Check if value is updated by user or not

[Sai Sai]

Hi,

In onchange client script i wanted to check if the field value is updated directly by user or by another client script.

For example there are 3 fields a,b,c

based on value of b, the value of c will automatically change. (first client script on field b)

Now i wrote a onchange client script on field c. 

My requirement now is : If I manually change value of c then client script should trigger. If the value of c is updated by first client script mentioned above then my new client script should not trigger.

How can i determine it?

[Aman Kumar S]

Just imagining this scenario, if this not documented very well, any new developer will go crazy about the idea.

[Ian Mildon]

Was trying things out on a PDI and this seemed to work:

function onChange(control, oldValue, newValue, isLoading, isTemplate) {
    if (isLoading || newValue === '') {
        return;
    }
	
	var who = g_form.sys_updated_by;
    if (newValue != '' && who == 'system') {
        g_form.addInfoMessage("System updated the field");
    }
	
	if (newValue != '' && who != 'system') {
        g_form.addInfoMessage("User updated the field");
    }

}

Although for Choice fields you may need to list the possible values in the "if" checks.

[Maik Skoddow]

Hi

correct me if I'm wrong but 

g_form.sys_updated_by

returns the user who has last changed the record but not which script is firing on client-side at the moment the user works with the form

Maik

[Ian Mildon]

It was a quick test, so may not have been the most thorough on all possibilities. Got called away so never fully tested.

Ok, so I went back and tested it fully with a Client Script to trigger an update to a field. Maik was right, 'sys_updated_by' can't be used in this respect

[Sai Sai]

Yes it did not work. It is taking updated value from database and not on form.