{"id":12586,"date":"2018-08-06T16:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/?p=12586"},"modified":"2022-07-19T16:27:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T10:57:52","slug":"java-script-execution-context-provides-form-values-on-web-as-well-as-uci-in-dynamics-365-v9-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/java-script-execution-context-provides-form-values-on-web-as-well-as-uci-in-dynamics-365-v9-0\/","title":{"rendered":"JavaScript: \u201cExecution Context\u201d provides Form Values on Web as well as UCI in Dynamics 365 v9.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No doubt, Microsoft Dynamics 365 v9.0 surprised us with the UCI feature which provides a generic user interface to users, this is about UI but behind the scene for developers also Microsoft provided \u201cExecution Context\u201d object which is a collection of array.<\/p>\n

Recently we have a business requirement to perform some action using Custom button on contact and Dynamics 365 environment was v9.0.<\/p>\n

As we all know we can pass the Execution Context using \u201cPrimary Control\u201d CRM Parameter to Script function which we are calling on Click of Custom Button.<\/p>\n

\"Java<\/p>\n

So I did the same and got the \u201cexecutionContext\u201d in script and get the form context.<\/p>\n

Source code:<\/p>\n

function onClick(primaryControl)\r\n    \/\/function to build URL and open new window\r\n{\r\n    var functionName = \"onClick: \";\r\n   var executionContext = primaryControl;\r\n    try {\r\n        \/\/validate execution context\r\n        if (isValid(executionContext)) {\r\nvar formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();\r\n            \/\/get values\r\n            var firstname = isValid(formContext.getAttribute(\"firstname\")) && isValid(formContext.getAttribute(\"firstname\").getValue()) ? \r\n        }\r\n    } catch (e) {\r\n        throwError(functionName, e.message);\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
It works on Classic Mode of Dynamics.<\/p>\n
Now I tried same with UCI mode by clicking same button and received error that \u201cexecutionContext.getFormContext is not a function\u201d.<\/p>\n
Refer the below screenshot:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\"Java<\/p>\n
Now, I debug and surprised that we can get field values which are on form within an executionContext itself only.<\/p>\n
By making following change in source code we used var executionContext = primaryControl; instead of var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();. And I noticed that it works like charm in Classic as well as UCI mode of Dynamics 365 v9.0:<\/p>\n
function onClick(primaryControl)\r\n    \/\/function to build URL and open new window\r\n{\r\n    var functionName = \"onClick: \";\r\n   var executionContext = primaryControl;\r\n    try {\r\n        \/\/validate execution context\r\n        if (isValid(executionContext)) {\r\n            \/\/get values\r\n            var firstname = isValid(executionContext.getAttribute(\"firstname\")) && isValid(executionContext.getAttribute(\"firstname\").getValue()) ? \r\n        }\r\n\r\n    } catch (e) {\r\n        throwError(functionName, e.message);\r\n    }\r\n}<\/pre>\n
For reference below are the properties we get when we pass \u201cPrimary Control\u201d parementer,<\/p>\n
Web:<\/p>\n
\"Java<\/p>\n
UCI:<\/p>\n
\"Java<\/p>\n
Conclusion<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n
We can get the form field values properties using executionContext itself in Dynamics 365.<\/p>\n
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