Field Groups under Table

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How does field group help in terms of creating form? (Any example would be great)

Also, when I make a change to a table such as change the name of a field then the Table drops itself under Datasource node on Form. Any explanation as to why this is happening would be helpful. Thanks!

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Alex Voytsekhovskiy on at

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RE: Field Groups under Table

you can change their properties by code via iterating inside the field group and getting them by their names

see an example here alexvoy.blogspot.com/.../how-to-set-properties-for-reference.html
Muhammad Zahid 480 on at

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RE: Field Groups under Table

Hi,

In my Form there is a datagroup of assigned on the form and AutoDataGroup porperty set to yes.But if I set AutoDataGroup Property set to yes tha the properties of the fields inside that group are not editable.

does any one know how can i make it editable without changing the AutoDataGroup to no.
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Dick Wenning 8,705 on at

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RE: Field Groups under Table

don't forget to set the auto group property on yes in the form control. otherwise restore will not help you
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RE: Field Groups under Table

Thank you! This makes lot of sense now :D
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dolee 11,279 on at

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RE: Field Groups under Table

Hi Lhadol,

When creating a form, you can drag a field group to a grid to add all fields in the field group in the grid at once. If you drag a field group to a tab, a group control will be created in the tab containing all fields in the field group.

When you update the field group, say add a new field to the field group at the table, the added fields will appear in the form as well.

There are many examples in AX. One would be the LedgerJournalTable Form. You can go to Designs > Design > Group:Group > Tab:Tab > TabPage: General > Group:Identification.

If you look at the DataGroup property of the group, you'll see "Identification" assigned.

As for your other inquiry, I never encountered that. Normally I would change the field name, then "restore" the form object (so that the datasources are refreshed), then edit the DataField property of the affected controls. So that's an unexpected behavior you got there.

Kind Regards,

Dominic