How to add a new sales order badge

[DannyC]

I've had a request to add a badge (like the Printed, emailed, processed indicators) to sales orders.

I've looked through old forums and scanned through various sections of the SalesOrderUI in JustDecompile but can't quite work it out.
Any tips or pointers?

[pricerc]

The Sales Order form has a table layout panel, making it a bit easier to add things than on some other forms.

This is (roughly) what I do:

Code: Select all

        Public Sub Setup(JiwaForm As IJiwaForm, Plugin As Plugin) Implements IJiwaFormPlugin.Setup
            Dim salesOrderForm = TryCast(JiwaForm, BaseSalesOrderEntryForm)
            If salesOrderForm Is Nothing Then Return

            AddLabel(salesOrderForm, "AerpWarningLabel", 3, 3) ' add new label in the middle of the header.
        End Sub

        Shared Function AddLabel(pluginForm As BaseSalesOrderEntryForm, name As String, column As Integer, row As Integer) As Label
            Dim result As New Label() With {
                              .Text = String.Empty,
                              .TextAlign = ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter,
                              .BorderStyle = BorderStyle.None,
                              .Name = name,
                              .Dock = DockStyle.Fill,
                              .BackColor = Color.Transparent
            }

            pluginForm.TableLayoutPanel1.Controls.Add(result, column, row)
            Return result
        End Function

        Shared Sub SetLabelText(sof As BaseSalesOrderEntryForm, controlName As String, text As String, backColor As Color, foreColor As Color)
            Dim label As Label = CType(sof.TableLayoutPanel1.Controls(controlName), Label) ' find the label in the header panel

            label.Text = text
            label.BackColor = backColor
            label.ForeColor = foreColor

            label.Visible = Not String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text)
        End Sub

        Private Sub SalesOrder_ReadEnd(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
            Dim salesOrder As SalesOrder = TryCast(sender, SalesOrder)
            If salesOrder Is Nothing Then Return 'panic.

            SetLabelText(salesOrderForm, "AerpWarningLabel", Nothing, Color.Transparent, Color.Transparent) ' clear the label

            Dim haveObsoleteItems As Boolean = False
            For Each sol As SalesOrderLine In salesOrderForm.SalesOrder.SalesOrderLines
                Select Case sol.InventoryStatus
                    Case SalesOrder.SalesOrderInventoryStatuses.e_SalesOrderObsolete,
                            SalesOrder.SalesOrderInventoryStatuses.e_SalesOrderDeleted,
                            SalesOrder.SalesOrderInventoryStatuses.e_SalesOrderDiscontinued

                        haveObsoleteItems = True
                        SetLabelText(salesOrderForm, "AerpWarningLabel", "Order has obsolete products", Color.Brown, Color.White)
                End Select

                If haveObsoleteItems Then Exit For
            Next
        End Sub


[DannyC]

That's awesome. That's given me a decent starting point.

I had to experiment with the column and row because pretty much each value I tried would push the other controls out of alignment.
Finally settled on a position 3, 6.

And I also did it in C#.

[pricerc]

Glad to be of assistance.

And I also did it in C#.

I won't hold that against you

I use a mix of C# and VB, depending on the context.

But I will always choose VB if I'm going to be doing anything in XML, or if there's any likelihood that I'll need to guide someone through a remote edit - occasionally, with capable clients, instead of a whole plugin, I'll just send an email with a couple of lines of code and instructions on where to put them; this is much easier with VB than C#, because the keywords of VB are much easier to spot for a non-coder.

[SBarnes]

Whilst this could start a debate over which language is better I say go with the one that works better for you as both largely can do the same job.

I prefer c# for two very honest reasons:

• When looking for something I can usually find a c# example quicker on google
• I will be honest and admit it means I have to type less