Place Custom Fields and Fields Created by Scripts on the same Custom Tab

It is possible to mimic custom fields (Created from Customization > Lists, Records, & Fields) in the same tab as fields created through SuiteScript by creating dummy fields in SuiteScript to represent the custom fields and creating them all through script.  Then set the actual fields using SuiteScript Before Submit.  See example below.

function beforeLoad(type, form) { var customTab = form.addTab('custpage_mycustomtab','Academic History'); //Dummy Field to represent the custom field var dummyField = form.addField('custpage_universityname','text','University Name', null, 'custpage_mycustomtab'); //Set to the dummy field to mandatory if the custom one should be. Make sure the custom field is NOT mandatory otherwise the form will not be able to submit dummyField.setMandatory( true ); //Other fields created by script var otherField = form.addField('custpage_otherfield','text','Some other field', null, 'custpage_mycustomtab');}function beforeSubmit(type, form) { var dummyFieldValue = nlapiGetFieldValue('custpage_universityname'); nlapiSetFieldValue('custbody_universityname', dummyFieldValue);}

Note: Advanced functionality such as Sourcing & Filtering is not possible to replicate doing this.  Defaulting can be replicated using the setDefault() method.  Access and Translation would also not be duplicated but could be made to work via scripting.