how to prevent creating new child record if parent records is not in edit mode

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

To prevent creating a new child record if the parent record is not in edit mode, you can use a UserEvent script in NetSuite SuiteScript. In the UserEvent script, you can use the

beforeLoad

function to check the context of the record. If the context is

CREATE

, you can throw an error to prevent the creation of the record. Here is a sample code snippet:

javascript
function beforeLoad(context) {
    if (context.type === context.UserEventType.CREATE) {
        throw nlapiCreateError('INVALID_ACTION', 'Cannot create child record when parent is not in edit mode.', true);
    }
}

This code will throw an error and prevent the creation of a new child record if the parent record is not in edit mode. Also, you can use a workflow to restrict creating and deleting records. The workflow can be filtered on the record type to apply only to the child records. Please note that if a child record is removed from a parent record in view mode using the "remove" hyperlink, no trigger occurs. This does not delete the child record, it just removes the value from the parent field (sets it to null), making it an orphan record. You might need to create a scheduled script for deleting orphan records. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******