Rule issue introduced in DFFS_v4.4.5.19 & .20

[BenR]

Alexander,

I hope you are well.

I have an issue with one list configuration which seems to expose a difference in Rule processing between DFFS_v4.4.5.18 and DFFS_v4.4.5.19 – and carries on to DFFS_v4.4.5.20.

● The primary symptom is that when opening a form, NewForm, EditForm, or DispForm, will not complete rendering, resulting in the “This took forever!” error message. I have narrowed down this symptom to three linked rules.
● A secondary symptom is that disabling the three linked rules identified above does not remove the symptom, however deleting the three rules does.

Notes:
The unaltered configuration tested with the following versions:
● DFFS_v4.4.5.20 – FAIL
● DFFS_v4.4.5.19 – FAIL
● DFFS_v4.4.5.18 – SUCCESS
● DFFS_v4.4.5.17 – SUCCESS
● DFFS_v4.4.5.16 – SUCCESS
In this configuration, NewForm was created first, and copied to EditForm and DispForm.

The three rules (Nos. 2, 3, & 4) are linked:
● No. 3 to 2
● No. 4 to 2 and 3

Each rule sets one Required field, and nothing else. Please see the attached images to illustrate the settings:
● Rule No. 2
● Rule No. 3
● Rule No. 4

Please tell me what I can do to releave this error or to troubleshoot further.

As always, your support and efforts are greatly appreciated!

R’grds – Ben.
Reference:

Successful version:
Version information
Custom DFFS-folder: DFFS_v4.4.5.18_2021-03-05
DFFS Loader: v2
DFFS frontend: 4.4.5.18 – March 05, 2021
DFFS frontend CSS: 4.64 /
Autocomplete: 1.6.51 – February 07, 2021
Cascading dropdowns: 3.7.44 – February 07, 2021
jQuery: 1.12.4
Lookup: 1.1.20 – March 10, 2020
Resource management: 2.4.5 – August 29, 2019
SPJS-Utility: 1.350 – February 21, 2021
vLookup: 2.2.160 – February 21, 2021

FAILING version:
Version information
Custom DFFS-folder: DFFS_v4.4.5.20_2021-03-21
DFFS Loader: v2
DFFS frontend: 4.4.5.20 – March 21, 2021
DFFS frontend CSS: 4.64 /
Autocomplete: 1.6.51 – February 07, 2021
Cascading dropdowns: 3.7.46 – March 21, 2021
jQuery: 1.12.4
Lookup: 1.1.20 – March 10, 2020
Resource management: 2.4.5 – August 29, 2019
SPJS-Utility: 1.350 – February 21, 2021
vLookup: 2.2.161 – March 21, 2021

Attachments:

1. 

   Rule-No.-2.png
   

2. 

   Rule-No.-3.png
   

3. 

   Rule-No.-4.png
   

[Alexander Bautz]

Hi,
I’ll have to look into this but was wondering if you had any error messages in the developer console (hit F12 > Console) when you try to load the form?

Alexander

[BenR]

Alexander,

I’ve captured console errors only in the attached file, comparing DFFS_v4.4.5.18 (SUCCESSFUL) to DFFS_v4.4.5.20 (FAILING)

R’grds – Ben.

[Alexander Bautz]

Thanks,
I’ll look at it and see if I can figure it out.

Which version of SP are you running?

PS: I deleted the attachment because you had a link in it.

Alexander

[BenR]

Alexander,

My SP platform is SharePoint 2013 on premises.

R’grds – Ben.

[Alexander Bautz]

Thanks, I found the bug and will get a new version out before the weekend to fix it.

Alexander

[Alexander Bautz]

I have published a new version that should fix this issue. Please let me know how it works out.

Alexander

[BenR]

Alexander,

Yes! Your fix has addressed my symptom, and I am now running v4.4.5.21 in production.

As always, your support and efforts are greatly appreciated!

R’grds – Ben.

[Alexander Bautz]

Thanks for the feedback!

Alexander

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