Prevent Closing Record Form with Client Side Record Add-in

MasterShake 4 months ago

Good morning,

Is it possible to prevent the record form from closing using the ITrimAddin interface?

We're writing an external link to dynamically set mandatory fields on a record entry form based on the value of a UDF. The code works fine and displays a message box to the user to notify them that certain fields are mandatory, but when clicking OK they're presented with a message that saving the record was cancelled by the add-in. Is there a way to simply return the user to the record form when clicking OK?

Here's the code we're calling in the PreSave function:

if(GetFieldValue("RecordStatus", record) == "Submitted")
{
foreach (string field in fields)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(GetFieldValue(field, record)))
missingFields.Add(field);
}

string missingFieldsCSV = string.Join(", ", missingFields);

if(missingFieldsCSV.Length > 0)
{
string message = record.Number + " requires the follwing fields to be populated:" + Environment.NewLine + missingFieldsCSV;

DialogResult dialogResult = MessageBox.Show(message, "Content Manager", MessageBoxButtons.OK);

return false;
}
}

Thanks,

Jason

0 [Scotty] 😬 4 months ago

Hi Jason,

Hmm didn't realise that CM now also throws up its own extra message box although I could be remembering differently - been a while since I've spun up a record addin.

What happens if you set a value for the ErrorMessage property on your class before returning?

(NB: You will need to make a private property that is internally settable as the public ErrorMessage property is only gettable)

-Scotty
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0 MasterShake 4 months ago in reply to [Scotty] 😬

Hey, Scotty. Thanks for the reply.

Same result, just the error message text is different:
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0 [Scotty] 😬 4 months ago in reply to MasterShake
Hi Jason

Would this then allow you to not display your own box and then rely on the ErrorMessage property (which shows the message via the CM popup instead)? Or does that only get you part way?

-Scotty

EDIT:

if(missingFieldsCSV.Length > 0) { string message = record.Number + " requires the follwing fields to be populated:" + Environment.NewLine + missingFieldsCSV; // Set this backing property for the ErrorMessagr Propery Instead? InternalError = message; return false; }
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0 MasterShake 4 months ago in reply to [Scotty] 😬

Hi, Scotty.

That's better; the native CM popup now displays the "fields must be populated" message. But the form still closes after clicking OK, albeit without the additional "saving the record was cancelled by the add-in" message.

Jason
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0 [Scotty] 😬 4 months ago in reply to MasterShake

Hi Jason,

Hmm that seems weird as from memory returning False for a PreSave should keep the record entry form open still.

Can you let me know what CM version? I can try with my own local version to match your own but sounds like a bug and may need to be logged with OpenText.

-Scotty
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0 MasterShake 4 months ago in reply to [Scotty] 😬

Yeah, it's odd.

I'm running CM 23.4.0.58 in my lab, customer is on 23.4.0.111.

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