Need alternative ways to start a callout

Hi everyone,

I have a CGI script 'popup' for my form which displays some external information the user needs. However, presumably because callouts are expected to be used for INPUT, the callout button vanishes when the entire form is read-only. (e.g. when viewing a record not Editing)

I need a way for users to always be able to start this callout, whether:

* Making sure the callout button is always displayed
* Adding a button to the form somehow to trigger a JS function
* Some other clever wizardry.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Mike

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kshitiz

You can't do a 'callout' when you open DCR in view mode because by default it always open in 'read-only' mode. Even the FormAPI won't work in that mode.

Adam Stoller

You might be able to do something like what you want by customizing the Help content associated with the Edit DCR window - I'm not sure if you can customize it per-DCT - but that's the way I'd probably start to try to satisfy the requirement you stipulated - that or trying to add a custom action link to the Edit DCR window - both of these topics are covered in the UI Customization Guide.

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