FormGroupControl.leftValue Method [AX 2012]

Sets or returns the horizontal position of a form group control in pixels.

public int leftValue([int value])

Run On

Client

Parameters

value
Type: int
An integer value that indicates the horizontal position in pixels; optional.

Return Value

Type: int
An integer value that indicates the horizontal position in pixels.

The horizontal position is not changed unless the left mode is set for an exact pixel value.

The following example shows a call to the leftValue method that sets the horizontal position to 50 pixels.

static void createForm(Args _args) 
{ 
    Args args; 
    Form form; 
    FormRun formRun; 
    FormBuildDesign formBuildDesign; 
    FormBuildDataSource formBuildDataSource; 
    FormBuildStringControl formBuildStringControl; 
    FormBuildGroupControl formBuildGroupControl; 
    FormGroupControl formGroupControl; 
    int idx; 
    DictTable dictTable; 
    CustTable custTable; 
 
    // Create the form header. 
    form = new Form(); 
 
    // Add data sources to the form. 
    dictTable = new DictTable(tableNum(custTable)); 
    formBuildDataSource = form.addDataSource(dictTable.name()); 
    formBuildDataSource.table(dictTable.id()); 
 
    // Create the form design. 
    formBuildDesign = form.addDesign("Design"); 
    formBuildDesign.caption("myForm"); 
 
    // Add controls. 
    formBuildGroupControl = 
 formBuildDesign.addControl(FormControlType::Group,"Group"); 
    idx = formBuildGroupControl.id(); 
  
    formBuildStringControl = 
 formBuildGroupControl.addControl(FormControlType::String,"String"); 
 
    // Add data fields to the controls. 
    formBuildGroupControl.dataSource(formBuildDataSource.id()); 
    formBuildStringControl.dataSource(formBuildDataSource.id()); 
    formBuildStringControl.dataField(2); 
 
    args = new Args(); 
    args.object(form); 
 
    //C reate the run-time form. 
    formRun = classfactory.formRunClass(args); 
 
    formRun.run(); 
    formRun.detach(); 
 
    formGroupControl = formRun.control(idx); 
    formGroupControl.leftMode(-1); 
    formGroupControl.leftValue(50); 
}

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