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how to create command button with image and text on the topleft like attachmentbutton

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Martin Dráb 239,029 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Moved from Integration, Dataverse, and general topics forum to Finance | Project Operations, Human Resources, AX, GP, SL forum, because I happen to know that the question is about F&O.

In my opinion, the right solution is not creating a second identical button. I already expolained that in your previous thread, How to get current active data source in d365 F&O form like standard docu view form. Unfortunately, you haven't reponded to me, therefore no one knows what is the actual business problem you're trying to solve. I supsect you're diving into implementation details of a wrong design.

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sorry for the late reply @Martin Dráb,

my business requirement is to create drag and drop for attachment process I am trying to create a attachment form without customizing the exiting form I need to create separate dialog form for drag and drop I complete all the process but I cannot recreate the attachment button Ui like the attached document count on top left of the button.

yes ,I can simply add the drag and drop control in docu view form but I don't want to do that and I also have another problem of attaching greater than 5 mb file it through error I also need help to fix that to

thanks for your time.

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You seem to have two options:

Either you extend the existing form. It's the logical and usual thing to do and you know how to do it.

Or you can duplicate and modify the standard form, which means extra work and you need to keep maintaining the copy (when Microsoft changes the standard form) for the rest of life of the project. You'll have two buttons for the same thing, except of that you don't know how to do it. You'll also need to duplicate things like the security setup.

The question is: why do you insist on the complicated desing that you're unable to implement rather then simplying doing the normal thing?

Regarding your error about large files, it's not related to the topic of this thread (how to recreate button style like standard attachment button). Please create a new thread and explain your problem in detail there.

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Navneeth Nagrajan 2,538 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi Dillibabu,

A few suggestions:

1. If you are using the DocuRef attachment options, there are some restrictions beyond a certain file size. Guess the size restriction is for files more than 10 or 100 MB because the size of the table grows substantially and it restricts your file. You will also need frequent clean ups to this table (data archival or deletion of files).

2. For large files it is recommended you use either an Azure blob storage or a SharePoint file location where you can drag and drop data and have a link to access that file location on your D365 F&SCM screen to get quick access to the file.

3. There is also a free downloadable tool called E-Attach - Drag and drop for D365 F&O that you can download through the link below.
https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/dynamics-365-for-operations/elysian2ptyltd1592180594697.e-ttach_free?tab=overview

Hope the above suggestions help.

As Martin rightly said, the requirement seems very strange having two controls of similar types to leverage drag and drop capabilities. Keep in mind about the restrictions of using DocuRef/DocuView tables. There are file size restrictions.

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A few comments on Navneeth's reply:

1. I've never heard of any feature in F&O that would restrict the size of file you can upload based on the number of records already in the table.

2. The recommendation have already been implemented by Microsoft. In the document management configuration, tou can choose whether you want to store attached documents in blob storage or SharePoint.

3. E-Attach sounds promising. The best code is the code that we don't have to write and maintain at all, therefore if there is something existing, it may be the best solution.

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hi @Navneeth Nagrajan,

can you share any resources about azure blob storage regarding to store files against records in d365 fo

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Martin Dráb 239,029 Most Valuable Professional on at

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F&O already stores document attachment in blob storage by default; you don't need to do anything at all to get that.

If you have some other questions about blob storage, create a new thread and ask there. The topic of this thread is how to recreate button style like standard attachment button.

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ok @Martin Dráb i will create new thread for azure blob,

this is the result i get now how i exactly get the same result as the right side ui,

is there any extended data type is to get the same result as the standard one

and also i will off the visible of the standard one after i complete my customization so that's why i need to recreate the exact design like standard

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Martin Dráb 239,029 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Could you please answer the question in my second reply?

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hello @Martin Dráb thanks for your reply,

this is not for client requirement,

i have already complete the client need like add drag drop control in the existing form,

i just curious to learn something new like add external control creating system default button

so i am trying to create something like e-attach

thank you.

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