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Issue with making attachment variable mandatory before submit

TerryC03
Tera Guru

‎12-18-2024 10:12 PM

Hello,

 

I'm trying to prevent a form from submitting if certain checkboxes are checked and set the "add_attachments" field mandatory if attachments are not included before submitting. The onSubmit catalog script I have:

function onSubmit() {
    //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below
    var a = g_form.getValue('a');
    var b = g_form.getValue('b');
    var c = g_form.getValue('c');
    var d = g_form.getValue('d');
    var e = g_form.getValue('e');
    var f = g_form.getValue('f');
    var g = g_form.getValue('g');
    var h = g_form.getValue('h');
    var i = g_form.getValue('i');


    if ( (a == "true" || b == "true" || c == "true" || d == "true" ||
            e == "true" || f == "true" || g == "true" || h == "true" || i == "true") ) {
        g_form.addErrorMessage('Please add the required attachments.');
        g_form.setMandatory('add_attachments', true);
    }
}

The idea I currently have is to not initially set the add_attachment field to mandatory because one field does not require an attachment. If the other checkboxes, a - i, are checked, and the user forgets to add an attachment before submitting, the error message appears, the add_attachment field becomes mandatory, and the submit becomes false (does not submit). But this code is still submitting. Any advice?

 

What I trying to do is 

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Runjay Patel
Giga Sage

‎12-18-2024 10:38 PM - edited ‎12-18-2024 10:41 PM

Hi @TerryC03 ,

 

You can do like below.

 

function onSubmit() {
    // Get the sys_id of the current record
    var recordSysId = g_form.getUniqueValue();
    
    // Create a GlideRecord object to check for attachments
    var attachmentGR = new GlideRecord('sys_attachment');
    attachmentGR.addQuery('table_sys_id', recordSysId);
    attachmentGR.query();

    // If there are no attachments, prevent submission and show an error message
    if (!attachmentGR.next()) {
        // Show a message to the user
        g_form.showFieldMsg('attachments', 'Please add at least one attachment before submitting.', 'error');
        
        // Return false to prevent the form from being submitted
        return false;
    }

    // Allow form submission if attachments exist
    return true;
}

 

 

 

check this blog for preventing form summation using On submit client script: https://servicenowwithrunjay.com/restrict-user-to-submit-form-via-onsubmit-client-script/ 

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