Align text and numbers in Box::Info() Ax2012

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Posted on by CBNestor

HI All,

I am making a Info Box to display some total amounts on a selected production.

but... I don't find the right way to display with a good/professional indent. Would be nice to be displayed more as a table since we are working with cost amounts

here the code example and box

What would be the right way.. I am displaying and Box::Info Box::Stop Box::Warning depending on each scenareo

Thanks a lot beforehand

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Martin Dráb 237,908 Most Valuable Professional on at

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I would say that the right way is using a dialog form. These boxes are not intended just for showing simple text.

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nmaenpaa 101,160 Moderator on at

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I agree with Martin. Dialog forms provide you all the control that you need to format the output like you want. Box::info is intended for simple text output only (just like the infolog), it doesn't have much formatting options.

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CBNestor 46 on at

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Hi Martin,

Thanks for replying and sorry that I am responding too late.. I have been working later on on this project.

and I have created an HTML with the same info using <table></table> and its successfully sent by email. Like This:

So I had the -maybe not that smart- idea of writing the same Html but in a custom Box as suggested by Sergei Here

but.. It looks like this:

I can see that the html is displaying but I am getting problems with this box margins/scrolling. kinda Ugly :)

I am quite new with building Dialogs, can you give a little of hand with an example?

remember that the rows and columns can change dynamically.. could be 3 o 4 columns , 5 or 20 rows...

I am really appreciated beforehand for your help.

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nmaenpaa 101,160 Moderator on at

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Hi Nestor,

you still seem to be creating this dialog via x++ code. Am I correct?

Even if your dialog form would contain just one field with HTML, I suggest to create an actual form where you have much more control over various properties.

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CBNestor 46 on at

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Hi Nikolaos,

Yes I am creating everything from x++.

okok I'll try to create a form by AOT and see how it turns

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ergun sahin 8,826 Moderator on at

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You can use dialog

docs.microsoft.com/.../using-classes-to-create-a-dialog

or form with runtime controls

www.axaptapedia.com/Runtime_form_controls

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ergun sahin 8,826 Moderator on at

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If you want use that html you can look for tutorial_Form_Controls's html tab

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CBNestor 46 on at

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HI Nikolaos,

fast question

Here I just created a simple Form from AOT with a HTML field.

I can open it, but..

How Can I write Html to it from x++?..

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ergun sahin 8,826 Moderator on at

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Send html with args.parm or args.parmObject and at form's init method set value with Html.setText("");

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CBNestor 46 on at

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Ergun, you are too fast my friend. Can you detail a bit more please.

I understand for you is pretty simple but I have never tried to write into forms from x++

args.param() and args.paramObject(); are returning null.

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