preventing a new child task if a field on parent not entered

patricklatella · ‎11-30-2017

Hi all,

I've got a scoped app I've built that has a parent table (extended from Task), that has a related list to a 2nd child table (also extended from Task).

I need to have ability to create a "Task" from the related list be blocked if one of the fields on the parent record is empty.

Anyone tried this before? thanks!

Michael Ritchie · ‎11-30-2017

Sorry should have provided more, so

Right click on your related list and choose configure list control.
Add the omit new condition field to your form
Enter the appropriate condition where parent is the "parent" table. Below is an example where I hide the new button when the parent record's status is not 1

var answer;

if (parent.state == 1 ) {

//Do not remove the 'New' button

answer = false;

}

else {

//Remove the 'New' button

answer = true;

}

answer;

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Michael Ritchie · ‎11-30-2017

Yes, new button only. There are other hidden script fields in the list control for the edit button, etc. Not sure what you mean about the record producer since those don't have related lists. List controls are specific to forms and views of the form