# Send a simple string to a screen by actions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [December 4, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/send-a-simple-string-to-a-screen-by-actions/6687 "2020-12-04T11:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SunD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@SunD](https://forum.adalo.com/u/SunD)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/send-a-simple-string-to-a-screen-by-actions/6687/1 "2020-12-04T11:44:46Z")
Hello, How i can send a string to a screen props by an actions link? ---
**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/send-a-simple-string-to-a-screen-by-actions/6687/2 "2020-12-04T12:03:55Z")
Hi @SunD, Not sure what do you mean - could you please explain a bit? Best regards, Victor. ---
**Author:** ![SunD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@SunD](https://forum.adalo.com/u/SunD)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/send-a-simple-string-to-a-screen-by-actions/6687/3 "2020-12-04T12:06:26Z")
I have created a date picker custom for a project and when the user click on a date i want to sent the date in format string or format to a screen and i don’t know if it’s possible because in the doc of adalo i don’t see something who do this 😕 @Victor ---
**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/send-a-simple-string-to-a-screen-by-actions/6687/4 "2020-12-04T13:48:50Z")
Hi @SunD, In order to do something with the date, first you need to _store_ it somewhere - i.e. in some property in some collection record. If you use the date “app-wide”, then one of the ways to store it is to create a specific property in users collection and store it there. After that you can access the property value and display it using a Magic Text. Best, Victor ---
**Author:** ![SunD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@SunD](https://forum.adalo.com/u/SunD)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/send-a-simple-string-to-a-screen-by-actions/6687/5 "2020-12-04T14:00:22Z")
So i need to make an action ‘update’ who change the date field in the collection of the current user so i need to use the api url generate by collections for doing this i think ? 🙂 Thank you for your response ---
**Author:** ![Victor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/victor/32/2054_2.png) [@Victor](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Victor)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/send-a-simple-string-to-a-screen-by-actions/6687/6 "2020-12-04T14:04:11Z")
Hi @SunD, I sincerely apologise, but I find it difficult understanding what you would like to do. There is no way to “send something to the screen”, via API or not. Adalo apps a based on data stored in the DB collections. If you would like to change the data for a record in the collection, than you need to use “Update” action. You can set up this action directly in the app builder. Best, Victor. ---
**Author:** ![SunD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@SunD](https://forum.adalo.com/u/SunD)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/send-a-simple-string-to-a-screen-by-actions/6687/7 "2020-12-04T14:08:28Z")
It’s ok I totally understood how to solve my problem I was just asking if it’s the api url generated by the collections that I have to use when I want to update a collection, the answer seems pretty logical but I ask anyway haha Thanks anyway 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/send-a-simple-string-to-a-screen-by-actions/6687/8 "2020-12-14T14:08:29Z")
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