Automatically Edit or Save a Record

How do I?
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My email form development is progressing, but have a couple of issues I don’t know how to solve.

The unbound SendTo field is being properly updated when I select members in the Members page DataView. The SendTo text field successfully gets updated with the SelectedMembers, even though the form is not in edit mode. But I also need the user to be able to type in manual email addresses. to do this, I need to go into edit mode so the field is available to add text to. Since it is unbound, I can’t simply click in the field to enter edit mode. I must click the pencil icon.

So how do I put the form in edit mode via JavaScript code? Alternatively, is there a way to mark a particular field as editable even if the form itself is not yet in edit mode?

I probably don’t want to save the record, as all of the visible fields are unbound. There are 2 bound fields, DefaultSubject and DefaultBody, but they are hidden. At form-show time, their values are loaded into the Subject and Body unbound fields and are available for editing before the email is sent.

But if I must put the form in edit mode in order to add text to the SendTo field, I would probably want to cancel the edit as part of the code that runs when I click the GenerateEmails action button. How is this done via code?

Thanks…

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Hi Ron,

We don’t have an exposed function that turns the Form into Edit mode.

One possible solution is to use a query selector to target a specific element in the DOM (HTML) and click on the button. (You can search for a few ways on how to achieve it)

Note: This approach may not work, depending on how the form is called and expecting it to be in edit mode. (This is a side-effect of React/behaviour in React, as you are trying to simulate the user click).

Regards,
Elton S