Using doo.form.openForm together with onInitScript

This allows you to combine:

doo.form.openForm → for programmatically opening the form

onInitScript → for running additional logic when the form is initialized (e.g. setting default values, hiding fields, conditional behavior)

This approach is useful when you want the form to behave consistently regardless of where it is opened from.

Example

Opening a form using doo.form.openForm

doo.form.openForm("Contacts", {
    mode: "new"
});

This code opens a new record form for the Contacts table.

Using onInitScript in the form

In the form settings, define an onInitScript:

// This script runs when the form is opened
doo.form.setValue("status", "New");
doo.form.setValue("source", "Opened via script");

When the form is opened using doo.form.openForm, the onInitScript will automatically run and prefill the fields.

Notes

onInitScript runs after the form is initialized, even if the form was opened programmatically.

• This makes it ideal for:
• prefilling default values
• adjusting field visibility
• applying conditional logic

It helps keep form logic inside the form, instead of duplicating it in multiple scripts that open the form.