Basically, what I want is that the user should be able to select the dropdown and not be able to change it after making and saving the selection. So it will be a one-time entry field.
Below is a screenshot of the field I want to apply this property.
So this field has a Yes or No selection. And to make the business logic from failing I have to make it a one-time entry field only.
I looked up the form editor for possible things but couldn't find anything that would let me achieve this.
UPDATE #1
Below is my onload function:
function Form_onload() {
var formType = Xrm.Page.ui.getFormType();
var p = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("opportunityid");
--------------NEW CODE--------------------------------
if(formType ==2){ //form type 2 means the form is a saved form. form type 1 is new form.
alert(formType);
var myattribute = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("var_internal");
var myname = myattribute.getName();
if (Xrm.Page.getControl(myname) != null) {
//alert(myname);
Xrm.Page.getControl(myname).setDisabled(true);
}
}
--------------NEW CODE---------------------------
if (formType == 1 && p != null && p.getValue() != null) {
alert('Child Opportunities can only be created by clicking the Create Child Opportunity button in the Opportunity ribbon.');
window.top.close();
}
}
Due to environment-specific settings in my DEV, I was not able to reproduce what was suggested by @Eccountable. Although, his solution worked in other environments.
@AnkUser has a good answer as well but I was looking to shorten the code and make things as simple as possible.
My solution
I was able to handle this using Javascript on client-side. using the XRM toolbox.
In the XRM toolbox, I located the javascript for the opportunity and observed field changes in formType
when the Opportunity was New and when the Opportunity was Existing. This variable (formType
) was =1 when the Opportunity was New and =2 when it was Existing/Saved.
Using this piece of information I was able to leverage my Javascript as follows in Form_onload()
function Form_onload() {
if (formType == 2) {
var myattribute = Xrm.Page.getAttribute("internal");
var myname = myattribute.getName();
if (Xrm.Page.getControl(myname) != null) {
Xrm.Page.getControl(myname).setDisabled(true);
}
}
}