AX 2012 - Difference between Form Methods , Form Data source Methods , Table Level Methods

1. Form methods can be overridden so as to change the behavior of the form in response to user interface events, and customize the appearance of a form

2. Form datasource methods can be overriden so as to change the behavior for validation, caching etc eg initvalue() can be used to fill in default values when creating a new record

3. Table methods is where most of processing codes should be placed instead of on form datasource methods. This can be overridden eg validateField() to validate a value in a field

See the below links for details:

Table Methods [AX 2012]

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa625830.aspx

Methods on a Form [AX 2012]

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa674599.aspx

Methods on a Form Data Source [AX 2012]

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa893931.aspx

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