Use Lookup in own Applications

simonsturzenegger

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May 8, 2006, 8:52:02 AM5/8/06

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Hi all,

I'm trying to use the CRM Lookup in my own application. I want to get the ID
of the contact, I select in the lookup window.
Someone told me I should be able to receive the return value with the
following code:

var ret =
window.showModalDialog("http://<server>/_controls/lookup/lookupsingle.aspx?class=null&objecttypes=2,8&browse=0");

alert(ret.items[0].id);

But I always get the following Script error: "items is null or not an object"

Can someone tell me, how I can get the ID of the chosen contact? I don't
know how to get the right return value.

Thanks for your help!

Regards, Simon

Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati

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May 8, 2006, 9:16:03 AM5/8/06

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Hi,
this code snipett is from CRM SDK:

var lookupItem = new Array;

// This will get the lookup for the attribute primarycontactid on the
Account form.
lookupItem = crmForm.all.primarycontactid.DataValue;

// If there is data in the field, show it in a series of alerts.
if (lookupItem[0] != null)
{
// The text value of the lookup.
alert(lookupItem[0].name);

// The entity type name.
alert(lookupItem[0].typename);

// The GUID of the lookup.
alert(lookupItem[0].id);

// The entity type code of the lookup: 1=account, 2= contact.
alert(lookupItem[0].type);
}

HtH

simonsturzenegger

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May 8, 2006, 9:28:02 AM5/8/06

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Hi Fabio,

That's not what I mean. I want to use the lookup in my own site, my own
application. There I don't have access to the crmForm.

Regards, Simon

Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati

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May 8, 2006, 10:07:02 AM5/8/06

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Sorry for that... However, when you press the OK button in the Lookup form,
the ret value you used points to a windows that doesn't exist anymore. That's
normal you retrieve that error.

simonsturzenegger

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May 8, 2006, 10:19:02 AM5/8/06

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Well that's interesting! :-)

Is there a possibility to save the ret value from the Lookup form?

rakesh

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May 9, 2006, 1:03:26 AM5/9/06

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just now i went to groups and saw your post . i think u require this

<body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout" onload="javascript:LoadLookUp();">
<form name=frm id=frm >
<table ID="Table1">
<tr>
<td>Duplicate Defect Reference</td>
<td>
<table class="lu"
cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
style="table-layout:fixed;"
ID="Table2">
<tr>
<td><div
class="lu" id=lu1 ></div>
</td>
<td width="25"
style="text-align: right;"><img
src="/_imgs/btn_off_lookup.gif" id="productid"

onclick="showlookup()"></td>
</tr>

</table>

</form>
</body>

this will be in html page ( i have used iframe for this )

function LoadLookUp()
{

if(top.IFRAME_first.frm.getElementsByTagName("div")[0]!= null)
{

var
obj2=top.IFRAME_first.frm.getElementsByTagName("div")[0];
//setting the lookup in the html form
var obj1=parent.document.createElement("SPAN");
obj1.className= "lui";
obj1.oid="";
//set the object type
obj1.otype="";
obj1.innerHTML="";
obj2.innerHTML=obj1.outerHTML;

}
}

no in the loadlookup you call ur own code
this will help you

simonsturzenegger

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May 9, 2006, 2:44:01 AM5/9/06

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Don't really get this to work...Do you have an example, you can send to me?

Did you import any of the lookup js files?

Regards, Simon

rakesh

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May 9, 2006, 2:50:21 AM5/9/06

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i have imported this css file

showlookup() method write the function

var ret =
window.showModalDialog("http://<server>/_controls/lookup/lookupsingle.aspx?class=null&objecttypes=2,8&browse=0");

rakesh

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May 9, 2006, 3:15:02 AM5/9/06

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hi i am pasting the htm file for you

just place this file in the crmwebfolder

say you named this file as rakesh.html

http:\\<crmserver>\rakesh.html

if you place it any where else then you have to change the url for
lookup and the refrences

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>

<title>contact</title>

function showlookup()

{
var url;

url = "/_controls/lookup/lookupsingle.aspx";
url += "?class=null"
url += "&objecttypes=2"
url += "&browse=0"

var lookupItems = window.showModalDialog(url,"488px,498px");

alert(lookupItems.items[0].id);
}

function LoadLookUpFromDefectInfo()
{

var obj2=frm.getElementsByTagName("div")[0];

//setting the lookup in the html form
var obj1=parent.document.createElement("SPAN");
obj1.className= "lui";
obj1.oid="";
//set the object type
obj1.otype="";
obj1.innerHTML="";
obj2.innerHTML=obj1.outerHTML;

}

//------------------------------
function LoadLookUp()
{

LoadLookUpFromDefectInfo()

}
//------------------

</script>

</head>

<body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout"
onload="javascript:LoadLookUp();">
<form name=frm id=frm >
<table ID="Table1">
<tr>
<td>Duplicate Defect Reference</td>
<td>
<table class="lu"
cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
style="table-layout:fixed;"
ID="Table2">
<tr>
<td><div
class="lu" id=lu1 ></div>
</td>
<td width="25"
style="text-align: right;"><img
src="/_imgs/btn_off_lookup.gif" id="productid"

onclick="showlookup()"></td>
</tr>

</table>

</form>
</body>

</html>

simonsturzenegger

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May 9, 2006, 3:28:02 AM5/9/06

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Perfect!!!!!!

Thanks very much! It's working now. I always tried to open the html file
directly in the crm folder instead of browsing to the file with the internet
explorer.

Thanks again!

May you know, how I can deactivate the "New" button in the lookup?

Regards, Simon