Unexpected value in g_form.getDisplayValue client script onLoad

[jamess_]

onLoad client script on Incident table. Functionality was intended to be: Check status and display message accordingly. Was not working as expected, so I added messages 1 and 2.

function onLoad() {
   //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below
if (g_form.getDisplayValue('u_contractor_incident_no') > 0) {

	if (g_form.getDisplayValue('u_contractor_status') == '2') {
	g_form.addErrorMessage('Contractor Incident Complete. No further updates will be received.');
	}
	else if (g_form.getDisplayValue('u_contractor_status') == '3') {
		g_form.addErrorMessage('Contractor Incident Closed. No further updates will be received.');
	}
	else if (g_form.getDisplayValue('u_contractor_status') == '4') {
		g_form.addErrorMessage('Contractor Incident Cancelled. No further updates will be received.');
	}
	else if (g_form.getDisplayValue('u_contractor_status') == '10') {
		g_form.addErrorMessage('Contractor Incident Returned. No further updates will be received.');
	}
	else{}
	g_form.addErrorMessage('1. Contractor Status is ' + g_form.getDisplayValue('u_contractor_status'));
}
else {
	g_form.addErrorMessage('2. Contractor Incident number is ' + g_form.getDisplayValue('u_contractor_incident_no'));
}
}

Message #2 is now displaying, but the message reads "2. Contractor Incident number is INC000999999", and is the currently displayed Incident number, rather than the field specified. Am I somehow making a reference to the 'number' field, and not realizing it? I verified that the 'u_contractor_incident_no' is not the same value as the local Incident number.

Any assistance greatly appreciated.

[Dylan Mann1 · Accepted solution]

This is strange. I'm out of ideas, but maybe try simply using g_form.getValue('u_contractor_incident_no');

[jamess_]

I'd swear I'd tried that first, but that's corrected the issue. A couple "thanks" in store, I think:

function onLoad() {
   //Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below
var no = g_form.getValue('u_contractor_incident_no').toString();
var sts = g_form.getValue('u_contractor_status').toString();

if (no.length > 0) {

	if (sts == '2') {
	g_form.addErrorMessage('Contractor Incident Complete. No further updates will be received.');
	}
	else if (sts == '3') {
		g_form.addErrorMessage('Contractor Incident Closed. No further updates will be received.');
	}
	else if (sts == '4') {
		g_form.addErrorMessage('Contractor Incident Cancelled. No further updates will be received.');
	}
	else if (sts == '10') {
		g_form.addErrorMessage('Contractor Incident Returned. No further updates will be received.');
	}
	else {
	g_form.addErrorMessage('1. Contractor Status is ' + sts);
	g_form.addErrorMessage('2. Contractor Incident number is ' + no);
	}
}
else {
	g_form.addErrorMessage('3. Contractor Status is ' + sts);
	g_form.addErrorMessage('4. Contractor Incident number is ' + no);
}
}

[jamess_]

Although I'm admittedly still confused where the Incident Number value was coming from.

[Michael Fry1]

Did you look at the value in the field? Maybe nothing is wrong with script, just the field contains the incident number and not the 4 digit number.

[Kenneth Zabrisk]

Same issue, 6.5 years later.

//Type appropriate comment here, and begin script below

   var vstage = g_form.getDisplayValue('stage');

   var vstate = g_form.getDisplayValue('state');

   g_form.addInfoMessage('hello');

    g_form.addInfoMessage(vstage);

The output messages:

but from the XML

<stage>request_rejected</stage>
Displayed as: