Custom button to change a field and save the form

[abolam (Andy Bolam)]

Hi Martin, this looks very similar to the issue I'm having with the spBeforeSave handler - see this post:

Default Column Value not appearing in Form, and unable to run Async PnP in BeforeSave

Hi Alex, I’ve just tried it without the PnP code and the default value set in the list appears to update the item. I then dropped the code back in and although my ‘new’ number shows up in the title field as it is saving, it then reverts to the default value in the parent list control. I thought maybe it was a timing issue but refreshing the control kept the same default value. I’ve added other updates to field values in the (child) form in the fd.spBeforeSave handler, they seem to work,only t…

I seem to get a similar thing with a Title field I'm updating in my form - thought I'd link this up just in case any admins are looking at these two separate items, I think Alex Zverey is looking at the issue.