I have a custom employee field called Misconduct Case Number that’s supposed to be extracted and used elsewhere outside ERPNext. The random string should be in the format [8 Alfanumeric charactors] [Date & Time] [Constant Organization Number] eg DX0FBN78 04200645 PTD0010045
For some reason, I am not able to generate the random string using the following custom script and there are no errors in the console.
frappe.ui.form.on('Employee', {
validate: function (frm) {
randString(frm);
}
});
var randString = function (frm) {
var s = "";
var x = "";
var today = new Date();
var date = String(today.getFullYear()).substring(2, 4) + '' + (today.getMonth() + 1);
var time = today.getHours() + "" + today.getMinutes();
var dateTime = date + time;
var compNumber = " STR18001749";
while (s.length < x && x > 0) {
var r = Math.random();
s += (r < 0.1 ? Math.floor(r * 100) : String.fromCharCode(Math.floor(r * 26) + (r > 0.5 ? 97 : 65)));
}
let my_generated_string = s.toUpperCase() + ' ' + dateTime + compNumber;
frm.doc.misconduct = my_generated_string ;
refresh_field('misconduct');
};
Well, for one, x
is not a number, doesn't change, and never satisfies x > 0
.
Not sure what kind of JS is supported in ERPNext, but this should work:
var pool = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ0123456789";
var compNumber = " STR18001749";
var randString = function(frm) {
var s = "";
var today = new Date();
var date = String(today.getFullYear()).substring(2, 4) + '' + (today.getMonth() + 1);
var time = today.getHours() + "" + today.getMinutes();
var dateTime = date + time;
while (s.length < 8) {
var i = Math.floor(Math.random() * pool.length);
s += pool[i];
}
frm.doc.misconduct = s.toUpperCase() + ' ' + dateTime + compNumber;
// refresh_field('misconduct'); // commented out so the snippet runs
};
x = {doc: {}};
randString(x);
console.log(x);