DFFS works on Discussion Replies but not Original Post item

[Kessy Similien]

I’m trying to set up dffs in a discussion list. I’ve set it up in the new, disp, and edit forms.

I’m experience a strange behaviour where DFFS will activate on the display form only for discussion replies, but not on discussion posts. The overlay still shows up but then the normal form just renders with no link to the back end. I don’t have any rules set up or anything that would prevent it from working so I’m kind of lost.

[Alexander Bautz]

Which version of SharePoint are you using?

I did a quick test on a discussion board in in SP2013, and it seems the JSLink loading will not work. I have not looked further into this issue.

Alexander

[Kessy Similien]

Hi Alex,

I am using SP2010 Standard.

Thanks.

[Alexander Bautz]

It’s caused by the fact that the root of a discussion is a folder content type. The same is true for a summary task. I’ll fix this in the next revision of DFFS during next week.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Alexander

[Kessy Similien]

Hey Alex,

I’m trying the August 11, 2016 release, version 4.3.73 and I’m still seeing the same behaviour with discussion groups.

I launch the page, the overlay shows for a few seconds then the normal edit form.

I don’t get the link at the bottom of the form to enter the DFFS setup.

Thanks.

[Alexander Bautz]

Are you using the JSLink installation method on SP 2013? – if so, you must ensure the field is added to all content types in the list.

Alexander

[Alexander Bautz]

I saw in your previous comment that you use SP 2010 – do you see any errors in the dev console (hit F12 > Console)?

Alexander

[Kessy Similien]

I’m on SharePoint 2010 so I’m using the CEWP and linking that to the front-end.html page.

[Alexander Bautz]

Do you see any errors in the dev console (F12 > Console)?

It sound like maybe the “folder detection” is a bit off on SP 2010 – I’ll look into it.

Alexander

[Alexander Bautz]

I checked with a SP 2010 dev site, but cannot reproduce. Could you post a few screenshots (or email them to me) so I can ensure I’m at the correct spot?

Alexander

[Kessy Similien]

Yea i’ll email them to you in a second, thanks.

[Kessy Similien]

Would it matter if it’s a customised edit form? Could that be the issue?

Looking at the code I see a switch for

fUrl += /NewForm.aspx …
fUrl += /EditForm.aspx …
fUrl += /DispForm.aspx …

The current edit form would have a new name like EditForm2.aspx so maybe that’s the issue.

I’m going to revert back to the default form and see how things work.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by Kessy Similien.

[Kessy Similien]

That was the issue. I was using a custom form so the script wasn’t running for it. I reverted back to default and now everything works fine.

Thanks for looking into this issue!

[Alexander Bautz]

I’m glad you figured it out. Customized forms are unfortunately not supported.

Best regards,
Alexander

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