Button as LinkedButton

Question

Hello all,
I'm trying to use a Button object as a LinkedButtton object. in the SDK i saw only an example of linking a column in a matrix.
I don't want to see the LinkedButton mark, but just that my button will function as a link.
The button is inside of purchase and sells forms, and i want to link it to the Account balance form.
is it possible to do so?
Thanks & Regards
Mosh

Answer 1

Hi everybody,
First of all, excuse my bad English (it's not my mother language). Any correction is welcome about this...
I have the same problem. I need a LinkedButton for showing Account Balance Form.
After some tests, I didn't found a solution.
Two partial approaches:
A) Using financial reports (Edy Simon's proposal)
1. When you want to show the Account Balance, Activate Menu Item 13057 (Financial Reports --> G/L Accounts and Business Partners)
2. Get the "Form Type 892" Load Event
3. Get the Form
                Form oForm = Application.Forms.Item(pVal.FormUID);
4. Unchecked the Accounts checkbox
                (oForm.Items.Item("15").Specific as CheckBox).Checked = false;
5.  Fill in the BP Code in Code From and To
                (oForm.Items.Item("6").Specific as EditText).Value = "BPCode";
                (oForm.Items.Item("7").Specific as EditText).Value = "BPCode";
6. Simulate click on the OK Button.
                oForm.Items.Item("1").Click(BoCellClickType.ct_Regular);
Note: For avoiding to execute this code when you launch manually the report (when using the transaction directly), you can use a flag in your code. You can set the flag on in step 1, check its value in step 2 and set the flag off in step 6.
B) Using Business Partners form
1. When you want to show the Account Balance, launch the Business Partner Form (you can do it using Active Menu Item 2561 or using a Linked Button with Object Type = 2)
2. Get the "Form Type 134" Load Event
3. Get the Form
                Form oForm = Application.Forms.Item(pVal.FormUID);
4. Simulate click on the Balance Button
                oForm.Items.Item("33").Click(BoCellClickType.ct_Regular);
Note: You can use the same workaround previously mentioned for avoiding problems when using the transaction directly
Howewer,
In Case A, the report is not the same as Business Partners' Account Balance (sigh)
In Case B, I have not been able to hide/close the Business Partner Form
Hope that helps. Any help is welcome!
Regards,