Client script to check a value on incident form when page is saved/submitted

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I am playing around with a new True/False element on my Incident form, that simply asks the end user who is using the Incident form, "Has the location been verified?". I went to True/False, because this is the only way I could find to get a check box on the Incident form.

In brief, I want the end user to Check this True/False, thus making it True, when they have confirmed the customer's location. Because this True/False is a boolean, I have not seen an easy way to make it Mandatory (because what is mandatory in true and false?), so I was wondering if I could use a Client Script that checks if the value of this True/False to be True, and not False, when the page is saved/submitted etc? Any other good way to do this?

Much thanks.

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Done that, still not working.

I inspected the checkbox element itself, and this is the HTML behind it. Hopefully it will reveal more?

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<input value="true" id="ni.incident.u_confirm_location" type="checkbox" data-type="boolean" data-ref="incident.u_confirm_location" name="ni.incident.u_confirm_location">

<input id="incident.u_confirm_location" value="false" gsftlocked="false" type="hidden" name="incident.u_confirm_location">

[StephenHey]

Last thing I would try is just removing the default value all together.   I checked a few of my Boolean values and none of them have a default value, but whenever I load a new form they are always set to false.

Also, put in some alerts around each line just to make sure you're getting what you want:

var locVerified = g_form.getValue('u_location_verification'); //this is your true/false field name

alert(locVerified);

alert(!locVerified);

  if(!locVerified){ //is our variable set to false?

  alert('Please ensure to verify the location with the customer.');

  return false; //if we return false, then the update/sumbission of the record will be aborted

  }

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With that exact code, it does this on submit, when I do not check the Confirm Location checkbox:

1. Sends an alert that says "false".

2. Sends another alert that says "false".

3. Submits the page successfully.

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Changed the script, this seems to work now! Also oh god what is happening to this forum, the width on these posts...

function onSubmit(){

      var locVerified = g_form.getValue('u_confirm_location'); //this is your true/false field name

  //   alert(locVerified);

  //   alert(!locVerified);

if(locVerified == 'false') {

              alert('Please ensure to verify the location with the customer.');

      return false; //if we return false, then the update/sumbission of the record will be aborted

}

}

[Daniel Draes · Accepted solution]

Hi Shane,

I have tried similar things and I always switched to a standard string field with Yes/no as a choice list. This way you can have the the default to 'nothing' and thus forcing the user to select either yes or no.

Regards,

Daniel