Wait for From and To values to populate before running autocomplete

[Jonathan Stamper]

I have a vLookup that populates a specific field on the child list. The child list form would then use that field value as a filter for an autocomplete field in the child form.

The issue I’m running into is the autocomplete occurs before the vLookup field is populated (even when I set the ac in a document ready state with jQuery). My custom js sits in an external js file and was curious about if it’s an issue with precedence (custom js vs external) and how I get the vLookup to populate the field first so I then do the ac?

[Jonathan Stamper]

Ah-ha! I just wrapped the ac in

window.addEventListener(‘load’, function(){
 spjs.ac.textfield({…});
});

That seems to have worked, unless there is a better approach.

[Alexander Bautz]

vLookup has a few built in functions you can use to do this kind of thisngs – look at vLookupPresetFromUrlDone here: https://spjsblog.com/vlookup-for-sharepoint/vlookup-user-manual/#vLookupPresetFromUrlDone

Alexander

[Jonathan Stamper]

Oh cool! That should work better! Thank you so much for all the help.

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