How to read and set Pane value for new adding folder

Question

Hi Experts,
I tried to add a new folder in to a system form as below
Itm = form.Items.Add("UserFolder"), SAPbouiCOM.BoFormItemTypes.it_FOLDER)
form.DataSources.UserDataSources.Add("F_new", SAPbouiCOM.BoDataType.dt_SHORT_TEXT, 1)
Dim oFolder As SAPbouiCOM.Folder
oFolder.DataBind.SetBound(True, "", "F_new")
oFolder.GroupWith("138")
My quester is what is the panelevel for this new folder? And how to set value to panelevel for this folder.
If we design a folder from Screen Painter, we can set the pane value manually, can we do this from code?
Thanks a lot
Tim

Answer 1

Hello,
You do not have to set any panelevel for your folder, if you would like to display it all the panelevels. (Let's see an example on Item Master data form).
Sales, Purchase, Inventory etc tabs (folders) are always visible, there is no panelevel set for them.
To change between panelevels, you can trigger et item pressed event, and  before_action = false, then you may change the panelevel of the form poperly.
For initially you may use the Folder.Select() command to show the default panelevel
>The problem is here, it looks like oFrom.Panelevel property can only accept integer value, so how can I know what's the pane level number for my folder?
Do not set panelevel for your folders, you should drive your form's panelevel based on a selection tree:
To see clear, please check the following code in the help sample: CompexForm
C:Program FilesSAPMásolat - SAP Business One SDKSamplesCOM UIVB.NET07.ComplexForm2003
to make it clear:
        '// Adding Folder items
        For i = 1 To 2
            oItem = oForm.Items.Add("Folder" & i, SAPbouiCOM.BoFormItemTypes.it_FOLDER)
            oItem.Left = (i - 1) * 100
            oItem.Width = 100
            oItem.Top = 6
            oItem.Height = 19
            oFolder = oItem.Specific
            '// set the caption
            oFolder.Caption = "Folder" & i
            oFolder.DataBind.SetBound(True, "", "FolderDS")
            If i = 1 Then
                oFolder.Select()
            Else
                oFolder.GroupWith(("Folder" & i - 1))
            End If
        Next i
This code add 2 folders to the form: and the first (i = 1) is selected.
IN itemevent, the panelevel property of the form is depending from the item you have clicked:
Case SAPbouiCOM.BoEventTypes.et_ITEM_PRESSED
                    '// Check if the event was raised by one of the Folder items
                    '// and change the form's pane level
                    If pVal.ItemUID = "Folder1" Then
                        oForm.PaneLevel = 1
                    End If
                    If pVal.ItemUID = "Folder2" Then
                        oForm.PaneLevel = 2
                    End If
Regards
János