Often enough, we need to restrict the user selection from a particular ComboBox. Creating a new BaseEnum specifically for this purpose is a really cumbersome solution, which later might lead to problems of maintenance.
Originally, the SysFormEnumComboBox was designed to be used on forms to provide for this behavior. I modified the class slightly to allow for usage in RunBase Framework classes.
To demonstrate, how this class can be used, I modified the tutorial_RunBaseForm class and form, showing both scenarios: adding the control from the dialog method of the class, as well as adding it manually in the form design and methods.
To use this class, you need to know only one static method:
public static SysFormEnumComboBox newParameters(
FormRun _formRun,
int _comboBoxControlId,
enumId _enumId,
Set _allowedEnumValuesSet,
Form _form = null)
And here is an example of how you would use it:
sysFormEnumComboBox = SysFormEnumComboBox::newParameters(element,
control::ComboBoxOnForm,
enumnum(InventTransType),
enumSet);
which means that the control ComboBoxOnForm will be bound to BaseEnum InventTransType, containing only values, found in the Set enumSet.
You can download the project for versions 4.0 and 2009 of Microsoft Dynamics AX through the following link:
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P.S. It is also worth mentioning, that this class does not provide support for grids. It requires a stand-alone control, not bound to a database table field.
