Need to Check Whether DCR is valid or not.

Hi All,
I have one Customized save function which I have registered on onSaveValid event. It works fine when I use the Save button given by Teamsite.

I have created a customized Save button in DCT and directly called the
customized function.Hence all the save events are not getting called, hence it saves DCR with incomplete forms appended to DCR name.

In that function, I have used IWDatacapture.save();
I think problem is because of, I am not validating the DCR before saving.
Do we have any formAPI function to validate whether DCR is valid or not. ?
or Anyother way for the same......

TS: 6.7.2
OS: Windows 2003

Please help......
Thnaks ......

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Adam Stoller

If you are not going through the built-in process then you have to write your own validation routine - the basic functionality is:

nipper

Have you tried the code on page 30 of the FormAPI manual ?


IWEventRegistry.addFormHandler("onSaveValid", validateForm);
...
function validateForm() {
// Determine if the form is valid.
...
if (formValid) {
return true;
} else {
alert("Form is invalid ...");
return

This is confusing because the event should only happen if the form is valid, which implies the else condition should never happen. But it looks like it is worth a try.

vaibhav2288

Have you tried the code on page 30 of the FormAPI manual ?
IWEventRegistry.addFormHandler("onSaveValid", validateForm);
...
function validateForm() {
// Determine if the form is valid.
...
if (formValid) {
return true;
} else {
alert("Form is invalid ...");
return
This is confusing because the event should only happen if the form is valid, which implies the else condition should never happen. But it looks like it is worth a try.

Thanks All for response.
I have different types of DCT, so validation for each type of DCT would create so much complexity in the code.

Is there a way, so that when I click on the customize save button, then actual save buttons events are getting called. ?
Like when I will click on the custom save button, I would be automatically able to click the save button given by Teamsite.

Please reply......
Thanks...

ISCBorisB

Is there a way [...] when I click on the customize save button, then actual save buttons events are getting called?

If that's the case, why would you need custom Save in the first place? If you want some additional processing upon saving you can do it
by intercepting standard onSaveValid Event.

vaibhav2288

If that's the case, why would you need custom Save in the first place? If you want some additional processing upon saving you can do it
by intercepting standard onSaveValid Event.

Thanks for response....

Like I said, I have written a customized save function and called this function
on event OnSaveValid. When save is clicked then it works fine and saves DCR.

We have cancel button in the DCR, when we click on that it opens the
prompt and gives us three options "Save", "Dont Save", "Cancel".

I have customized it with same three options. Now, in this prompt on click of the "Save" button I have directly called the customized save function, so what happens is, it does not validate the DCR and directly saves it with incomplete forms appended to DCR name.
As onSaveValid is not getting called, it is not validating even there are
required fileds in the DCR. Hence it has iw_form_valid=false EA on save of DCR.

I need to validate the DCR, if the DCR is valid then only call the custom save function otherwise give an alert some fields are required.
I am not able to validate all fields one by one, because there more types of DCT and each having different required fields.

Please suggest any point or alternative way for this.....

Thanks....

Adam Stoller

[...]
I need to validate the DCR, if the DCR is valid then only call the custom save function otherwise give an alert some fields are required.
I am not able to validate all fields one by one, because there more types of DCT and each having different required fields.

You're thinking about the validation process the wrong way. Spend some time reading (not just skimming rapidly) the FormAPI manual and you'll find that there are a number of functions that you can utilize to write generic form validation code which can be used in any DCT. Then you only have to worry about DCT-specific special processing if any such exists (which should hopefully be minimal)

vaibhav2288

You're thinking about the validation process the wrong way. Spend some time reading (not just skimming rapidly) the FormAPI manual and you'll find that there are a number of functions that you can utilize to write generic form validation code which can be used in any DCT. Then you only have to worry about DCT-specific special processing if any such exists (which should hopefully be minimal)

Thanks....
I have done validation......and its working...

Thanks once again for reply.........With this I am closing this thread....