[hv85]

Hi all,

I'm trying to trigger the clear all lines button on a purchase request via a client side script. Is there a way to tap into this element via jQuery and trigger the onclick event? I tried:

jQuery('#clearsplitsitem').click()

But it doesn't work.

Has anybody else managed to trigger a button click before in NS script or accessed the internal NS method behind a button?

Thanks.
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[Vesku1980]

(function(){

var el = document.getElementById("ok");

el.addEventListener("click", function() {

alert ('Clicked!')

})

}());

[tect22]

Hi hv85 ,

You can achieve this by triggering the NetSuite Function for the button.

For expense sublist: clear_splits('expense');

For item sublist: clear_splits('item');

Regards.

[hv85]

Hi tect22

Thanks for your reply. I've tried loads of variants of this method and cannot get this function to trigger. Does it need to run against the record itself or within jquery? When I try to run it on its own it says clear_splits is not defined.

Thanks for your help

[micmix_88]

Hi there,

I have just added this as a function on the page..

function removeAllLinesButton(type)

{

clear_splits('item'); return false;

}

Add this to the custom actions list and all should work.

N.b. Add the script file on the form to the custom code field… You dont need to fill out the options below it as it is called from the button.

Hope this helps.

Mike.

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hv85 replied on 06/08/2017, 06:03 AM: Thanks Mike,

I already have the button on the form and wish to clear all of the existing lines programmatically, rather than rely on the user. Basically a copy of an original purchase transaction is being created and I want to wipe out the line items making the user put in new ones so we don’t end up ordering the same stuff again accidentally.

Hope that makes sense!

Holly

[micmix_88]

Ah right, do you want to remove all lines on the initialise of the record? So before the user has access to the record you want to make sure there are no lines on it?

[hv85]

Hi micmix_88 ,

Yes this is how we want it to work. We are in effect creating a variation order to the original so we don't want the original items being ordered again.

Any help is much appreciated

[pcutler]

Why wouldn't you do this server-side? This can be accomplished easily in a before load user event script:

function beforeLoad()

{

for(var linenum = nlapiGetLineItemCount('item'); linenum > 0; –linenum)

{

nlapiRemoveLineItem('item', linenum);

}

}

Also, even if you do use a client side script I would still recommend the same approach. Using unpublished API methods such as clear_splits() introduces unnecessary upgrade risks every six months. If you're concerned about triggering client-side events, SuiteScript 2.0's Record.removeLine(options) accepts a parameter for options.ignoreRecalc to prevent the recalc event from triggering.

[khultquist]

I agree with pcutler this should be done server side, avoiding unpublished API.

The trick on server side is to trigger the script only after once, when the copy button is used, otherwise the script will clear all lines every time that you edit the record. I believe you can use nlapiGetRecordId() to determine if this is a new record, and have a conditional in beforeLoad.

[pcutler]

Originally posted by khultquist

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I agree with pcutler this should be done server side, avoiding unpublished API.

The trick on server side is to trigger the script only after once, when the copy button is used, otherwise the script will clear all lines every time that you edit the record. I believe you can use nlapiGetRecordId() to determine if this is a new record, and have a conditional in beforeLoad.

Agreed, it's important to add conditions for the specific scenario you're trying to target. The before load method has a "type" parameter, so to do this for all record copies, wrap the logic up in a if(type == 'copy') block.

[khultquist]

Hey thanks for that, I never realized there was a type = copy. I'll have to go back into my scripts and clean that up.

[pcutler]

Glad it was helpful! Here's the full list of before load execution context types from SuiteAnswer 10635 (there are different execution types for before and after submit, also listed in the SuiteAnswer):create
edit
view
copy
print
email
quickview

[hv85]

Thanks for the info everyone much appreciated.

As the code for the variation purchase order has been written by external suppliers in client side script I will try to see what I can do on the before load event, hopefully without breaking any of the functionality

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