Get control and control value in Dynamics AX form

With Dynamics AX 2012, accessing form's controls and their values is not very difficult, like in previous versions. You can access control object in code behind either dynamically as well as statically.

If you have a StringEdit control on your form with name "StringEdit_ShiftCode", you can access it through code in the following way: -

//define name for the control 

#define.ctrlShiftCode('StringEdit_ShiftCode')

//declare and define control.

FormStringControl shiftCode = this.form().design().control(#ctrlShiftCode);

Now you can get every property and methods for this control, like, shiftCode.text().

This is good if you have a dynamics form and controls. But if you have a static form then you can get the form's controls directly by names. For example, if you have a StringEdit control with name "StringEdit_ShiftCode" then change this control's AutoDeclaration property to 'Yes'. Now you can access this control's properties directly by specifying its name.Here is its example: -

str shiftCodeValue = StringEdit_ShiftCode.text();

 

 

 

Creating Image Button in Silverlight

In the default list of controls comes with Silverlight 4 or 5, there is no such control like Image Button. But the creation of this control is very easy. Lets start to create Image Button.

Steps: -
1) Create a Silverlight User Control in your Silverlight project. Change its type to Button. I have given the XAML and C# code below.
XAML Code:

<Button x:Class="KnowledgeWeb.Assets.ImageButton"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    d:DesignHeight="80" d:DesignWidth="80">
    
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
 
    </Grid>
</Button>

C# Code:

namespace KnowledgeWeb.Assets
{
    public partial class ImageButton : Button
    {
        public ImageButton()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
    }
}

2) Now to show an image on the button we have to edit the default template of the button class and then inserts the Image control in it.