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Knowledge - OnLoad Client Script Not Working

Dark Kei
Tera Expert

Hi! Why is it that when I create an onLoad client script it's not working? but when I change it to onChange it works? I tried a simple alert.

OnLoad:

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onChange: 

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lpruit2
Kilo Sage

Greetings @Dark Kei. I wish I had better news. I tried recreating your issue in my Personal Developer Instance (PDI) but the same onLoad Client Script worked for me without any issue. For testing purposes, can you try using

g_form.addInfoMessage("test");. I see that the ';' is missing after your initial test statement but that shouldn't prevent it from working. 
 
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Ankur Bawiskar
Tera Patron
Tera Patron

@Dark Kei 

it should work fine with onLoad client script

you missed semicolon

alert("test");

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Ankur
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GlideFather
Tera Patron

Hi @Dark Kei,

 

the alert is not recommended method (because it's annoying to dismiss) :)) so instead try to use any field or form message.

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Something like:

g_form.addInfoMessage('onLoad executed');

g_form.showFieldMsg('field_name', 'onLoad executed');

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