Message is Disappearing

[purdue]

I have the submit client script below but message is disappearing after loading.   Any assistance is appreciated.  Thanks, Chad

function onSubmit() {

var assetTag = g_form.getValue('asset_tag');

var serialNumber = g_form.getValue('serial_number');

var regex = /\s+|\u200b/g;

// Check if asset_tag is not empty and trim whitespace

if (assetTag.match(regex)) {

var trimmedAssetTag = assetTag.replace(regex,'');

g_form.setValue('asset_tag', trimmedAssetTag);

g_form.addInfoMessage("We have trimmed your white space");

}

// Check if serial_number is not empty and trim whitespace

if (serialNumber.match(regex)) {

var trimmedSerialNumber = serialNumber.replace(regex,'');

g_form.setValue('serial_number', trimmedSerialNumber);

g_form.addInfoMessage("We have trimmed your white space");

}

}

[sunil maddheshi]

@purdue 
Please try with below script:

function onSubmit() {
  var assetTag = g_form.getValue('asset_tag');
  var serialNumber = g_form.getValue('serial_number');
  var regex = /\s+|\u200b/g;
  var messageShown = false;

  if (assetTag.match(regex)) {
    var trimmedAssetTag = assetTag.replace(regex, '');
    g_form.setValue('asset_tag', trimmedAssetTag);
    g_form.showFieldMsg('asset_tag', 'Whitespace was removed', 'info');
    messageShown = true;
  }

  if (serialNumber.match(regex)) {
    var trimmedSerialNumber = serialNumber.replace(regex, '');
    g_form.setValue('serial_number', trimmedSerialNumber);
    g_form.showFieldMsg('serial_number', 'Whitespace was removed', 'info');
    messageShown = true;
  }

  // Optional: delay submission so the user sees messages
  if (messageShown) {
    return true; // or return false if you want to prevent submission and prompt user
  }
}

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[purdue]

Unfortunately this did not work.  Thanks for the reply.

[purdue]

Hey all, thanks for the replies.   I thought I would try a new approach pop the message then setWait for 2 seconds then allow the submit.  What do you think?

Thanks,

Chad

[neetusingh]

@purdue 

How about this -

Trim the values silently in the onSubmit client script.

Show the message after the form reloads, using a server-side Business Rule with gs.addInfoMessage().

1. Client Script (Type: onSubmit)

function onSubmit() {

  var assetTag = g_form.getValue('asset_tag');

  var serialNumber = g_form.getValue('serial_number');

  var regex = /\s+|\u200b/g;

  if (assetTag && assetTag.match(regex)) {

    g_form.setValue('asset_tag', assetTag.replace(regex, ''));

  }

  if (serialNumber && serialNumber.match(regex)) {

    g_form.setValue('serial_number', serialNumber.replace(regex, ''));

  }

  return true; // allow form to submit normally

}

2. Business Rule (Server-side) — Shows message after save

Name: Show trimmed message

Table: Your table

When: After

Insert and Update: Check both

Condition: You can check if the asset tag or serial number was trimmed by comparing current and previous (optional).

Script:

(function executeRule(current, previous /*null on insert*/) {

  var regex = /\s+|\u200b/g;

  var trimmed = false;

  if (current.asset_tag.changes()) {

    var oldTag = previous.asset_tag.toString();

    var newTag = current.asset_tag.toString();

    if (newTag.replace(regex, '') !== oldTag.replace(regex, '')) {

      trimmed = true;

    }

  }

  if (current.serial_number.changes()) {

    var oldSerial = previous.serial_number.toString();

    var newSerial = current.serial_number.toString();

    if (newSerial.replace(regex, '') !== oldSerial.replace(regex, '')) {

      trimmed = true;

    }

  }

  if (trimmed) {

    gs.addInfoMessage("Extra whitespace was automatically removed from the asset tag and/or serial number.");

  }

})(current, previous);

Result:

Form submits with clean data.

User sees the info message after the form reloads.

No JS tricks, no submit delays, and it works in all UI scenarios.

[purdue]

Hello,

I tried this but no message was received.   Any idea?

Thanks again,

Chad