Printing PDF Attachments in MSDyn365FO
In this post I’ll detail how you can print PDF document attachments using AXs DocumentContract framework. I have used this forum post as a reference: https://community.dynamics.com/ax/f/33/p/222925/785091#785091 1. Create extension of the DocuView form to introduce a new Print button. 2. Next thing is to create a handler class that will have all our event handlers. a. Firstly, we create a class with the reference to DocumentContract AX framework. In my case, I am also using Reporting framework. b. Let’s subscribe to the OnActivated event of the main DataSource which is DocuRef. This is so we can enable or disable printing by checking if the reference is a document and is of type ‘pdf’ c. Then we can create subscribe to the OnClicked event of the new button Print button. We will write our printing logic here. d. Once you click print, you’ll get the following message and you have managed to successfully print an attachment: