Cannot save a disabled control on CRM form

Cannot save a disabled control on CRM form 

Suppose you have used the following function to “Disable” a field

Method:

    /*
    * SetDisabledField
    * To disable/enable field by field id and isDisabled flag
    * fieldId --> field id
    * isDisabled --> true or false
    */
    SetDisabledField: function (fieldId, isDisabled) {
        var fieldID = Xrm.Page.ui.controls.get(fieldId);
        if (fieldID != null)
            fieldID.setDisabled(isDisabled);
    },

And you have called the method as:

SetDisabledField('new_revenue', false);

Now in case you have changed the value of the field before you disabled it, clicking on save will not include this attribute and as a result the value will not change!

Solution:

Change the submit mode to always will “always” send the attribute into the message and it will be saved regardless:

Xrm.Page.getAttribute('new_revenue').setSubmitMode('always');

From SDK

setSubmitMode

Sets whether data from the attribute will be submitted when the record is saved.

Attribute Types: All

JScript
attributeObj.setSubmitMode()

Arguments

Type: String

One of the following values:

·         always

·         never

·         dirty

Example: The SDK.AttributeSamples.submitAllOptionsetData function will force all optionset attributes to be submitted. This is confirmed by checking getDataXml and displaying the result in an alert.

JScript
SDK.AttributeSamples.submitAllOptionsetData = function () {  var attributes = Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes.get(SDK.AttributeSamples.isOptionSet);  for (var i in attributes) {   attributes[i].setSubmitMode("always");  }  alert(Xrm.Page.data.entity.getDataXml()); };