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Script can't see custom record fields?
Has anyone seen this before - when a before submit OR after submit script can not see some fields on a record that are absolutely populated?
Here's sample code (if there's a small typo - that's not it - I just whipped this into this post fast):
var record = nlapiGetNewRecord()
nlapiLogExecution('DEBUG', 'Show me the record ID', record.getId());
nlapiLogExecution('DEBUG', 'Show me value 1', record.getFieldValue('custrecord_value1'));
nlapiLogExecution('DEBUG', 'Show me value 1 text', record.getFieldText('custrecord_value1'));
The execution log output:
Show me the record ID 12345
Show me value 1
Show me value 1 text
custrecord_value1 on the custom record is type Integer...
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