Javascript to lock specific fields

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I need a way to lock an array of named fields based on a record's status. I have thoughtfully considered the "Active" vs. "Inactive" states, but these don't meet my needs because they lock all the fields and I still need to be able to update the Status Reason.

The requirement is that at a certain point in a record's lifecycle, it should become locked so user's can't change the values, but it still needs to pass through various other states to reflect it's processing.

I'm thinking the solution is a JS function to lock an array of fields. Would someone be willing to share what that would look like? I really want to learn how to expand my solution's capabilities through the use of JS.

Thank you!

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It would probably be easier to lock everything, then unlock Status and Status Reason.

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Sean K 1,537 on at

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Hi Debra,

One way you could probably achieve this is by using a Business Rule (Admittedly this wouldn't be JS!).

Regards,

Sean

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You can write a generic function that takes field name as a parameter, then if you progress through a series of stages (tied to your status reasons) then update of the status reason if is your status or after then you call another function. This 2nd function has a load of fields that you want to lock down on the form.

Something like.

function genericLock(fieldname, lock){

var fieldObj = Xrm.Page.getAttribute(fieldname);

if(fieldObj != null){

fieldObj.setDisabled(lock);

}

}

function onStatusReasonLock(){

genericLock('crm_myfield', true);

)

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Thank you, Andy! Not sure I'm following the Status Reason lock. I'm thinking on Status Reason change. Can you show me how to make the second function take an array of field names?

I also need to lock the related child entities. In other words; this is a Purchase Order and it has many related line items. Each of those need to be locked as well.

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Sorry that is just the name you can call in statusReasonChange and then add your library and script call to your form and field.

You can take the field names in a couple of ways. The easiest is to just have lots of the genericLock calls, 1 for each field you want to lock. The other would be to use the parameters in the web resource declaration itself and add a list of string field names. You would need to handle this code in the 2nd script using a string array etc.

For the child records, you could have an inactive status and then use a workflow the a custom workflow to change these to an inactive/locked status. The other way if again there are some fields to be edited would be to have a separate jscript library that checks the status reason of the parent record and if of a certain stage then the fields get locked.

Ideally it would be the former of these 2 and there is a 3rd party component (free) that you can use.

https://crm2011distributewf.codeplex.com/

Hope this helps.

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Here is the line that you have to add in the JS

Xrm.Page.ui.controls.get("your field name").setDisabled (true); //Field readonly you can't write any thing on field

if you change true as false;

Xrm.Page.ui.controls.get("your field name").setDisabled (false); //Anyone can put value on this field

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Saroj Das 3,355 on at

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Hi Debra,

Please find below code snippet for getting all the field and Disabled them.

Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.forEach(function (attribute, index) {

var fields = Xrm.Page.getControl(attribute.getName());

if (fields) { // you can check the field name here also like if(fields=="new_myfield")

fields.setDisabled(true)

}

});

Please mark my answer verified if it helps you.

Thanks,

Saroj

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