Support - is there an API call to get a BO form definition?

johntalbott

Basically, I'm looking for a way to retrieve the form markup and store it in a variable for later use.

One approach I thought of is to hijack the the "markup" parameter available in the form's init script after firing a new Edit or New Object process. But I don't actually want the form to be visible because I don't want to create or edit anything at that moment.

aware_support

This is not available to a client-side Javascript but it is available to a server-side Java plugin:

IEntityDefinition def = engine.getDomainVersion ().getEntity ("BO Name");
EntityForm form = (EntityForm) ConfigurationModelUtility.findElement (def.getForms (), "Form Name");

johntalbott

Are the form definitions stored in the database? If so I can likely get around the need to create a plug in.

aware_support

They are stored in the serialized form - you won't be able to extract them