Pass variables from suitelet to clientscript in 2.x API? - netsuite

Question

I built a form with suitelet, that has a sublist, dropdown and a button. After user would tick some selections on the sublist, a button is pressed and the selected items are sent via rest elsewhere.
Suitelet:
#NApiVersion 2.x
*#NScriptType Suitelet
*/
define(['N/ui/serverWidget', 'N/search', 'N/https', 'N/record'],
function(serverWidget, search, https, record) {
function onRequest(context) {
if (context.request.method === 'GET') {
var form = serverWidget.createForm({ ... });
form.clientScriptModulePath = 'path/to/client/script';
// code to build a sublist, add a button and write page
} return {
onRequest: onRequest
};
});
Then, my clientscript is something like:
* #NApiVersion 2.x
* #NScriptType ClientScript
*/
define(
[ 'N/currentRecord', 'N/https' ],
function(currentRecord, https) {
functionSendRequest(sublist //the sublist that I want to get from the suitelet)
{
//code to build json string and send http request
} return {
saveRecord: test
}
});
Now, after spending a number of hours on this, a N/currentRecord came to my attention (I'm noobie with netsuite) and it would've seem as a problem solver for me, as it retrieves records that are currently active in client-side context. It works for great for dropdown menu and has a method getSublist(options), though it returns record.Sublist which has only getColumn() method. Thus, it won't really work for me. So, is there a way to pass sublist parameter to the clientscript from the suitelet once a button is pressed?

Answer 1

To solve your problem you could use getSublistValue from currentRecord like this:
var currentRec = currentRecord.get();
var numLines = currentRec.getLineCount({
sublistId: 'item'
});
var sublistFieldValue = currentRec.getSublistValue({
sublistId: 'item',
fieldId: 'item',
line: 3
});
If you really want to pass something from the Suitelet to the clientside function you gotta set your button this way:
var someTextToPassToTheClientscript = 'The Suitelet send its regards';
form.addButton({
id : 'custpage_some_button',
label : 'MyButton',
functionName : 'functionSendRequest("' + someTextToPassToTheClientscript + '")'
});
And then have your clientscript receive it like this:
/*
* #NApiVersion 2.x
* #NScriptType ClientScript
*/
define(
['N/currentRecord', 'N/https'],
function (currentRecord, https) {
functionSendRequest(textReceivedFromSuitelet) {
//code to build json string and send http request
}
return {
functionSendRequest : functionSendRequest
}
});