Reorder base enum elements in combo box control.

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Hi,

I have to add an additional element to the WrkCtrType base enum . I do that, but when I select the new element I noticed that the value stored in the table field is not correct. I began to investigate the problem and found that there is a method which iterate over the base enum elements. It removes an element based on a condition.

The method:

public static void limitComboToIndividualResourceTypes(FormComboBoxControl _comboBox)
{
    DictEnum dictEnum = new DictEnum(enumNum(WrkCtrType));
    int      i;

    _comboBox.clear();

    for (i=0;i<dictEnum.values();i++)
    {
        if (dictEnum.index2Value(i) != WrkCtrType::Group)
        {
            _comboBox.add(dictEnum.index2Label(i));
        }
    }

    _comboBox.update();
}

The Base Enum:

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As you can see the method first clear the combobox list and puts all elements except element numer 5 (Group).

combobox.add(...) just add a string value to the combobox list starting from position 0. An element "Group" meets the condition, so it is not included to the list. The next element (NewElement) gets position 6 (not 7). This is the reason that the value stored in the table field is not correct.

How this problem can be solved? Some workaround?

Thanks,

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André Arnaud de Cal... 301,194 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Jaret,

What is the enum value according to the property in the base enum?

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Hi Andre,

The value is 50.

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Hi Jaret,

You probably want to read this blog community.dynamics.com/.../how-to-add-enum-filter-with-all-element

There you can find example how you can use map to map combobox values to enum values.

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André Arnaud de Cal... 301,194 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Jaret,

What label is shown on the form? Is this correct? When I look at the coding this part should work. Where exactly do you see wrong values?

If you temporary try to disable this method, would that cause to have the correct value in the database? In this case all options, also the group, would be visible.

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