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Dynamics CRM 2016 Online - Refresh record after using dialog

I have a custom button on my ribbon which fires a dialog up. It's part of a workaround Qualification solution I'm putting together.
The creation of an Account/Contact/Opportunity and the choices given work fine, as well as changing the status of the Lead to qualified. The problem is that when the user is done with the Dialog and closes it, they're still looking at the Lead in its original state.
How do I force the form to refresh so that it shows its new state?
I've seen a Javascript solution online (codeplex), Process.js - callDialog() which seems popular but it doesn't want to work as described by the creator on my version of CRM - always get a invalid URL error message & it fires on load of the form as well as when using the custom button.
Has anyone come across a requirement like this and how have you resolved it?
Thanks
Edit: Here is the JS I use on my ribbon button currently. Where do I put my refresh call and what/how do I call the event being used when closing the Dialog.
I tried adding a refresh call at the bottom of the this code but its called whilst opening the Dialog at the start, which isn't much use as the changes I want to see are applied throughout the Dialog itself.
Thanks
Develop1_RibbonCommands_runDialogForm = function(objectTypeCode, dialogId) {
var primaryEntityId = Xrm.Page.data.entity.getId();
var rundialog = Mscrm.CrmUri.create('/cs/dialog/rundialog.aspx');
rundialog.get_query()['DialogId'] = dialogId;
rundialog.get_query()['ObjectId'] = primaryEntityId;
rundialog.get_query()['EntityName'] = objectTypeCode;
var hostWindow = window;
if (typeof(openStdWin) == 'undefined') {
hostWindow = window.parent; // Support for Turbo-forms in CRM2015 Update 1
}
if (typeof(hostWindow.openStdWin) != 'undefined') {
hostWindow.openStdDlgWithCallback(rundialog, hostWindow.buildWinName(null), 615, 480, Xrm.Page.data.refresh(false));
}
}
})();

Check out the Xrm.Page.data (client-side reference), you'll want to call Xrm.Page.data.refresh().
Depending on how you're launching your dialog, and assuming your dialog is a webresource hosted in CRM, the dialog can reach back out to the form it launched from and call refresh, or a callback could potentially be used.
EDIT (based on your posted code): If the 5th parameter of the function openStdDlgWithCallback is the callback for when the dialog closes you'd want to pass the function like Xrm.Page.data.refresh or wrap your call in a function function(){Xrm.Page.data.refresh()}. Currently your code is executing the function right away which is why you're seeing the refresh right away.

Using openStdDlgWithCallback you can subscribe a callback function which runs after the dialog is closed. You can then use Xrm.Page.data.refresh() inside the callback function.

Re-execute js on back without reloading the whole page

Is there a way to re-execute JS without refreshing a page?
Say if I have a parent page and an inside page. When the inside page gets called, it gets called via ajax, replacing the content of the parent page. When user clicks back, I would like to navigate them back to the parent page without having to reload the page. But, the parent page UI relies on javascript so after they click back, I would like to re-execute the parent page's javascript. Is this possible?
Edit: Here is some code. I wrap my code in a function but where and how would you call this function?
function executeGlobJs() {
alert("js reload success");
}

You could use the html5 history-api:
In your click-handler you'll call the pushState-method, stat stores the current state for later reuse:
$(document).on('click', 'a.link', function () {
// some ajax magic here to load the page content
// plus something that replaces the content...
// execute your custom javascript stuff that should be called again
executeGlobJs()
// replace the browser-url to the new url
// maybe a link where the user has clicked
history.pushState(data, title, url);
})
...later if the user browses back:
$(window).on('popstate', function () {
// the user has navigated back,
// load the content again (either via ajax or from an cache-object)
// execute your custom stuff here...
executeGlobJs()
})
This is a pretty simple example and of course not perfect!
You should read more about it here:
https://css-tricks.com/using-the-html5-history-api/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History_API
For the ajax and DOM-related parts, you should need to learn a bit about jQuery http://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/. (It's all about the magic dollar sign)
Another option would be the hashchange-event, if you've to support older browsers...

You can encapsulate all your javascript into a function, and call this function on page load.
And eventually this will give you control of re-executing entire javascript without reloading the page.
This is common practise when you use any concat utility (eg. Gulp)

If you want to reload the script files as if it would be on a page reload, habe a look at this.
For all other script functions needed, just create a wrapper function as #s4n989 and #Rudolf Manusadzhyan wrote it. Then execute that function when you need to reinit your page.

I'm having the same problem I don't use jquery.
I don't have a solution yet. I think that your problem is that it doesn't read all the document.getelements after you add content, so my idea is to put all the element declarations in a function. And than after the ajax call ends to call the function to get all the elements again.
So it might be something like that
Func getElems(){
const elem= document.getelementsby...
Const elem.....
At the end of the js file make a call for
the function
getelems()
And than at the end of the event of the
ajax call. Just call the function again.
Sorry that is something that comes to my mind on the fly while reading and thinking on the problem i have too:).
Hope it helped I will try it too when I will be on the computer :)

I believe you are looking for a function called
.preventDefault();
Here's a link to better explain what it does - https://api.jquery.com/event.preventdefault/
Hope this helps!
EDIT:
By the way, if you want to execute the JS on back you can wrap the script inside of
$('.your-div').on('load', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
//your JavaScript goes here
}

Call JavaScript Function On Call Behind of Javascript before redirecting to another page

I have Javascript function which i need to call at code behind in vb.net. The Main problem is it is not called properly because there is redirection to next page before this function executes. I do not want to call this function on Onclick event of button or something like that i want to call it after some specific condition in code behind. I have already tried following solutions please let me know if you have some other suggestions.
System.Web.UI.ScriptManager.RegisterClientScriptBlock(Page, Me.GetType(), "Script", "ShowEntryPermForm();", True)
Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(Me.GetType(), "Window", "ShowEntryPermForm();", True)
Problem Description: added from comment
The scenario is that in javascript function i have checked various conditions related to the project and it open up a pop up window where user enter his or her comments.
It is not necessary every time the function will open the pop up window. But by default the page redirects to new page as both the functions Javascript and redirection to another window are run on click event of the button.
But now my requirement is changed now i have to call the function from code behind in particular condition. Hope you get it now

You can do this in following way.
window.onbeforeunload = function()
{
//your code goes here
return "";
}
If you return anything here then browser will display and ask user whether to leave the page. In your case you don't need to return anything but runs the code.

The only way is to Separate the code and javascript in the way they will not rely on each other
for example you make an hidden asp:button with the rest of server side code
server side :
if(...) then
page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(Me.GetType(), "Window", "ShowEntryPermForm();", True)
else
page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(Me.GetType(), "Window", "otherfunction();", True)
end if
sub IDServersideHiddenbutton(obj as object ,e as eventargs)handles IDServersideHiddenbutton.click
rest of the server side code including the redirect
end sub
client side :
javascript ShowEntryPermForm()
{
// javascript code
$("#IDServersideHiddenbutton").click();
}
javascript otherfunction()
{
//just the click
$("#IDServersideHiddenbutton").click();
}
I really don't know your code structure but You can manipulate it to work with this idea

Call an already defined .onClick() function from jQuery

I created some ajax paginated comments in WordPress. Unfortunately, if the user had clicked on the reply button and then goes about to click on another comment page, the Comment Form vanishes into thin air.
Anyways, simple question: Triggering the "Cancel Reply" function from my code each time the user clicks on a new ajax page would effectively solve the problem by causing the form to jump back to the original position.
How can I trigger cancel.onclick() from my own code easily? I was going to just duplicate commands and create a new function, but thought there might be an easier way to save a few bytes!
Here's the source code:
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.dev.js

Try something like this:
$('#id_of_your_cancel_button').click();
// same thing as $('#id_of_your_cancel_button').trigger('click');
If the "cancel" logic is to be used in multiple contexts, perhaps it would be best if it lives in its own named function declaration, rather than the anonymous function expression as in your example. This would give you the option of doing something like this:
function myCancelCode(){
do_stuff();
}
Then in your addComment object:
cancel.onclick = myCancelCode;
and from anywhere else:
if( somethingHappens ){
myCancelCode();
}

Server-Side callback function to solve JS-CF execution order dependency?

I would like to call a form as pop-up window (a form with some input fields and a submit button) and then read the user selected results from the session. The problem is that the mixing of JS code (pop-up window) with CF (server-side) code, as is expected, causes the process to output the session variable before the process updates it. For better understanding, hereunder is the scenario together with some relevant code snippets:
Scenario:
1. User calls ShowForm(..)
2. ShowForm(..) displays a pop-up window and waits for the user
to submit his selection
3. The result gets stored in the session
4. The function returns the user-submitted result
form.cfc
<cffunction name="ShowForm" access="public" output="true" returntype="string">
<script>
window.showModalDialog('formpage.cfm',null,"dialogHeight=400px,dialogLeft=150px");
</script>
<cfreturn session.form_result> <!--- #toFix: The return of form_result is happening before the actual form_result is set. --->
</cffunction>
formpage.cfm
<cfajaxproxy cfc="components.sess_mgr" jsclassname="JSMaskProxy">
<script>
function submitSelection(formObj)
{
for (i=0; i<intSelValue.length; i++)
result.push(intSelValue[i]);
var instCfProxy = new JSMaskProxy();
instCfProxy.setToSession(result); // updates session.form_result
//window.returnValue=result;
window.close();
}
</script>
<form name="frmDtls">
<td align="center"><input type="button" id="selectButton" name="selectButton" onClick="submitSelection(details);">
</form>
What's your take on this? How to solve this problem?
ColdFusion.navigate(..) function can have a callback function and an error handler but the thing is that the callback function can only be a client-side function. If the function could be a CF function or maybe a server-side page I think that would solve this dependency problem.
Something on the side, ideally I would love to read the value from window.showModalDialog rather than reading it from the session, but this is just a sketch and the main point here is how to overcome this JS-CF intermingling problem.

Rather than using window.showModalDialog use something like cfwindow, jQuery dialog or an extjs window. All of these have some form of callback or event listener. cfwindow has a onHide function, jQuery dialog has a close option to which a function can be assigned, ext.window has onHide, as well as event listeners.
All of these will allow you to open a new "window" and run some function when the window is hidden or closed. Those functions should all have access to anything from the window as well as being able to access the main window.
Ray Camden has a cfwindow example : http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/2008/9/26/Ask-a-Jedi-Another-CFWINDOW-Example
jQuery dialog has an example of what you're after : http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog/#modal-form
Sencha's Ext.Window examples show passing values to the main window when a dialog is closed : http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/dev/examples/message-box/msg-box.html
Plenty of options there. I hope they help.

Problem solved!
The solution adopted is based on Stephen Moretti idea which is that of replacing window.showModalDialog with cfwindow call. This alone does not solve the problem. However, I worked when replacing the script tag with cfscript, and then inside the cfscript I simply do a server-side redirection to the page with cfwindow tag.