AX / D365FO – Create a “Table of Contents” Form Pattern

This is an example of “Table of contents” form.
This kind of pattern is very useful to store parameters data.

Let’s see how to create a new one.

• Create a new Form in Visual Studio
• Apply “Table of contents” pattern

• Give it a name (eg.Parameters)
  

• Add new Tab
  

• Add new Tab Page
  

• Add new Group

• Add new Tab

• Add new Static Text
  

• Add new Tab page
  

• Now let’s add a new grid to manage a dtata soucre records
• Specify the “Toolbar and List” pattern

• Add a new Action Pane
  

• Under “Action Pane” add new “Button group”
  

• Insert a new data source
  

• Insert Data source in Button group property
  

• Add a new “Command button”
  

• Set New on “Command Property”
  

• Add a new “Command button”
  

• Set “Delete record” on “Command Property”
  

• Add a new group
  

• Apply “Custom filter” pattern to the group
  

• Add a new Grid

• Add a new data source and add in the Datasource property of the grid

• Add data source fields in the grid
  

• If you want to add a new tab (eg. Setup2) repeat the procedure starting from “Adding new Tab Page”
• And this is the final result