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Records in form not saved when no changes are made

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Posted on by BuBbA 107

Hi All,

I have a simple form with a grid and an action pane with a "New" button. When i click the new button, a line in the grid is added. When i make no changes to the record and i click the new button again, a new line is added. I can keep doing this and more and more lines are being added. When i close the form and i open it again, no records are shown.

Validate write, insert, ... methods are not being called.

It seems that when i make no changes, the records are shown but not actually "created" and thus not saved/validated. I see the same thing happen on standard Ax forms as well, for example on the free text invoice templates form.

Is there a way to prevent this and "force" a save? Maybe a property somewhere?

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  • axk Profile Picture
    axk 925 on at

    Check if you properly set data sources for "New" button, groups and grid. Maybe records are created, but not visible in the form. Check if they were inserted into table.

  • Anton Venter Profile Picture
    Anton Venter 20,656 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    It should save the records without having to do anything extra. Is it not a license issue where AX has gone into demo mode?

  • BuBbA Profile Picture
    BuBbA 107 on at

    They are all fine, when i change the record before clicking new, the records are validated and inserted. The problem is when i leave the record blank.

    Same problem with, for example, the free text invoice templates form. This is a default form, standard ax, no customizations. This form shows the same behaviour.

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    axk 925 on at

    Okay, I did not understand what your problem actually is.

    If you are leaving a record, data source's leaveRecord() method is called with default parameter _forceUpdate = false. You can change it to true and then, your records will be saved, even if no changes were made.

    Check if it works for you.

  • BuBbA Profile Picture
    BuBbA 107 on at

    Yep, that's exactly what i needed! Thanks!

  • Anton Venter Profile Picture
    Anton Venter 20,656 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    You wrote that you see this in standard forms too, or is it just in your form?

  • BuBbA Profile Picture
    BuBbA 107 on at

    Yes, you see the same behaviour in standard forms as well. Look at the following forms for example:

    - CustGroup

    - CustBillingCode

    - MarkupTable

    ...

    Since it's the standard way of Ax, it's probably gonna be like that on almost all the forms. I find it a very odd way of working.

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    PA-22040759-0 6,194 on at

    In the LedgerJournalTable form you can see coded added to prevent this behavior. The code is in the leave method of the LedgerJournalTable datasource.

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