function nlapiGetCurrentLineItemValue(type,fldnam)
{
    nsapiAssertTrue(!isSubrecordField(type, fldnam),  'SSS_INVALID_OPERATION_USING_SUBRECORD_FIELD');
    if (hasEncodedField(type, fldnam))
    {
        if ( isEditMachine(type) )
            return getFormValue(getFormElement( document.forms[type.toLowerCase()+'_form'], getFieldName(fldnam) ));
        else
        {
            var linenum = nlapiGetCurrentLineItemIndex(type);
            if ( getEncodedFieldType(type, fldnam) == "radio" )
                return getRadioValue( getFormElement( document.forms[type.toLowerCase()+'_form'], getFieldName(fldnam) ) ) == linenum ? 'T' : 'F';

            if (fldnam.indexOf('_display') > 0)
            {    // insert the line number into the display field name if it is a popup select or popup multiselect
                var hiddenFldName = fldnam.replace('_display','') +  linenum;
                var hiddenFld = getFormElement(document.forms[type.toLowerCase()+'_form'],hiddenFldName);
                if (isPopupSelect(hiddenFld) || isPopupMultiSelect(hiddenFld))
                    fldnam = hiddenFldName.toLowerCase() + '_display';
                else
                    fldnam = getFieldName(fldnam)+linenum;
            }
            else
                fldnam = getFieldName(fldnam)+linenum;

            return getFormValue(getFormElement( document.forms[type.toLowerCase()+'_form'], fldnam));
        }
    }
    else if (hasEncodedField(type, "options"))
    {
        if (optwin != null)
            return optwin.getFormValue(optwin.document.forms[0].elements[getFieldName(fldnam)]);
        else
            return getnamevaluelistvalue(document.forms[type.toLowerCase()+'_form'].options.value,fldnam);
    }
    else
    {
        if (typeof fieldtosubrecordmap != 'undefined')
        {
            var subrecordname = fieldtosubrecordmap[type+'_'+fldnam];
            if (subrecordname != null && subrecordname.length> 0 )
            {
                var subrecordfieldname = fieldtosubrecordfieldmap[type+'_'+fldnam+'_'+subrecordname];
                if ( subrecordfieldname != null && subrecordfieldname.length> 0)
                {
                    var subrecord =  nlapiLoadCurrentLineItemSubrecord(type, subrecordname,false);
                    if (subrecord)
                    {
                        return subrecord.getFieldValue(subrecordfieldname);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return null;
}