Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface

1 What's New in This Release

• What’s New in Oracle CRM On Demand JavaScript API Developer’s Guide, Release 45

2 Overview of the JavaScript API

• Overview of the JavaScript API
• Overview of Customizing Buttons
  • Creating Custom Buttons
  • Examples of Uses for Custom Buttons
  • Hiding and Disabling Buttons
  • Creating Tooltips for Buttons
  • Changing the Look and Feel of a Button
  • Changing the Behavior of Buttons
    • Getting and Setting On-Screen Values
    • Creating, Reading, Updating, and Deleting Records
  • Error Handling
• Contexts in Which You Can Customize Buttons
• Color Coding of Fields and Rows
  • Color Coding of Fields in Detail and Edit Pages
  • Color Coding of Fields and Rows in Lists
  • Restrictions That Apply to Color Coding of Fields

3 Getting Started with the JavaScript API

• Getting Started with the JavaScript API
• Overview of Using Custom JavaScript Code
• Privileges Required
• Uploading JavaScript Libraries
• Guidelines for Uploading Client-Side Extensions
• Managing HTML Head Additions
• Guidelines for Managing HTML Head Additions
• About Enabling and Disabling Customized Code in Oracle CRM On Demand
• Security Considerations

4 JavaScript API Reference

• JavaScript API Reference
• Classes Exposed
  • TitleBar Class
  • Button Class
  • Context Class
• JavaScript API
  • Chaining of Methods
• Methods for the oraclecrmod Object
  • Considerations for Specifying Tooltips with HTML Formatting
• Methods for the TitleBar Object
• Methods for the Button Object
  • Defining an Event Handler for a Button
  • Identifying the IDs of Buttons and TitleBars
• Methods for the Field Object
  • Finding Field Names
  • Getting and Setting Screen Values
    • Limitations When Using the setValue() Method
    • Support for Address Fields When Using the setValue() Method
  • Guidelines for Setting Screen Values
  • Getting and Setting LIC Values of Picklists
  • Color Values for JSONObjects
• Methods for the Form Object
  • Example of a Custom Handler for a Form Object
  • Callback Handler for the commitValues() Method
• Methods for the List Object
  • About the Custom Handler for a List Object
  • Finding List Names
• Methods for the ListRow Object
• Methods for the Context Object
• Methods for CRUD Operations
  • Parameters and Return Values for CRUD Methods
  • Finding Record Type Names
  • Guidelines for Performing CRUD Operations
  • User-Defined Callback Function
  • Helper Functions for Callback Functions
  • Sample Code for Callback Function
• Method for Setting the Search Specification for the Solutions Popup Window Associated with Service Requests
• Errors and Error Handling
  • Example Code of How to Deal with the Error Object
  • CRUD Error Codes and Messages

5 JavaScript API Code Samples

• JavaScript API Code Samples
• Getting Started with the Code Samples
• Code Sample 1 for Creating a Custom Button for Validation
• Code Sample 2 for Creating a Custom Button for Validation
• Code Sample for a Custom Button That Creates a Record
• Code Sample for a Custom Button That Creates a Child Record
• Code Sample for a Custom Button That Updates a Record
• Code Sample for a Custom Button That Gets a Shipping Address to Pass to an External Site
• Code Sample for a Custom Button That Creates a Task
• Code Sample for Hiding a Button
• Code Sample for Changing the Behavior of a Save Button
• Code Sample for a Read Operation on an Account Record
• Code Sample for Color Coding of Fields and Rows