Demonstrates how to determine whether a related item was picked or created

araslabs_CheckPickedOrCreated.js

/** this method throws an alert that says whether a related item was picked or created **/

// get the parent item
var parent_item = parent.thisItem;

// get the related item
var related_item = parent_item.getItemsByXPath("//Item[@id='" + relatedID + "']");
if (related_item.getItemCount() > 1)
    related_item = related_item.getItemByIndex(0);
    
var kn = related_item.getProperty("keyed_name","");
    
// check the item's isTemp attribute - will tell us whether it was created
var isNew = related_item.getAttribute("isTemp");

if (isNew) 
    return alert("Related Item '" + relatedID + "' was created.");

return alert("Related Item '" + kn + "' was picked.");