtn:Self})

Tells your aapp.via context that the submit button has been selected.

To reset, in the onvisible.of that screen place

UpdateContext({chosenBtn:Blank()})

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@TheRobRush , thanks for responding but I get the following error

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hover arond the squiggly lines back and forth until it shows you the actual error, or hover over the red x on the screen. righ tnow you are not showing the error, jsut the definition of updatecontext

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Oh Nevermind I see recreated iton my side, give me one minute

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So change it from blank to ANY name of one of those other buttons doesn't matter which just choose one

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like so

UpdateContext({chosenBtn:btnReject})

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Thank you @TheRobRush

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