Can't seem to save dcr using field when validating

I am trying to save a dcr using a field value as the name. It works fine as long as I don't validate the field itself. As soon as I do the validation, it stops to work and pop up the save window dialogue to put in the name. Following is the javascript I am uisng. "/Category/category_id" is the field path.

IWEventRegistry.addItemHandler( "/Category/category_id", "onItemChange", checkID);
IWEventRegistry.addFormHandler("onSave", checkDcrName);
IWEventRegistry.addFormHandler("onSaveDone", saveDone);

function checkID(item)
{
alert(item);
if (item.getValue() =~ /\s/)
{
alert("with blanks"):
item.setFocus();
return false;
}
else
{
alert("without blanks"):
return true;
}
}

function checkDcrName(path)
{
if (IWDCRInfo.getDCRName() != '')
{
//already set, do nothing
alert('Name already set: ' + IWDCRInfo.getDCRName());
}
else
{
var pathNew = IWDatacapture.getItem("/Category/category_id").getValue();
alert('Setting name to ' + pathNew);
IWDCRInfo.setDCRName(pathNew);
IWDatacapture.save();
return false;
//at this point the dcr is allready saved so we MUST prevent a second save

}
return true;
}

function saveDone(success)
{
if (! success)
{
alert("The save did not succeed ...");
}
}

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Comments

Migrateduser

First problem. You used a colon instead of a semi-colo to end the following line.

alert("without blanks"):

Migrateduser

You may also want to use the following. You aren't getting the value using item.getValue(), you need to use IWDatacapture.getItem("/category").getValue()

Example:

stuff = IWDatacapture.getItem("/category").getValue();
alert(stuff);
if (stuff.match(/\s/g))
{
alert("with blanks");

}

kshitiz

IWDCRInfo.setDCRName() function is an asynchronous call. You are calling IWDatacapture.save() just after calling setDCRName(). Now, the DCR name might not have been set when you calling actual save function. That is why it opens up the dialog box to provide DCR name.

To synchronize execution with the completion of this method, specify a callback function. (Refer FormAPI Developer's Guide for TS 6.5).

Sample code can be:

 

function saveDCR(DCRname) {
IWDCRInfo.setDCRName(DCRname,finalize);
}

// This function is called after successfull setting of DCR Name
function finalize() {
IWDatacapture.save();
}