Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Development Cookbook - Fourth Edition

How to do it...

1. In the AOT, create a new String extended data type with the following properties:

Property	Value
Name	VendGroupDescriptionExt
Label	Group
Extends	Description

2. Open the VendTable table and create a new method with the following code snippet:

          public edit VendGroupDescriptionExt editVendGroup( 
          boolean                 _set, 
          VendGroupDescriptionExt _group) 
         {   
            VendGroup vendGroup; 
     
          if (_set) 
          {   
            if (_group) 
           {   
              if (VendGroup::exist(_group)) 
              {   
                 this.VendGroup = _group; 
              } 
              else 
             {     
                select firstOnly VendGroup from vendGroup 
                where vendGroup.Name == _group; 
                this.VendGroup = vendGroup.VendGroup; 
             } 
           } 
                else 
                {     
                   this.VendGroup = ''; 
                } 
          }   
            return VendGroup::name(this.VendGroup); 
         } 

3. In the AOT, find the VendTable form, locate the Posting ...