OK; Cancel Buttons

sabzam

Dear All,

I have got a small problem quite simplistic actually but it seems that I couldn't find a solution to it. I have created a form and I have added an extra button in the form. The form is by default created with the Ok and Cancel buttons. I have moved them to the side and they have stopped from showing up. Can anyone give me a reson for this and what should I do to make them appear as usual. To say the truth they are not essential but they certainly make a form look much more professional

Marije_Brummel

The default buttons only show up when the form is in lookupmode, like when you use F5 from the cardform of F6 from a related field.

If you want it to behave differntly you can activate the LookupMode property or Change the Lookupmode by C/AL code.

DenSter

The new form wizard puts those buttons on there by default. If you never intend to use your form as a lookup form, then you can safely remove them.

sabzam

Thanks. I will do without them

Calico

Mark Brummel wrote:

The default buttons only show up when the form is in lookupmode, like when you use F5 from the cardform of F6 from a related field.

If you want it to behave differntly you can activate the LookupMode property or Change the Lookupmode by C/AL code.

How do you change the LookupMode in C/AL?

einsTeIn.NET

e.g.

CurrForm.LOOKUPMODE;

[{Action} :=] FORM.RUNMODAL(Number [, Record] [, Field]) when Action is ACTION::LookupOK

Calico

einsTeIn.NET wrote:

e.g.

CurrForm.LOOKUPMODE;

[{Action} :=] FORM.RUNMODAL(Number [, Record] [, Field]) when Action is ACTION::LookupOK

...but this is not changing the LOOKUPMODE. I know you can change it in the form's properties, and I know you can find out what it is (IF CurrForm.LOOKUPMODE THEN ...) but I would like to know if it is possible to change it dynamically in code.

einsTeIn.NET

This was more of an example where you can find more about this topic. If you had a deeper look into the online help then you should see there is a parameter in the LOOKUPMODE function called NewLookupMode...

louagej

Or just go to the 'InvalidActionAppearance' property of your button, and set it to 'Normal'
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Mike_HWG

Calico, einsTeIn.NET provided you with the way to dynamically change the setting in his second snippet. Here's an example of how that would be used

CustomerList.LOOKUPMODE := TRUE;
IF(CustomerList.RUNMODAL = ACTION::LookupOK) THEN BEGIN
  // Do stuff
END;

If you want the form to change its own LOOKUPMODE... why??

David_Singleton

sabzam wrote:

Dear All,

I have got a small problem quite simplistic actually but it seems that I couldn't find a solution to it. I have created a form and I have added an extra button in the form. The form is by default created with the Ok and Cancel buttons. I have moved them to the side and they have stopped from showing up. Can anyone give me a reson for this and what should I do to make them appear as usual. To say the truth they are not essential but they certainly make a form look much more professional

After they show you the coffee machine, placement of OK/Cancel is one of the first things taught in the C/AL course. It is before Navision 101.

Read the Style guide that tells you if you add new buttons to a list form then you move the OK/Cancel to the left OR i OK/Cancel is not needed the (as Denster points out) you delete them.