Extending Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Cookbook - Second Edition

How to do it...

To create a data-event handler, follow these steps:

1. Create a new SalesConfirmHeaderTmp_ConVMSSalesReports_DataHandler class.
2. Open the table design for the table in question; in our case, double-click on the SalesConfirmHeaderTmp.ConVMSSalesReports table extension.
3. Expand Events and locate onInserting.

The onInserted event is too late as we want to fill in a field before the record is written; if we subscribe to onInserted, the data will not be saved.

4. Right-click on the Event and choose the Copy event handler method. This will create a code snippet, and place it in the paste buffer.

5. Open the SalesConfirmHeaderTmp_ConVMSSalesReports_DataHandler class, and paste in the code snippet generated in step 4 into the class body, ...