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Using Javascript to overcome picklist limitations

Greetings all,
 
I'm trying to create a read-only system generated field ("newfield", string, length 10) which takes the first four characters of Field1, and the last six characters of Field2.
 
Problem:
Both Field1 and Field2 are picklists.  (So formulas don't work except by iterating through all the possible values within the formula itself (ispickval / case)).
 
Question:
Can I use Javascript to populate newfield ?  Has anyone done something similar?  I'm very new to s-controls and the like.
 
Thanks,
Eileen
 
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"Newbie" assistance request

Greetings all,
 
I'm fairly new to SFDC customizations, so I'm wondering if someone might be able to help me !
 
I have two custom objects..  let's call them TableParent and TableChild.
 
TableParent has the following fields:  Primary1, Field2 and Field3.
 
TableChild has a a field called MyParent, which is simply a lookup against TableParent (and produces a selection list of the parent table's primary field, Primary1).
 
TableChild also has fields ParentField2 and ParentField3.  I would like these to auto-populate based on the selection of MyParent.
 
How to proceed?
 
Thanks to any and all assistance,
Eileen M,
newb extrodinaire
7 replies

"Newbie" assistance request

Greetings all,
 
I'm fairly new to SFDC customizations, so I'm wondering if someone might be able to help me !
 
I have two custom objects..  let's call them TableParent and TableChild.
 
TableParent has the following fields:  Primary1, Field2 and Field3.
 
TableChild has a a field called MyParent, which is simply a lookup against TableParent (and produces a selection list of the parent table's primary field, Primary1).
 
TableChild also has fields ParentField2 and ParentField3.  I would like these to auto-populate based on the selection of MyParent.
 
How to proceed?
 
Thanks to any and all assistance,
Eileen M,
newb extrodinaire