Open SharePoint Alerts Page Using JavaScript

The page to set up alerts for a SharePoint list requires the list ID to be passed in as a query string. The follow code will get the ID for the list with a specific title. It will  then open the alerts setup page for that list in a SharePoint dialog box.

1: var context = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();

2: var listTitle = 'TitleOfYourList';

3: var list = context.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle(listTitle);

4: context.load(list);

5:  

6: context.executeQueryAsync(function (sender, args) {

7: var id = list.get_id();

8: NewItem2(e, 'http://yoursite/\_layouts/SubNew.aspx?List=' +id);

9: });

This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: Jacob L. Adams

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