DFFS javascript does not save record

[David M]

Hello,
First, DFFS is great.

Looking for some help on adding a save function to this script below.

Currently I have a button in a DFFS form that calls a javascript which inserts the userID and the date into some R/O fields in the form. It works great. The issue is if a user edits any field in the form before they click the approve button, the changes are not saved. I tried adding presave and save however it didn’t work.

appreciate any help.

here is the script:

function myAIApproveFunction(){
var data = {}, today = new Date(), res;
data.ApprovalName = _spPageContextInfo.userId;
data.ApprovalDate = today.getFullYear()+”-“+(today.getMonth()+1)+”-“+today.getDate()+” 06:00:00″;
res = spjs_updateItem({“listName”:_spPageContextInfo.pageListId,”id”:spjs.dffs.data.thisItemID,”data”:data});
if(res.success){
location.href = location.href;
}else{
alert(res.errorText);
}
}

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[Alexander Bautz]

Hi,
You cannot use code to write to the same item as you edit – it will cause a version conflict when you hit the normal save button.

If you need to use EditForm and let the user edit any field before hitting the Approve button, I recommend writing the values from the Approve button click to the fields in the form, and then trigger a normal save of the form with spjs.dffs.triggerSave(); – not using the spjs_updateItem function.

If you don’t really need to let the user edit anything, my recommendation would be to have this button in DispForm and not in the EditForm – this way you avoid the problem.

Alexander

[David M]

thanks for the feedback Alexander.

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