How to set label of a Base Enum dynamically from axapta

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Hi all,

I have a base enum TennisPlayer with two values say Player1 (label: Federar) and Player2 (label: Nadal). This enum is used as the data source of a combobox item in one of my forms.

Now from one of my classes I want to programmatically set the label of the Item2 of my enum to say Murrey (if a particular condition is satisfied). How to set the label of the enum? I cant find solution anywhere.

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Martin Dráb 235,914 Most Valuable Professional on at

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RE: How to set label of a Base Enum dynamically from axapta

Sagnik, dialog is a class modifying a form at runtime, You obviously can modify forms at runtime even if you don't do it through the one specific class.

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RE: How to set label of a Base Enum dynamically from axapta

I believe brother instead of setting label values in Enum object. You should consider creating separate labels and you can change the labels text values programmatically.

Check the following blog post for how to change labels value using X++

thinkinginax.blogspot.com/.../changing-labels-values-using-x.html

Hope this helps you.

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Mohammad Raziq Ali 2,476 on at

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RE: How to set label of a Base Enum dynamically from axapta

Hi sagnik,

your requirement is Generating runtime Enum value but you said enum has already datasource attached with it which is static.

my suggestion to you is,

1. You dont use static enum as datasource at first , then

2. Generate Runtime Enum using Code,

please let us know.

Please verify the answer if it helps you.

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Sagnik Majumder 792 on at

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RE: How to set label of a Base Enum dynamically from axapta

Hi Palle, thanks for the reply. But I have already seen this post. But I donot have a dialog, nor a dialogfield. I already have a form where an enum is set statically as the data source. Hence we don't have a FormBuildComboBoxControl object anywhere. In run time I want to modify the label of one of that enum's values.

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RE: How to set label of a Base Enum dynamically from axapta

The dialog is a form, I don't if you are aware of that.

I have tried a few things, and no matter what I try I can't change the comboBox's first item, the one with the value of 0, when it has been built.

A better approach than using a combobox based on an enum, just to change the different text selections, would be to build the combox control yourself from scratch. That is adding elements yourself in the first place, rather than changing element.

Have a look at the \Classes\SysFormEnumComboBox class for inspiration.

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Ali Zaidi 4,655 on at

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RE: How to set label of a Base Enum dynamically from axapta

Very strange scenario, why you want to change the label at runtime, instead you can update the enum label in data repository and used that.

By the way one way to add enum value at run time as follow it is not exact answer but possible some modification helps

static void addEnumvalue(Args _args)

{

#AOT

TreeNode treeNodeEnum;

;

treeNodeEnum = TreeNode::findNode(#BaseEnumsPath);

treeNodeEnum = treeNodeEnum.AOTfindChild('ABCModel');

treeNodeEnum.AOTadd('Test');

treeNodeEnum.AOTsave();

}

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Sagnik Majumder 792 on at

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RE: How to set label of a Base Enum dynamically from axapta

Thanks Jo for the reply. I have already seen this example, but I fear, this is not what I wanted. I don't use a dialog and neither a dialogfield. I already have a form where an enum is set statically as the data source. Hence we don't have a FormBuildComboBoxControl object anywhere. In run time I want to modify the label of one of that enum's values.

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RE: How to set label of a Base Enum dynamically from axapta

The label of the enum is given, well from the enum.

Maybe you can get some inspiration from this article: blogs.msdn.com/.../434146.aspx

But I think maybe you are going down a wrong path. The idea with an enum is that the outcomes are fixed.

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RE: How to set label of a Base Enum dynamically from axapta

Hey

You should be able doing so by using some parts of the code below.

static void comboBoxHiJacker(Args _args)

{

Dialog dialog = new Dialog();

DialogField dialogField;

FormBuildComboBoxControl formComboBoxControl;

;

// Any enum, except NoYes, will do.

dialogField = dialog.addField(typeId(ABC));

formComboBoxControl = dialogField.control();

formComboBoxControl.enumType(0);

formComboBoxControl.label("My combo box");

formComboBoxControl.items(3);

formComboBoxControl.item(1);

formComboBoxControl.text("Item 1");

formComboBoxControl.item(2);

formComboBoxControl.text("Item 2");

formComboBoxControl.item(3);

formComboBoxControl.text("Item 3");

dialog.run();

info(dialogField.value());

}

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