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Adding Subtabs with SuiteScript (Netsuite Help file doesnt work)
Hello Users,
This script is a beforeLoad user event script that is deployed to the Sales Order (it is a sample taken from the Netsuite Help). It all works wel, a new tab appears and in edit mode I can fill in an emailaddress and details. But after pressing save nothing is saved, what am I missing?
//Define the user event beforeLoad function function tabsToSalesOrder(type, form) { //Define the values of the beforeLoad <em>type</em> argument if (type == 'edit' || type == 'view') { //Add a new tab to the form var sampleTab = form.addTab('custpage_sample_tab', 'Sample Tab'); //Add a field to the new tab var newFieldEmail = form.addField('custpage_field_email', 'email', 'Alt Email', null, 'custpage_sample_tab'); //Add a second field to the new tab var newFieldText = form.addField('custpage_field_text', 'textarea', 'Details', null, 'custpage_sample_tab'); //Add a subtab to the first tab var sampleSubTab = form.addSubTab('custpage_sample_subtab', 'Sample Subtab', 'custpage_sample_tab'); //Add a select field to the subtab var newSubField = form.addField('custpage_sample_field', 'select', 'My 0