ON

Attaches an event handler that listens for record, repeatable, or field events.

Description

The ON function is the starting point for most data event scripts. It wires up an event to a function that gets called when that event happens. Events are things like a record being opened, edited, saved, validated, a field changing, or the record location changing. Using the ON function you can add custom logic to be performed when the events happen. The ON function by itself is not useful unless it's combined with the other data event functions to manipulate the record data and perform other actions like custom alerts and validations.

Parameters

event string (required) - The event name

callback function (required) - The function to call when the specified event is triggered

Examples

var callback = function () {
  if (!(LATITUDE() >= 40 && LATITUDE() <= 41)) {
    INVALID('Latitude must be between 40 and 41.');
  }
};

// Listens for 'save-record' events and stops the record from being saved unless it's within a latitude range
ON('validate-record', callback);

var callback = function () {
  // Do something with the new $weather_summary values
};

// Listens for changes to the weather summary field and executes callback
ON('change', 'weather_summary', callback);

var callback = function () {
  // Do something with the location via LATITUDE() AND LONGITUDE() values
};

// Listens for changes to a record's geometry (location) and executes callback
ON('change-geometry', callback);

var callback = function () {
  // Do something with the repeatable location via LATITUDE() AND LONGITUDE() values
};

// Listens for changes to a repeatable item's geometry and executes callback
ON('change-geometry', 'repeatable_item', callback);

Updated about 1 year ago