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Below you'll find a example, how to print a Text-document using X++.

static void printTextFileFromAX(Args _args)
{
    WinAPI::shellExecute("c:\windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE",  @'/pt "c:	emp	est.txt" "An OneNote 2010 senden"');
}

Note: "An OneNote 2010 senden" is the name of the printer.

To call a modal form, the following code could be used (in clicked()-method of a button):

void clicked()
{
    FormRun formRun;
    Args args = new Args();

    super();
    
    args.name(formStr(MyFormName));
    args.record(SalesLine);

    formRun = classFactory::formRunClassOnClient(Args);

    formRun.init();
    formRun.run();
    If (!formRun.closed())
    {
        formRun.wait(true);
    }
}

Using this code, nearly every form could be opened in a modal way, so you have to close the form first before you will be able to return to AX.

Below you find some examples, how to open a form through code. Each example has it's own Advantages and disadvantages, but i think there is an example available for the most Scenarios.

In Dynamics AX there is no way to search about a menu items name. So i've created a job, which creates the ability to do so.

Some labels containe line breaks ( ). If you want to use such label in infolog, you should use the function strFmtLB:

// Wrong
info(strFmt("@SYS322576", "AccountsPayableServices", "Allgemeiner Fehler"));

// Correct
info(strFmtLB(strFmt("@SYS322576", "AccountsPayableServices", "Allgemeiner Fehler")));

With the following job you can reprint an order confirmation by code and have it output as a PDF file.

With the help of similarly named classes such as the SalesConfirmJournalPrint used here, it should also be possible to reprint other documents such as invoices or delivery notes.

static void printSalesConfirmThroughCode(Args _args)
{
    SalesConfirmJournalPrint SalesConfirmJournalPrint;
    set set = new set(Types::Record);
    SRSPrintDestinationSettings SRSPrintDestinationSettings;
    
    // Add record
    set.add(CustConfirmJour::findRecId(5637150827));
    
    // Set printer settings
    SRSPrintDestinationSettings = new SRSPrintDestinationSettings();
    SRSPrintDestinationSettings.fileFormat(
        SRSReportFileFormat::PDF);
    SRSPrintDestinationSettings.fileName(@'c:ab.pdf');    
    SRSPrintDestinationSettings.printMediumType(
        SRSPrintMediumType::File);
    SRSPrintDestinationSettings.numberOfCopies(1);
    SRSPrintDestinationSettings.overwriteFile(true);
    
    // Initalize 
    SalesConfirmJournalPrint = SalesConfirmJournalPrint::construct();
    SalesConfirmJournalPrint.parmPrintFormletter(NoYes::Yes);
    SalesConfirmJournalPrint.parmUsePrintManagement(false);
    SalesConfirmJournalPrint.parmPrinterSettingsFormLetter(
        SRSPrintDestinationSettings.pack());
    
    // Print
    SalesConfirmJournalPrint.printJournal(set); 
}

I had already seen the situation that I wanted to know if a record has a particular field to be able to process the containing value. For example, within a method, which processes the calling args().

For example, in class SysDictTable the hasMethod() method is available, but i have not found a hasField() method so far.

Therefore I've created the following logic:

Common callingRecord;
itemId itemId;
SysDictField itemDictField;

itemDictField = SysDictField::findFieldByName(tableId2name(callingRecord.TableId), identifierStr(itemId));

if(itemDictField)
{
    itemId = callingRecord.(itemDictField.id());
}