Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Development Cookbook

Chapter 2. Working with Forms

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Creating a dialog
• Handling a dialog event
• Building a dynamic form
• Adding a form splitter
• Creating a modal form
• Modifying multiple forms dynamically
• Storing last form values
• Using a tree control
• Building a checklist
• Adding the View details link

Introduction

Forms in Dynamics AX represent the user interface and are mainly used for entering or modifying data. They are also used for running reports, executing user commands, validating data, and so on.

Normally, forms are created using the AOT by creating a form object and adding form controls such as tabs, tab pages, grids, groups, data fields, images, and others. Form behavior is controlled by its properties or the code in its member methods. The ...