Not able to set reference field to read-only using setReadOnly()

[mdrafi]

Hi,

I am using client onLoad script to set all editable fields to read-only. But it is not working for reference fields.

function onLoad() {

      //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below

      if (u_status = 'Released')

              {

              var fields = g_form.getEditableFields();

              for (var x = 0; x < fields.length; x++) {

                      g_form.setReadOnly(fields[x], true);

              }

            // g_form.setReadOnly('u_seat_number', true);

              // g_form.setReadOnly('u_name', true);

      }

}

[Abhinab Achary1]

i think instaed of readonly you can user set disable method to lock that field

[mdrafi · Accepted solution]

I tried g_form.setDisabled(), but it didn't work.

But, I have used UI policy and it worded for reference fields.

[Dom Davidson]

Hi Mahammad,

I believe you don't have "==" in your if condition.   Also please make sure you are comparing apples to apples(value for value) in your if condition.

Please see below of a similar script I wrote for another table, and it works are intended.

[Cheng2]

Hi there,

Sometimes in order to make function calls like `setReadOnly` or `setDisabled` work correctly, it's needed to check are these fields to be set also have extra settings like mandatory, if yes, make sure to un-mandatory them first:

g_form.setMandatory(field, false);
g_form.setDisabled(field, true);

Regards.