Extending standard forms without customization footprint

Adjusting the layout of a form, as an extension, has been made very easy for us. This is covered in the first part of the recipe. We will also cover a new technique to work with form code.

Getting ready

We just need a Dynamics 365 for Operations project open.

How to do it...

To write a form extension for the sales order form, SalesTable, follow these steps:

1. Locate the desired form in the Application Explorer, right click on it and choose Create extension. This will add a new form extension to our project.
2. Locate the new form extension in our project, and rename it so it will remain globally unique, for example, SalesTable.Con.
3. Open the form extension in the designer.
4. We can now drag any field or field group, including extension fields that are available to the current package, to the design.
5. We can also choose to change properties of the controls on the form's design. The rule here is that, if it lets you change, it will work.

Note

Remember that...