RecordToHTML- Global

The RecordToHTML script include is a utility class to turn a record into HTML.

This script include is available to server-side scripts.

RecordToHTML - RecordToHTML(String table, String sys_id, String pattern, Boolean link)

Creates an instance of a RecordToHTML class.

Name	Type	Description
table	String	Table name of the record.
sys\_id	String	Sys\_id of the record.
pattern	String	The pattern of the string to generate. The pattern can include $\{\} template literals to provide the content of existing field values. For example, the pattern "$\{number\}" provides the number for the selected record.
link	Boolean	Flag that indicates whether generate results as an HTML link.Valid values: - true: The record information is generated as a link in an HTML tag. - false: The record information is generated as text. Default: False

The following example shows how to generate formatted incident record information in an HTML link.

var r2html = new RecordToHTML("incident", "e8e875b0c0a80164009dc852b4d677d5",
"incident: ${number}-${short_description}");
gs.print(r2html.toString());

Output:

<a href="incident.do?sys_id=e8e875b0c0a80164009dc852b4d677d5"><u>incident: INC0000005-CPU load high for over 10 minutes</u></a>

RecordToHTML - setValue(String fieldName, String value)

Sets the specified field to the specified value.

Name	Type	Description
fieldName	String	Name of the field to change.
value	String	Value to set the field to.

Type	Description
None

The following example shows how to generate formatted incident record information including the user name as a string.

var r2html = new RecordToHTML("incident","e8e875b0c0a80164009dc852b4d677d5", "incident: ${number}-${short_description} (${user})", true);
r2html.setValue("user", gs.getUserName());
gs.print(r2html.toString());

Output:

incident: INC0000005-CPU load high for over 10 minutes (admin)

RecordToHTML - toString()

Converts a RecordToHTML object to a string.

Name	Type	Description
None

Type	Description
String	HTML output of the record in the pattern set using the RecordToHTML() constructor.

The following example shows how to convert a RecordToHTML object to a string and display the results.

var r2html = new RecordToHTML("incident","e8e875b0c0a80164009dc852b4d677d5", 
                          "incident: ${number}-${short_description}", true);
gs.print(r2html.toString());

Output:

<a href="incident.do?sys_id=e8e875b0c0a80164009dc852b4d677d5"><u>incident: INC0000005-CPU load high for over 10 minutes</u></a>