OnSave Record Deactivation

[Matt Pring]

Hi, I am trying to write a simple script in the OnSave event but cannot get
it to work.

We would like to automatically deactivate a record when a particular field
(date field) is populated and the record is saved.

Can anyone tell me, firstly if this is possible, and secondly what should
the script be?
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Matt Pring

[Dave Ireland]

Matt;
I think to script this, you would need to call web services from your
script - it is no longer a 'simple' script at that point. Any reason you
can't use workflow to change the status of the record? To me, that seems
like a simple solution, no coding involved.

Dave Ireland

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[Patrick]

A script cannot do this as the OnSave event is fired before the save actually
occurs. The deactivate can (and must) only be done after the record is saved.

A workflow would indeed be the easy method to do this without coding.
However it can take several some time between the save and the record being
actually deactivated. After saving the record it will reopen as an active
record and users can still make modifications.
The safe method would be to create a post-create/update plugin which does
the deactivation, but this is a more complex approach.
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Patrick Verbeeten (MCPD)
CRM/.NET Consultant
Aviva IT

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