Hi all,
Have a question regarding document printing in AX. Can you trigger a supported external document to print with a form like the invoice?
I noticed the company uses stock/pre-printed forms for invoices because they have their long terms and conditions on the back side of the stock sheets already printed. This is a waste of money. Printing the invoice form on regular paper and then loading the external document would be perfect and eliminate the need for this.
I played around with document printing in AX and see that when you go in to create a document type, you have the option to select an external document. I set this up and when going into forms setup under AR, I noticed under the optional footer text that you have a small icon to add an attachment. So, I went in and selected the document I set up under document types in Organization and it it does indeed launch Word to show the document. However, when I configure the original or copy invoice to show this footer which includes the attached document, it doesn't actually print it. Just the invoice is printed but I do see the footer text that is linked to the document on the footer section. It just doesn't load the actual document.
Is this possible? That's all I want to know. I see the option there but it just doesn't work under print management.
See two attached screenshots that clearly show this option available in print management.
If not possible to automatically load and print an external supported file out of the box, is the only option resorting to a third party solution for forms creation/automation?
Any confirmation or help with this is greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
--mike
