Finding new entity id after Save

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I have an iFrame with a custom web page loaded. The page (on_load) looks for the entity id (this is a custom entity). When the record exists, this works fine, however, when I create a new record there is no ID initially so it displays an error. All that is as expected.

I am trying to refresh the link when the record is saved. I have created a javascript function that reads the current link.src, attempts to append the new record id, and then puts the new url as the new .src for the link.

So this runs in the onSave event for this form:

//lnk is passed in as the control name for this iFrame and it is valid and working

var formType = Xrm.Page.ui.getFormType();

var src = Xrm.Page.getControl(lnk).getSrc();

if (formType == 1) {

var rmaid = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId();

if (rmaid == null || rmaid == "") { setTimeout("doRefreshLink()", 1000); }

else {

src += rmaid;

document.getElementById(lnk).src = src;

}

It appears the server side save will not run until this onSave function is completed (not running asynchronously). Is that true?

The real issue is how to I get the ID so I can refresh this page?

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Rajkumar Rajaraman on at

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Hi Don,

If you need to do something to the entity just before it's being saved (or maybe after the save but before postback to the client) you might want to intercept the operation using a plugin

Refer this link:

stackoverflow.com/.../getting-a-records-guid-before-save-operation

Hope this helps.

Regards,

R.Rajkumar

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Rajkumar Rajaraman on at

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Refer this link also:

stackoverflow.com/.../how-to-get-id-of-saved-enitity

Regards,

R.Rajkumar

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Royal King 27,686 on at

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you could add function on the onSave of the record and update the url of the Iframe to refresh with the new record id.

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I wouldn't do it via JavaScript unless your pretty keen on the transactions and threads from the client side from XRM.

Do a simple plugin that gets called on Post Entity Create to grab the GUID.

Here is a great video if you are not familiar how to do this:

www.youtube.com/watch

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Hi all,

Thanks for your help, but the answer was in my placement. I moved the code the onLoad event and reversed my condition (NOT a new form) AND determined if the id was part of the url passed to my iFrame. If the ID was not present, I get it from the entity and append it to the src url. Here is the final code:

function doRefreshLink(lnk){

var formType = Xrm.Page.ui.getFormType();

var src = Xrm.Page.getControl(lnk).getSrc();

if (formType != 1) {

var rmaid = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId();

var pos = src.indexOf("&id=");

var curid = src.substring(pos + 4);

if (curid == ""){

src += rmaid;

document.getElementById(lnk).src = src;

}

}

}

Fortunately, the id parameter was at the end of the line or it would have been a bit more parsing.

Thanks for your help though - this forum has been instrumental in my completing many of these tasks.

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