Get parent form field value with javascript

Hi bdc604, Something like this may work for you. I tested it in 11 SP12, so you may see different behavior if you're using an older version of Innovator.

var parentItem = parent.thisItem;

if (parentItem.fetchLockStatus() == "1")
{
    // get form context
    var instanceFrame = parent.parent.document.getElementById("instance");
	if (instanceFrame && instanceFrame.contentWindow) {
		instanceFrame = instanceFrame.contentWindow;
		alert("alert");
	}

    // update the parent property in cache
    if (instanceFrame.handleItemChange) {
		instanceFrame.handleItemChange("description","test");
	}
}
else 
{
    alert("Parent is not locked, or is locked by another user.");
}

Note that this updates the item in cache, not the server. If the user wants to save the changes to the server, they'll need to click "Save". If you want to automatically save the changes to the parent and refresh the form, you can do something like this:

var parentItem = parent.thisItem;

if (parentItem.fetchLockStatus() == "1")
{
    parentItem.setProperty("description","test1");
    parentItem.setAction("edit");
    parentItem = parentItem.apply();

    aras.uiReShowItemEx(parentItem.getID(), parentItem.node);
}
else if (parentItem.fetchLockStatus() == "0")
{
    // lock and update the parent or warn user
    alert("Parent is not locked. Please lock.");
}
else
{
    alert("Parent is locked by another user or cannot be locked.");
}

Eli

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Eli Donahue Aras Labs Software Engineer