Automatically disable all fields in table in NAV 2013

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I am using NAV 2013 and I want to be able to automatically disable all fields that do not apply when I select an option in a particular field on a page.

I am using the employee card page which is customized a bit so that if I select the option Active in the Status field all other fields on the form that do not apply should be disabled.

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You can move all the fields in to a group in page

add a global variable

write code in status on validate to make the variable true/false

add the global variable in group editable property

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How do I do that ?

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You can checkout how this is done on the Item Card page.

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EDDY,

Did you follow my advise? Did it help you?

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Please can you show me where exactly on the item card ?

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Check the OnInit trigger. Here alle the fields are enabled (e.g. UnitCostEnable).

Then you’ll see these two lines with call to an enabler function:

EnablePlanningControls; EnableCostingControls;

in the OnAfterGetRecord and OnNewRecord.

The enabler function then set the fields as either enabled or disabled based on the settings on the item:

EnableCostingControls() StandardCostEnable := "Costing Method" = "Costing Method"::Standard; UnitCostEnable := "Costing Method" <> "Costing Method"::Standard;

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Please how do you add global variable to group editable property ?

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Hi Eddy,

What??? I’m usually a very patient person, but if don’t you know how to add a global variable in C/AL? Then I really suggest that you go take a basic NAV Development course! I hope you do know that, and I only misunderstood your reply because of language problems! [;)]

Check the variable in the Item Card and see how they are used on the field control properties in your page.

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I hope you know how to create a global variable. Create a global variable “e” of type Boolean.

Go into the group properties, where you will find Editable property. Here the default value would be TRUE. In place of true/false you may put “e”. And of course you may code for ‘e’ the way you want it to work.

Thanks

Gaurav

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You must also remember to set the IncludeInDataSet to Yes when you create the EnableField global variable. Just like the xxEnable variables on the Item Card page.