Professionals- I have added a custom button (in a User Event script, beforeLoad) that shows on the Sales Order screen in view mode. When the user clicks the custom button, I call a Suitelet to do some operations. But on my Client Script, before I call the Suitelet, I need to validate that a couple of fields are populated. When I try to get the values of these fields, with currentRecord.get().getValue, I get undefined. I can only get the Sales Order Id (which I am using to call the Suitelet). The only thing that works is to actually load the Sales Order record with record.load() using the id. Then I can get the fields okay. The issue is that this takes a while, I assume it does an ajax operation behind the scenes. Finaly, the question: is there a better way to access the fields of the Sales Order from a Client Script in view mode than loading the record again?

you might want to do the validation logic in the beforeLoad

hmm, ok, something like disabling the button

I think client script doesnt work in view mode

well, not the standard entry points, but you can add a button in a User Event script, beforeLoad, and provide a client module code. When you click the button, the code in the client module runs. The issue is that if you do a currentRecord.get(), you only get the record shell, not all fields

you will encounter problems wherein butons that call suitelet and you combine it with a client script attachement on the user event.

I had this same issue recently, and the currentRecord.get() function only pulls a few things like the record id, type, and isDynamic. What I did to get around it, is you can still use the search module and when the button is pressed i ran a saved search against only that record for the fields I needed.

thanks, yes, I did a record.load, but a search could be good too. The only issue is that it is a bit slow….

I'd take a record.load over a search for same.

okay, thanks all for your help