FormAPI - field validation

I have a DCT that may potentially have to handle many replicants... enough that all would not be visible at one time for the user to inspect without scrolling. Thus, it is imperative that I check all entries before saving to be sure that there are no duplicates.

I know how to iterate through fields in a form using Javascript but I can't quite find the handle to the 'dcreditForm' inside the DCT framesets. Could anyone provide me the reference to 'dcreditForm' that will allow me to check the fields?

Thanks in advance...

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smigster

Follow-up.... The FormAPI docs have IWDatacapture.getRootItems() and IWItem.getChildren() functions. Are these meant to address an inability to or proscription against accessing form fields directly for validation purposes?

Migrateduser

I would first use IWDatacapture.getItem() to retrieve a reference to the replicant. From then, use getChildren() to retrive a list of children and iterate through that list.