but I'm guessing you'd be better off doing a scrip...
# suiteflowk
KevinJ of Kansas
09/30/2019, 1:02 PMbut I'm guessing you'd be better off doing a script to set a checkbox immediately before submission and then use that checkbox as a method to prevent it from advancing through the workflow
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jamespak
09/30/2019, 1:23 PMI'm thinking about that ... but since this validation is triggered by a button action, it needs to be accessible in both view and edit mode
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KevinJ of Kansas
09/30/2019, 1:24 PMwell - a button action should be able to be constrained by a saved search field
KevinJ of Kansas
09/30/2019, 1:25 PMAssuming - that is, that you aren't doing the button action from a mass entry page.
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jamespak
09/30/2019, 1:27 PMNah, I'm doing it from the record itself. But I'm not sure if we can validate across a dozen fields the same way (I'm also trying to avoid using a fieldChanged listener on every one of the fields I'm validating)
jamespak
09/30/2019, 1:30 PMI guess let's look at the problem from the top again... I'm trying to implement the following behavior:
1. User clicks workflow button
2. Client Side Script validates record
3. if (2) returns true, advance to next state
4. if (2) returns false, display error message and do not advance
jamespak
09/30/2019, 1:30 PMI'm having trouble implementing step 2
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KevinJ of Kansas
09/30/2019, 1:31 PMCouldn't you just insert an extra state for performing that validation?
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jamespak
09/30/2019, 1:32 PMI tried that with little success (mostly because I'm inexperienced with displaying error messages using WF states) but I think that might be the best approach...
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KevinJ of Kansas
09/30/2019, 1:32 PMi.e. State 1 -add button. State 2- Test. State 3a - Result A, State 3b - Result B - return to state 1?
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jamespak
09/30/2019, 1:32 PMI'll give that another shot
jamespak
09/30/2019, 1:32 PMthanks Kevin
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KevinJ of Kansas
09/30/2019, 1:32 PMI'd have state 3b check a box
KevinJ of Kansas
09/30/2019, 1:32 PMfor controlling whether the message showed up
KevinJ of Kansas
09/30/2019, 1:32 PMand have that box be a trigger for a message on state 1.
KevinJ of Kansas
09/30/2019, 1:33 PMso - slightly different method, but should still "work"