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Encoded percentage sign in extraqs breaks form

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Posted on by Artemy 285

When a percentage sign exists in a field that needs to be sent to another form through the "extraqs" URL parameter, it "breaks" the ribbon by hiding it under a blue bar. See screenshots for visual aid.

ribbon-with-percent.PNG  ribbon-without-percent.PNG

This is the method I use to send the extraqs to the newly opened window to the form:

window.open("/main.aspx?etn=new_privatemessages&pagetype=entityrecord&extraqs=" +
        encodeURIComponent(extraqs), "_blank", features, false);

The field that is causing this is a lookup field that is meant to be auto-populated through the built in CRMD functionality, using the id and name parameters.

I'm not sure how to fix it. Any ideas?

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    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hello,

    Have you tried to use Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm? Check this - msdn.microsoft.com/.../jj602956.aspx

  • Artemy Profile Picture
    Artemy 285 on at

    The Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm method does solve the percentage sign problem, but introduces new ones.

    The windowOptions parameter doesn't seem to work. Could be a CRM version issue.

    Internet Explorer (Chrome works fine) now brings up an error saying that one of my onload functions on the opened form is undefined.

    Not sure I like that trade-off.

  • a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    That's a bit weird - I have never experienced those issues.

    Can you please provide code you used previously - that uses window.open? Also can you please post an example that causes issue you mentioned in initial post?

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    Artemy 285 on at

    Actually, the onload function issue seems unrelated. I put back the old code and it's still there.

    Here's the function that I created using your initial feedback:

    function OpenNewMessage(extra) {
    var windowOptions = {
     openInNewWindow: true
    };

    var parameters = {};
    parameters["new_caseid"] = parent.Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId();
    parameters["new_caseidname"] = parent.Xrm.Page.getAttribute("title").getValue();

    if(typeof extra !== 'undefined'){
        for(param in extra){
            parameters[param] = extra[param];
        }
        console.log(parameters);
    }
    
    parent.Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm("new_privatemessages", null, parameters, windowOptions);
}
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    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    What's the version of CRM are you on?

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    Artemy 285 on at

    2015 On-premise.

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    a33ik Profile Picture
    a33ik 84,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Based on MSDN new window option is available in 2015 - msdn.microsoft.com/.../jj602956(v=crm.7).aspx

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