How to know if customer or vendor has {altname} field available by using suitescript?

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

To determine if a customer or vendor has the

altname

field available using SuiteScript, you can use the

lookupFields

method in a try/catch block. This method allows you to retrieve one or more field values from a record without loading the entire record into memory. Here is a sample code snippet:

javascript
var recordType = 'customer'; // or 'vendor'
var recordId = '123'; // replace with your record id
try {
    var result = record.lookupFields({
        type: recordType,
        id: recordId,
        columns: 'altname'
    });
    if(result.altname){
        log.debug('Altname field is available');
    } else {
        log.debug('Altname field is not available');
    }
} catch (e) {
    log.error('Error', e.toString());
}

This script will attempt to retrieve the

altname

field from the specified record. If the field is not available, the

lookupFields

method will throw an error, which will be caught by the catch block. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******