CustomFields have a :org field - what is that?

RE: CustomFields have a :org field - what is that?

Hi Morten,

There can be additional metadata about the CustomField, like link_hint in archive providers. 

The purpose of the :org value is to help us resolve conflicts when both ExtraFields and CustomFields have values. In this case, org means "original value". When we see that internaly, we only update the actual value if it is different from the org value.

Other values you might see are :DisplayText and :DisplayTooltip, and inherit the same behavior from the EntityUdefHelper.

Best regards. 

RE: CustomFields have a :org field - what is that?

Ok thanks! :)
I have recommend the customer to use the propety/value without ':org'. If I understand correct both will always have the same value when recieved trough the API (even though the one without ':org' might have had another - wrong - value internally).

Could be helpfull with a note on that in the documentation. 
https://community.superoffice.com/documentation/sdk/SO.NetServer.Web.Services/html/v1ContactEntity_GetCustomFieldInfoList.htm

RE: CustomFields have a :org field - what is that?

Feel free to create an issue on the repo in Github.

We'd like to be transparent with the docs so that you and everyone else in the community can track its progress.