Creating a create dialog for details transaction forms
Most order forms use a dialog when creating a new record. This is because the fields that are needed for order creation are not the same as those displayed on the header section of the form. The dialog can be designed specifically to bring all the fields the user will want, all in view without having to hunt the various fast tabs for the field.
The complexity in the process is the interplay between the order form's data source and the dialog used to create the record. The pattern is the same for 'create forms'.
Getting ready
We should have a Details Transaction form completed, with a form and table handler.
How to do it...
To create the create dialog, follow these steps:
- Create a new form, suffixing the details form name with
Create; for example,ConWHSVehicleServiceTableCreate. - Drag the tables associated with the header record to the form's
Data Sourcenode; in our example, theConWHSVehicleServiceTabletable. - Set the properties for the
ConWHSVehicleServiceTable...
