Upgrade from 6.3 to 6.9- Custom Object that selects check boxes stopped working

[MariaNicholas]

All,

We have a custom object that flags regulatory impact based on selections made in our inherent risk assessment...we're in UAT on an upgrade to 6.9 now and while the object code still checks the flags in the form as usual, when you hit the 'Save' button the checks that were set by jQuery are no longer saved to the record and the flag is returned to an unchecked state. When you check the flag by hand, it saves properly.

Any ideas?

Here's an example the functions we're using to check the flags:

function checkHIPAA(){
$("#master_DefaultContent_rts_s5138_f24792c_5").prop("checked", true);
};

Thanks!

[MariaNicholas]

Solved- I changed the code to trigger the event explicitly:

function checkHIPAA(){
$("#master_DefaultContent_rts_s5138_f24792c_5").click();
};

But leaving this up in case it's helpful to anyone else.