Codeunit/Formevents

Methods and events

Form events fires different actions during execution of a solution

LIST level event hooks are

   public String appendListPageHead() { return ""; }
   public String appendListPageFoot() { return ""; }

   public void beforeSelectList() throws Exception {}    
   public void beforeRenderList() throws Exception {}       

ITEM level event hooks are

   public String appendItemPageHead() { return ""; }    
   public String appendItemPageFoot() { return ""; }    

   public void beforeSelectItem() throws Exception {}    
   public void beforeChangeItem() throws Exception {}
   public void beforeUpdateItem() throws Exception {}
   public void beforeRenderItem() throws Exception {}    
   public void afterUpdateItem() throws Exception {   return false; }
   
   public boolean afterUpdateRedirectActive() {   return false; }
   public String afterUpdateRedirectContent()   {   return null;    }

Event firing global

The following events are ALLWAYS fired

• beforeSelectList
• beforeSelectItem
• beforeChangeItem
• beforeUpdateItem
• afterUpdateItem

Event firing in UI (reserved for normal users)

The following events will NOT be fired during imports etc.

• appendListPageHead
• appendListPageFoot
• beforeRenderList
• appendItemPageHead
• appendItemPageFoot
• beforeRenderItem

Event firing in UI depending on user actions

The following events are SOMETIMES be fired for normal users depending on navigation

• afterUpdateRedirectActive
  • Not executed in SUBFORM mode
  • Not executed in during imports etc.
• afterUpdateRedirectContent
  • Depends on a TRUE result from afterUpdateRedirectActive()