Hands-On Exercises

In this exercise, you will hide the BLWI Group field in the Customer record for all activities. You will also move the Print Reminder and Print Statement fields.

1 Open Customer Modify (27.20.1.2) and select any customer in the grid to open the main screen. Go to the Payment tab.

3 In the pop-up window, specify General in the Customization Level field and click OK.

5 In the Field list / properties window, set the Visible property to False.

6 Click back to the Payment tab of Customer Modify. Select the Print Reminder field and move it under the Statement Cycle field (drag and drop).

7 Select the Print Statement field and move it under the Print Reminder field.

8 Close the Field list / properties window by clicking on the red X. In the Save Customization window, select:

In this exercise, you will make the Exchange Rate field in Supplier Invoice Create read-only.

1 In Supplier Invoice Create (28.1.1.1), click Tools and select Design Mode. In the pop-up window, select General in the Customization Level field and Create in the Activity field.

3 Highlight the Exchange Rate field. In the Field list / properties window, change the ScReadOnly property to True.

In this exercise, you will create a user-defined field for the GL Account business component, and create a value list for the field.

1 In User-Defined Field Create (36.4.12.2.1), create a field with the following parameters:


Field	Data
Business Component	GL Account
Field Name	tGL.CustomCombo2
Description	Account Representative

General tab
Side Label	Account Representative
Column Label	Acct Representative
Display Format	X(20)
Display Length	20
Mandatory	No

2 In the Value List tab, right-click in the grid and select Add a New Row. Specify the following custom values:

4 In GL Account Modify (25.3.13.2), select any account to open the main window.

5 Click Tools and select Design Mode. In the pop-up window, select the Customization Level to General and click OK.

6 In the Field List/Properties window, you will see the new field at the end of the BusinessFieldLabel panel.

7 Drag the field and drop it in the GL Account Modify screen next to the Active field.

9 In the Save Customization window, select Save for all activities. Click Yes to save.

Your UDF should now display on your screen, with a drop-down list attached.

11 Click a search criteria drop-down list (Account, for example). The new field should appear on this list.

12 Right-click the first row in the grid and select Columns. You can select your new UDF and make it visible on the UI.

In this exercise, you will create a user-defined field for the GL Account business component, and position the field on the UI.

1 In User-Defined Field Create (36.4.12.2.1), create a field using the following parameters:


Field	Data
Business Component	GL Account
Field Name	tGL.CustomShort1
Description	User in Charge

General tab
Side Label	User in Charge
Column Label	User in Charge
Display Format	X(20)
Display Length	20
Mandatory	No
Lookup	Stored Search
Lookup Reference	/BUser.SelectUser
Stored Search	FACTORYDEFAULT
Return Field from Stored Search	tUsr.UsrLogin

3 In GL Account Modify (25.3.13.2), select any account to open the main window. Click Tools and select Design Mode.

4 In the pop-up window, set the Customization Level to General and click OK.

5 In the Field List/Properties window, you will see the new field at the end of the BusinessFieldLabel panel.

6 Drag this field and drop it in the GL Account Modify screen next to the Referenced field.

8 In the Save Customization window, select Save for all activities. Click Yes to save.

Results: In the GL Account Modify screen, the new field should display with your login as default value.