You can customize the user interface by creating a new form or by changing the content and
layout of a form that already exists in MYOB Advanced.
This part is intended to describe how to use the visual Screen Editor to
develop the ASPX code of a custom form and modify the ASPX code of an existing form.
The following table lists most of the types of ASPX objects supported in the MYOB Advanced Customization
Platform.
Object
Description
PXDataSource
A data source control that connects to a graph instance on the MYOB Advanced server, retrieves data from the graph instance, and sends data to the graph
instance; it also provides the data processing for the control containers that are
defined in the ASPX page. In MYOB Advanced, a page must contain a single PXDataSource control.
PXFormView
A data-bound UI container control that renders a single record from its
associated data source.
PXGrid
A data-bound UI container control that renders a table with multiple records
from its associated data source. The object can be displayed in form view mode for a
single record and provides paging buttons that can be used to navigate between
records. To define form view mode, the PXGrid control must
include the RowTemplate element, which can contain controls for
the record fields and layout rules for these controls.
PXGridColumn
In a PXGrid container, an object that defines the data field
and properties of a column in the grid.
RowTemplate
In a PXGrid container, an object that defines a record field
and layout for each control to be rendered in form view mode for the grid.
PXTab
A data-bound UI container control that renders tabs defined by child
PXTabItem containers.
PXTabItem
In a PXTab container, a container control that renders a
single record from the data source specified for the parent PXTab
container.
PXSmartPanel
An UI container control that renders a dialog box.
PXLayoutRule
In a container with controls for a single data record, a component that defines
a layout rule used to organize the controls within a row or column.
PXPanel
In a container with controls for a single data record, a container with a
caption used to group controls. In a dialog box, it is often used as a container to
display a horizontal row of buttons with right alignment.
PXGroupBox
In a container with controls for a single data record, a container with a
caption used to group controls. It is designed to be used as a radio button
container to render a drop-down field as a set of radio buttons. It contains scripts
with logic to support a nested radio button for each value of a drop-down
field.
PXRadioButton
In a PXGroupBox container, a radio button that is used for a
single constant value of a drop-down field.
Note: In MYOB Advanced, a radio button can work properly only in a PXGroupBox
container that is used for a drop-down data field.
PXLabel
In a container with controls for a single data record, an element to display
text.
PXButton
In a container with controls for a single data record, an element to display a
button control. In a dialog box, it is usually included in a
PXPanel container.
PXJavaScript
In a container with controls for a single data record, a control to keep
JavaScript code.
PXTextEdit
In a container with controls for a single data record, a text box to display
and edit the value of a string field.
PXNumberEdit
In a container with controls for a single data record, a box to display and
edit the value of a decimal or int
field.
PXMaskEdit
In a container with controls for a single data record, a text box to display
and edit the value of a string field that has the format
specified in the data access class.
PXDateTimeEdit
In a container with controls for a single data record, a box to display and
select the value of a datetime field.
PXCheckBox
In a container with controls for a single data record, a check box to display
and select the value of a bool field.
PXDropDown
In a container with controls for a single data record, a combo box to display,
edit, and select the value of a field with a list attribute, such as
PXStringList, PXIntList, or
PXDecimalList.
PXSelector
In a container with controls for a single data record, a lookup control to
display, search, and select the value of a field with the
PXSelector attribute.
PXSegmentMask
In a container with controls for a single data record, a lookup control with a
specified segmented key value that identifies a data record and consists of one
segment or multiple segments, with a list of possible values defined for each
segment.
PXTreeSelector
In a container with controls for a single data record, a lookup control to
select a value for a field with a PXTreeSelector attribute from a
tree control.
When you use the Screen Editor to add a UI element to another UI element on a form, you
should understand the rules that are used for nesting objects in ASPX code for MYOB Advanced forms. The following diagram shows which ASPX objects can be included in other ASPX
objects.Figure 1. Nesting rules for elements of an ASPX page In the diagram, if an arrow goes from object A to object B, it means that multiple
instances of object A can be included in a single object B. For example,
PXTab can contain multiple PXTabItem objects.
Note:
The PXGrid object can contain a single
RowTemplate object.
The PXSmartPanel object is used to describe the content of a dialog
box.
A control for a data field (also referred as box)—such as
PXTextEdit, PXSelector, and
PXCheckBox—can be included in ASPX objects of the following types:
