How to open lookup control on click of custom button?

Introduction

In this blog, we are going to see how we can open a lookup control with the click of a custom button.

Example

We are going to add a custom button named “Open Lookup Control” on the Account entity and on click of which it will open contact lookup control.

Step 1: Add a custom button on the account entity using Ribbon Workbench by adding its command and necessary details.

Step 2: Save and Publish the solution. Now you can see the button on the Account form.

Step 3: Add the following code in the script file for the button.

Step 4: Add the script file in Ribbon Workbench and publish the solution.

Result

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  • Is this html Web resources or OOB functionality which shows directly form like quick create because I don't find any code which u bind to html Web resources. Please provide way you have used to show the lookup control

    • This is OOB functionality that opens the lookup control. There is no HTML web resource used in this lookup control.