Book Image

Extending Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Simon Buxton
Book Image

Extending Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Simon Buxton

Overview of this book

Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management is Microsoft’s ERP solution, which can be implemented as a cloud or on-premise solution to facilitate better decision-making with the help of contemporary, scalable ERP system tools. This book is updated with the latest features of Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management including Chain of Command (CoC), Acceptance Test Libraries (ATL), and Business Events. The book not only features more than 100 tutorials that allow you to create and extend business solutions, but also addresses specific problems and offers solutions with insights into how they work. This cookbook starts by helping you set up a Azure DevOps project and taking you through the different data types and structures used to create tables. You will then gain an understanding of user interfaces, write extensible code, manage data entities, and even model Dynamics 365 ERP for security. As you advance, you’ll learn how to work with various in-built Dynamics frameworks such as SysOperation, SysTest, and Business Events. Finally, you’ll get to grips with automated build management and workflows for better application state management. By the end of this book, you’ll have become proficient in packaging and deploying end-to-end scalable solutions with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Updating form controls at runtime

Sometimes, the form needs to be adjusted beyond allowing the user to edit a record or field or allowing a button to be pressed. Let's say we wish to add custom fields, where the label is decided by information only known at runtime. The example that will be used in this recipe is intended to be seen as a starting point, showing a way in which we can dynamically control the form.

Getting ready

Ideally, we should have a form with a grid view, such as the ConVMSVehicleServiceTable form.

How to do it...

To iterate through a container...