Make all fields protected on a tab or the whole record read only - extensible framework

All;

Is there an easy way of making all fields protected or a whole record read only based on a field value instead of protecting each field through extensible framework?

For example, when a use select a checkbox, make all the fields protected or a whole record read only, so users cannot make any changes.

I want to achieve this through the Extensible Framework only.

Thanks,

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Accepted answers

tracey-powell

You could do something like this:

function protectFields(){

var numFields ;
var fieldName;

var i;
numFields = EAM.Utils.getCurrentTab().getFormPanel().staticFields.fields.length;
var fieldState = 'protected';
var curFieldstate;
var vFormPanel = EAM.Utils.getCurrentTab().getFormPanel();

for(i= 0; i < numFields; i++) {
fieldName = EAM.Utils.getCurrentTab().getFormPanel().staticFields.fields[i].name;
//console.log(fieldName);
curFieldstate = vFormPanel.responseData.pageData.attributes[fieldName];
if(curFieldstate == 'optional'){
  var Pardata = "'" + fieldName + "':" + "'" + fieldState + "'";

  console.log(fieldName);
  vFormPanel.getFld(fieldName).setReadOnly(true);
  //EAM.Builder.setFieldState({Pardata},vFormPanel.getForm().getFieldsAndButtons());

}
}

};

jagadeesh-k

You can do like this:

vFormPanel = EAM.Utils.getScreen().getCurrentTab().getFormPanel();
var vParam={};
var a=[];
a[0]='wspf_10_scco_value'; // field name
vParam[a[0]]='protected'; // field state
EAM.Builder.setFieldState(vParam,vFormPanel.getForm().getFields());

Hope it helps

All comments

tracey-powell

You could do something like this:

function protectFields(){

var numFields ;
var fieldName;

var i;
numFields = EAM.Utils.getCurrentTab().getFormPanel().staticFields.fields.length;
var fieldState = 'protected';
var curFieldstate;
var vFormPanel = EAM.Utils.getCurrentTab().getFormPanel();

};

Legacy Contributor

@tracey-powell I appreciate your response. This is exactly what I was looking for.

I have done something similar that works to make fields read only but what you have is so much better.

var vFormPanel = EAM.Utils.getCurrentTab().getFormPanel();
var form = this.vFormPanel.getForm();
fields = form.getFields();

for (i = 0; i < fields.items.length; i++) {

var FldName = fields.items[0].config.name;

vFormPanel.getFld(FldName).setReadOnly(true);

}

Legacy Contributor

@tracey-powell Do you know what can be done if we need to set all the fields back to their default stat from read only?

Legacy Contributor

Hi TOPWELL,

I was doing something similar to protect fields dynamically but unfortunately setting the field state doesn't work for me when I pass a variable Pardata EAM.Builder.setFieldState({Pardata},vFormPanel.getForm().getFieldsAndButtons());

However setFieldState works if I pass values rather than variable. EAM.Builder.setFieldState({'wspf_10_objatr_width':'protected'},vFormPanel.getForm().getFieldsAndButtons());

Any thoughts on this.

Thanks!

Legacy Contributor

here is my function to change Field State:

Called using:

fieldStatus('wspf_10_objatr_width', 'protected');

tracey-powell

I could not get that to work as well. I found that vFormPanel.getFld(FldName).setReadOnly(true); works and all you need is the field name from fieldName = EAM.Utils.getCurrentTab().getFormPanel().staticFields.fields[i].name

tracey-powell

I was looking into this as well. Would need a way to find the default state. I am not sure where that is stored at this time.

tracey-powell

The user group would need to be taken in consideration when setting it back to the default state. You could create a grid for r5pagelayout and call the grid to get the default state for the field. This way it would be set correctly for the user group.

tracey-powell

MJ King, I found that setting the vFormPanel.getFld(FldName).setReadOnly(false); using the same logic in a different function seems to work.

tracey-powell

function protectFields(){

var numFields ;
var fieldName;
var i;
numFields = EAM.Utils.getCurrentTab().getFormPanel().staticFields.fields.length;
var curFieldstate;
var vFormPanel = EAM.Utils.getCurrentTab().getFormPanel();
for(i= 0; i < numFields; i++) {
fieldName = EAM.Utils.getCurrentTab().getFormPanel().staticFields.fields[i].name;

curFieldstate = vFormPanel.responseData.pageData.attributes[fieldName];
if(curFieldstate == 'optional' || curFieldstate == 'required'){


  vFormPanel.getFld(fieldName).setReadOnly(true);


}
}

};

function setFieldsDefault(){

};

Legacy Contributor

@herve-loyer might be able to answer if setFieldState works with variable or not?

It works for sure when we pass the values directly.

jagadeesh-k

You can do like this:

Hope it helps

tracey-powell

Michael, Thank you for that function. I have some EF currently that sets field states to different states based on a value from a field. This code let me reduce the length of the code.

Legacy Contributor

Thank you Michael, this helped a lot.

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