How do you get the sysid of the current form in a client script?

[#1]

Client scripts don't like (current) and I'm in need of getting the sysid of the current change form I'm building a script for. What's the client script equiv. to current?

I'm trying to get this to work in an onsubmit

//get workflow helper
var workflow = new Workflow();
//cancel all the workflows, where current is a task record with a workflow context
workflow.cancel(current);
//gs.addInfoMessage(gs.getMessage("Workflows for {0} have been cancelled", current.getDisplayValue()));

[CapaJ]

g_form.getUniqueValue()

[CapaJ]

I don't think you'll be able to manipulate workflows in your client script without a more complex AJAX call to the server that accesses a Script Include you write that does the work.

Could you just do this in a Business Rule?

[neetusingh]

Finding the sys_id of a record in client-side JavaScript can be done using the following call:
var id = gel('sys_uniqueValue').value

[CapaJ]

Don't rely on the value of that DOM element, use g_form.getUniqueValue() instead. The former is not guaranteed to be the same after any given upgrade. The latter is.