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hi all,

i am having formA and form B (both custom forms.) Form A contains Table A, TableB(header n line). Form B contains Table B only(a dialog form).

when i click on new button(its a menu item button) from Form A it opens FormB. when i create the record in the dialog form, when i click on Ok button. i need to refresh the Table B of formA.

i hav written the below code in Form B and called it in OK button of Form B. its refreshing the table A instead of Table B. any suggestions pls..

private void CallerFOrmDS_Refresh() { Object calleform; FormDataSource fds; calleform = element.args().caller(); fds = element.args().record().datasource(); if(calleform) { fds.refresh(); fds.research(true); } }

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nmaenpaa 101,160 Moderator on at

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In form A you can decide which data source you assign with the button. This can be set in the Data source property of the menu item (or the button group where the button is). So, if you set Table B as data source for your button, then your code will refresh data source for Table B.

There's also a property in the button to auto refresh data source, it works in many scenarios. Then you would not have to write any code.

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Martin Dráb 237,807 Most Valuable Professional on at

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If element.args().record() is a record of Table A, it means that the data source used for the menu item button is Table A. Change its Data Source property to Table B.

By the way, let me improve your code a bit:

private void CallerFOrmDS_Refresh() { FormDataSource fds = FormDataUtil::getFormDataSource(element.args().record()); if (fds) { fds.research(true); } }

Next time, use Insert > Insert Code (in the rich formatting view) to paste source code, as I did.

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Sergei Minozhenko 23,093 on at

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Hi TestBot,

In case if you still need to use data source A as caller datasource and form A is your form, you can add interface IFormRefreshable to your form and implement method callerRefresh on the form, where you can define refresh logic. When the dialog is closed you can call callerRefresh method from this form.

//Form [Form] public class MyForm extends FormRun implements IFormRefreshable .... public void callerRefresh() { Table2_DS.research(); //or executeQuery } ... //Dialog close action IFormRefreshable callerform = element.args().caller() as IFormRefreshable; if (callingForm != null) { callingForm.callerRefresh(); }

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Hello,

To refresh Table B, you need to modify the code as follows:

csharp
private void CallerFormDS_Refresh()
{
FormRun callerForm;
FormDataSource callerFormDS;

callerForm = element.args().caller();
if (callerForm)
{
callerFormDS = callerForm.dataSourceByName("TableB"); // Replace "TableB" with the actual name of the Table B data source in Form A
if (callerFormDS)
{
callerFormDS.refresh();
callerFormDS.research(true);
}
}
}

In the modified code, we retrieve the data source for Table B in Form A using its name (replace "TableB" with the actual name of the Table B data source in Form A). Then we perform the refresh and research operations on that specific data source.

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Navneeth Nagrajan 2,407 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Shaik146.

Because your refresh of data should be on TableB, the element.args.caller() as Martin mentioned should be on TableB. To add to what Martin said, the call can be on research() method which will execute the same query again and retrieve results from the database. Also, it will provide you the latest data.

Also, agree with nmaenpaa where you can have menu items option to point to FormB and have the datasource set on the menu item. It's a feasible solution. Refreshes will be easier to manage instead of having triggers done through these screens on the database.

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Ali AbdAlNasser 405 on at

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I tried the solution that Martin Dráb proposed, and everything worked well.

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nbhatti2001 222 on at

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This code has worked for me. I have pass record to my custom calss and have call this method from main method of class and has pass same parameter which main method as received and it worked.

private static void getRefreshData(Args _args)

   {

       Object calleform;

       FormDataSource fds;

       calleform = _args.caller();

       fds = _args.record().datasource();

       if(calleform)

       {

           fds.refresh();

           fds.research(true);

       }

   }

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Ahmed Alam 62 on at

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Hi @Martin Dráb

I have same concern. Where to add your code on which level (Parent or Child).

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Martin Dráb 237,807 Most Valuable Professional on at

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The requirement was to refresh the caller from the child form, therefore my code does the same.

You could do it from the parent form too, though. You'd wait for the dialog form to close and then simply call research() on the data source, e.g. tableA_ds.research(true).

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