Update a system form with XML: empty screen when this is a target document.

Hi,
It is possible to update a system form with an xml file.
In the UI_Application.LoadBatchActions(xmlDoc). In the xmldocuemnt I update a system form by adding controls on it. This all works fine, except one (big) problem.
Assume that I Alter the 'Good Receipt PO'.
This document can be the target document of a Purchase order document. When you open a PO and click the icon on the toolbar for going to the target document, you see the target document filled in, in OK (view) mode.
When you alter the 'Goods Receipt PO' form with XML you get an empty goods receipt form, in Add mode.
Is this a known problem, how can I solve it?
Thanks in advance
Eddy

Hi Florian,
The XML looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Application>
 <forms>
 <action type="update">
 <form AutoManaged="1" BorderStyle="0" FormType="143" ObjectType="20" SupportedModes="15" appformnumber="143" client_height="424" client_width="570" color="0" default_button="1" height="458" left="207" mode="3" pane="1" title="Goederenontvangst (bestelling)" top="23" type="0" uid="F_233" visible="1" width="578">
 <items>
 <action type="add">
 <item AffectsFormMode="1" backcolor="-1" description="" disp_desc="0" enabled="1" font_size="0" forecolor="-1" from_pane="0" height="19" left="434" linkto="" right_just="0" supp_zeros="0" tab_order="830" text_style="0" to_pane="0" top="398" type="4" uid="100001" visible="1" width="85">
 <AutoManagedAttribute>
 <Attribute description="editable" id="2" modeAdd="1"/>
 </AutoManagedAttribute>
 <specific caption="Container"/>
 </item>
 </action>
 <action type="update">
 <item AffectsFormMode="1" backcolor="-1" description="" disp_desc="0" enabled="1" font_size="0" forecolor="-1" from_pane="0" height="19" left="315" linkto="2" right_just="0" supp_zeros="0" tab_order="1160" text_style="0" to_pane="0" top="398" type="4" uid="68" visible="1" width="114">
 <AutoManagedAttribute>
 <Attribute description="editable" id="2" modeAdd="1"/>
 </AutoManagedAttribute>
 <specific caption="Voorfactuur"/>
 </item>
 </action>
 </items>
 </form>
 </action>
 </forms>
</Application>
Thank you very much for trying this.
Eddy

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