Code IsNewDoc and IsDocBeingEdited in JavaScript

Code IsNewDoc and IsDocBeingEdited in JavaScript

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This tip shows you how to Code IsNewDoc and IsDocBeingEdited in JavaScript -- two JavaScript equivalents of common @Functions. 

function isNewDoc()
{
      url = window.location.toString();
      url = url.toLowerCase();
      if (url.indexOf("openform") == -1)
            return false;
      else
            return true;
}

function isDocBeingEdited()
{
      if (isNewDoc()) return true;

      url = window.location.toString();
      url = url.toLowerCase();
      if (url.indexOf("editdocument") == -1)
            return false;
      else
            return true;
}

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The code checks for ?editdocument but not for ?edit. There are other ways for a document to swap into edit mode as well.

—Doug J.

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This was first published in April 2005

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