saving an item programatically after locking it

RE: saving an item programatically after locking it

mouad — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:33:45 GMT

Hi Chris,

Let me elaborate more,

when i want to create or modify an item already created i need to fill in the fieldTest field manually, but when the item is locked we cannot fill in this field with a text because it will be deactivated, whereas the item must be unlocked so that 'we can fill in the fieldTest.
what I want to do exacly is fill this field when the item is locked then since this field is deactivated in this case I make it activated by disabled = false and readOnly = false for the filled and when the item is unlocked I deactivate this field by disabled = true.

RE: saving an item programatically after locking it

Christopher Gillis — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 17:44:17 GMT

Hi mouad,

You can fill the value of these fields by getting the input element and setting the value. This is a very similar process to what you're already using to enable/disable the fields.

fields.getElementsByTagName("input")[0].value = "Your value";

Additionally, would you be able to clarify more about the exact use case for this field? Depending on what you're trying to do, I may be able to suggest a better alternative than manually handling all of the functionality behind this field.

Chris

RE: saving an item programatically after locking it

mouad — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:36:52 GMT

Thanks Chris for your reply,

can you please share an example about handle the loading data ?

Note that the goal is to fill the fieldTest that is not linked to a specific preperty when the item is locked .

RE: saving an item programatically after locking it

Christopher Gillis — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:20:18 GMT

Hello,

Could you clarify what the fieldTest field is intended to represent? If this is intended to be linked to a property on the item, you can do this by setting the Data Source of the field through the form editor. If this is intended to represent data that isn't linked to a specific property on the item, you'll need to also handle loading in the appropriate data in an onFormPopulated event.

Chris

Christopher Gillis

Aras Labs Software Engineer