Trigger a Formula script on opening a dialog?

[John Kanding]

Thanks telecastg. I will look into that. :-)

[telecastg]

Hi,

I think that there is a good deal of confusion about formula.

Formula is an Espo created language/facility that makes possible for non-coders to write PHP beforeSave hooks in a friendly manner and store them in metadata, but at the end of the day formula scripts are only back end beforeSave hooks and are completely separated from the Javascript/Backbone front end.

Thus, it is not possible for front end events to trigger a formula script, unless that event is saving the model.

It is possible to update model attributes and collections in response to front end events but that will require writing javascript code in the record or field view classes.

If you are interested in learning more about the front end structure, you can check out these postings.

https://forum.espocrm.com/forum/developer-help/61108-reference-espo-gui-script-map-guide-where-can-i-change-something

https://forum.espocrm.com/forum/developer-help/67253-reference-for-coders-gui-which-scripts-control-an-entity-s-detail-view

Hope this helps.

[John Kanding]

Hi
I wanna inject some data into a field. E.g. the user opens a Case from the bottom panel on a Sales Order Items. The Sales Order Item is injected to the cases Sales order field. Great.
But the Account name.

Now I can do it with a Formula script. But the data is first injected when I save.
Is it possible to do it when opening the dialog?