what is alternative for gel() in client scripts?

[ruhee]

Hi everyone,

I need to find alternative of gel() function used in a client script. This is currently being used to call a Javaserver page(i.e., xyz.do) in servicenow.

var form_name = 'xyz.do';
var form = gel(form_name);

Please let me know if anyone knows alternative of gel(), any help will be grateful.

Thanks in advance! 

[#2]

Hi Ruhee,

'gel' is simply a shortcut for 'document.getElementById', which is standard javascript. You would use it in client scripts mostly. Search the web for more info. Refer the following link

https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_document_getelementbyid.asp

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Thanks

Ajay

www.dxsherpa.com

[ruhee]

Hi Ajay,

Thanks for your reply. The use of gel() is fine but I am finding an alternative of it. Can we use other glide form functions instead of it. I tried but it didn't work. So, asking for help if anyone has solution for it. 

[#4]

Hi Ruhee,

Refer the following communinty thread :

https://community.servicenow.com/community?id=community_question&sys_id=e12f07e1dbdcdbc01dcaf3231f96...

Thanks

Ajay

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi Ruhee,

ServiceNow doesn't have any function to handle html elements such as DOM manipulation.

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Ankur