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How to check if entity form is opened programmatically?

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Hi!

I use Xrm.Utility.openEntityForm to open a contact or a phone call in separate window.

Is there a way to check with js on newly opened window if it was opened with the function above?

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    shennu 702 on at

    Without knowing exactly why you need to know if the form is opened by js or not... following is just a theory, I haven't tried any of it out...

    First of all openEntityForm is deprecated. You might want to use openForm instead. see docs.microsoft.com/.../openform

    Now I don't know if you could check if the window is opened up by your js function, however I guess you could do the following to indicate that the window was opend by js or not.

    Add a new field to the entity and maybe call it openedbyJS. Make it a yes / no field. Default it to No.

    use the formParameters parm to set the openedbyJS to yes.

    From there on you could then simply check the field value openedbyJS...

    Alternatively you could configure the formXml to accept custom querystring then work with the querystring... (see docs.microsoft.com/.../configure-form-accept-custom-querystring-parameters)

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    Pawar Pravin 5,237 on at

    Hi,

    This is actually not possible directly, this is because current page and window page have a different context.

    You can achieve this one by using back-end attribute workaround.

    1. Create one field in main entity with name Isopen (two option)

    2. On close of window call js function to update that record as Yes

    "window.parent.opener.Xrm.Page.getAttribute("logicalnameofattribute").setValue(true);"

    Please do refer following url for reference:

    stackoverflow.com/.../open-popup-and-refresh-parent-page-on-close-popup

    community.dynamics.com/.../194914

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    Community Member on at

    This would work if i needed to add this feature for a specific entity or form. But i need to do this check regardless of the entity or form that is being opened

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