How to pass execution context to JavaScript function on click of New button from Entity Home Page?

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Posted on by Mahesh Padekar

Hi,

I have a scenario where I want to show a specific form based on the user's choice while creating a record.

I have created an HTML web resource which asks user to select an option and depending on the selection I want to navigate to the specific form from the available forms for the entity. PFB the code that I have come up with:

askUserToSelect: function (executionContext) {
        var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();
        var alertButton = new Alert.Button();
        alertButton.label = "Continue";
        alertButton.callback = function () { askUserToSelectSuccessCallback(executionContext); };
        //alertButton.callback = askUserToSelectSuccessCallback;
        var array = new Array();
        array.push(alertButton);
        Alert.showWebResource("askUserForSelection.html", 700, 380, "User Choice", array, null, false, 30);
    },

askUserToSelectSuccessCallback: function (executionContext) {
        
        var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();
        
        var iFrameParameters = Alert.getIFrameWindow();
        var userChoice = iFrameParameters.userChoice;
        
        if (userChoice == "Form1") {
            
            formContext.ui.formSelector.items.get(Form1_GUID).navigate();
        }
        else {
            formContext.ui.formSelector.items.get(Form2_GUID).navigate();
        }
    },

Using the Ribbon Workbench tool, I have customized the command for New button on Entity Home Page to pass PrimaryControl as a parameter to askUserToSelect function. However I am getting null value in the executionContext.

Similarly, I have customized the command for New button on Entity Form page to pass PrimaryControl as a parameter to askUserToSelect function. In this scenario, the executionContext is available to use, however, it gets lost on successCallback event.

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LeoAlt 16,331 Moderator on at

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Hi partner,
"executionContext" is only supported in forms. So if you add it to ribbons which in homepage, it will not work for us.

According to your description, looks like you want to open forms directly from the homepage, so you could use "Xrm.Navigation.openForm". "Xrm" platform is available on the homepage.

function askUserToSelect() {

    var entityFormOptions = {};

    entityFormOptions["entityName"] = "new_bpptest";

    entityFormOptions["entityId"] = "52CA6EA4-BFF0-E911-A812-000D3A339A58";

    Xrm.Navigation.openForm(entityFormOptions).then(

        function (success) {

            console.log(success);

        },

        function (error) {

            console.log(error);

        });

}

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/developer/model-driven-apps/clientapi/reference/xrm-navigation/openform

I've test in my instance and it worked well.

BTW, if you need to open a record, you need to pass the record id in your function.

Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

Leo

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Mahesh Padekar 5 on at

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Hello Leo,

Thanks for the response.

I wanted to create a new record with a specific form out of available forms of the Entity instead of opening the form for an existing record. During more research I found that we can pass Form ID as a parameter to "Xrm.Navigation.openForm".

PFB the code that I used to solve the issue (open specific Create Form from entity home page):

askUserToSelectSuccessCallback: function (executionContext) { var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext(); var iFrameParameters = Alert.getIFrameWindow(); var userChoice = iFrameParameters.userChoice; var entityFormOptions = {}; entityFormOptions["entityName"] = EntityName; if (userChoice == "Form1") { var parameters = { formid: Form1_GUID }; Xrm.Navigation.openForm(entityFormOptions, parameters); } else { var parameters = { formid: Form2_GUID }; Xrm.Navigation.openForm(entityFormOptions, parameters); } }

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LeoAlt 16,331 Moderator on at

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Hi partner,

Thanks so much for your sharing and reply.

Yes this function could pass form id to choose different forms.

Sorry for my omission.

Best Regards,

Leo

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