This post is regarding a javascript development tip which is very useful in CRM 2013. It was not my idea but one of my colleague's (Alex). And it was an eye opener for me. As we all know we write js code on form load as well as on change event of different fields in CRM 2013. At a later point have you ever struggled to see on which fields we have js code ? I have. Alex's suggestion was to use attach events by using the addonchange js function in CRM 2013. He also mentioned that this would make the js code more transparent. addonChange function is nothing but a js function to be called when the attribute changes. Please read the comments below. Thanks to Alex for this recommendation.
//Form Load
//onLoad function should be added
to the Form load event of Form editor as usual
function onLoad() {
FillData();// FillData Function
call on Form load
attachEvents();
}
//Function to attach events to
different fields
function attachEvents()
{
//Attach Onchange
event of lookup1(new_City) and lookup2(new_Profession)
//You could attach as
many fields as you prefer
//Please note that the
function name is passed as a parameter to addonchange function
//Its the function
we would like to call during onchange event of these fields.
Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_City").addOnChange(FillData);
Xrm.Page.getAttribute("new_Profession").addOnChange(FillData);
//No need to add
FillData function call on the onchange event of each field on
//the Form editor
instead here we attach it using addOnChange function.
}
//Fill data based on lookup1 -
new_City and lookup2 - new_Profession
function FillData() {
//Js code to fill in
the field based new_City and new_Profession
//For instance you
could fill another field using these 2 field values
}
