For classic Creatio pages, to refresh or reload a page you used a function on the page named reloadEntity. There was a separate method for reloading a detail on a page. However, in Freedom UI Pages, the structure of the page is different and along with this a new way to refresh anything on the […]
In a previous article, I showed how to bind a value to a label on a Creatio classic page. This article will show how to do the same in a Freedom UI page. One thing that is much easier in a Freedom UI page is that you no longer need to add the label directly […]
To access System Settings in a Creatio Freedom UI page, there is a simple, built-in module you can use that is available in the new Creatio DevKit SDK that can be used in Freedom UI pages. To use this devkit, you’ll need to add “@creatio-devkit/common” to the modules list of your page. This will look like […]
In classic pages in Creatio, if you wanted to add code to the page’s save event, you simply had to add a save function to override the base page save function, do your work, then use this.callParent(arguments) to call the base page save function (so it actually saves the page). In Freedom UI pages, if […]
In Creatio classic pages, you could add a function called onEntityInitialized to perform things when an edit page loads and the data is available to access. In Freedom UI pages, to do the same, you need to wire up a handler for the crt.HandleViewModelInitRequest. To add code to the page that will fire when the […]
In classic Creatio pages, to wire up a change event for a field on the page you would use an attribute to determine the column and the function for the change event. However, to respond to a change event for a field in a Freedom UI page, you simply need to wire up a handler […]
If you’re working with a Freedom UI Page in Creatio there are a few new things to understand. Primarily, how to do something so simple such as read and set field values from page code. However, before we get into that, there are some things to discuss first. What used to be the methods section […]
In the new Creatio 8.0.6 release, a new application shell was introduced – the Freedom UI Shell. In addition, out of the box, the Account and Contact pages are now Freedom UI pages (assuming you have the Customer 360 app installed, which is installed by default in new systems). However, what if you don’t yet […]
In the new Freedom UI page editor for Creatio, it’s super simple to add buttons to a page. You no longer need to modify the diff in the page code directly to add a button. Instead, you can now select one from the toolkit to drag onto the page. It allows you to wire the […]
Creatio offers a few different options for accessing data via an API. There is the DataService API and an OData API. To make things slightly more confusing there are two different OData APIs, one that implements OData 3 and another that implements OData 4. However, when using the OData APIs, the type of package that […]
For parameters in processes, you can easily set and get values in code ScriptTasks for simple parameter types. However, it might not be as obvious how to work with a collection parameter. For simple parameter types, such as text, you can get and set values using the following: This article will outline how to get […]
When using a printable in Creatio on a record page, you might want to control when the printable can be run based on conditions such as whether the data is complete on the record. This is an easy task by overriding a function that exists on the page. Note, this method can be used to […]
When working with a detail and you need to control enabling multi-select on or off and also programmatically selecting all rows, or none, the detail has some built in functions that you can use to accomplish this. These functions are part of the detail, which are available from the GridUtilitiesV2 mixin. Turning Multi-Select On To […]
If you’re experiencing constraint violation errors when debugging code or processes in Creatio, it can sometimes be difficult to understand where exactly the problem lies. This article will outline how to troubleshoot these types of errors. Background In Creatio, when you add a lookup to an entity object, it adds a database-level constraint that enforces […]
When using Creatio, one of the most power parts of the application is the ability to integrate your email and calendar with Creatio. If you’re company is using Office 365, you’ll need to do a few configuration steps in your Azure/Office 365 portal to allow Creatio to authenticate with your Office 365 accounts using OAuth. […]
In Creatio. 7.18.3 there’s a new feature where the Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram message buttons are added to the Actions Dashboard, allowing you to resume a message started with a contact in one of these mediums. However, these buttons show even if you’ve not setup or are using these message mediums, which might confuse users. […]
If you need to apply style to a messagebox dialog in Creatio, you’ll need to do a small hack that allows you to identify your specific messagebox in the markup so your CSS/style doesn’t apply to all messageboxes. If your dialog is a real dialog or a mini page, this hack isn’t needed since you […]
In Creatio many sections use the Actions Dashboard that makes it easy to quickly create a task, send an email, or log a phone call on a record. When recording a call, the default call direction is “Incoming”. This article will outline how to change this default to “Outgoing”. Once complete, the end result will […]
A tip to make lookups in Creatio more interesting, which can help engage users more. Using emoticons in Lookups. I recently had a request to create a “rating” lookup with choices like 1-5. Sounds boring and seeing a “2” on a page doesn’t give a quick visual of what that really means. So, instead, I […]
A useful way to allow a user to control the filters for some server-side operation or process is to allow them to select a folder for your back end code to use for filtering the data. There’s a few things you need to do to retrieve the filters for a folder. This article will provide […]
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