Plugin enabling

[Professional]

Hi,
Is there a simple way to not execute a plugin under certain circumstances or is it a matter of checking for that somewhere in the code?
For example say the Sales Order Customer Panel Plugin and you don't want that to appear for Cash Only customers but do for account customers.
Thanks,
Jeff

[Mike.Sheen]

Hi Jeff,

You would need to modify the plugin to hide or show the panel based on the debtor.

By adding a handler in the ReadEnd and CreateEnd events you can examine the debtor and then set the splitter control for the customer panel to be expanded or not.

With our current plugin we already do listen to the ReadEnd and CreateEnd events, so you can just modify that - so for example in the ReadEnd it currently looks like this:

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Public Sub SalesOrder_ReadCompleted(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)
   ReadCustomerSalesHistory()
   DisplayProductDetailsForRow(0)             
End Sub


Changing it to the below will hide the panel when the AccountNo is "1001":

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Public Sub SalesOrder_ReadCompleted(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)
   ReadCustomerSalesHistory()
   DisplayProductDetailsForRow(0)
      
   Dim salesOrder As JiwaSales.SalesOrder.SalesOrder = sender
   If salesOrder.Debtor.AccountNo = "1001" Then
      Splitter.Collapsed = True
   Else
      Splitter.Collapsed = False         
   End If                
End Sub


Attached is a plugin demonstrating this. Disable the standard Customer Panel plugin, import the attached and search for "1001" and change that to be the account no you're using for cash sales (there will be two places "1001" occurs - the methods SalesOrder_ReadCompleted and SalesOrder_Created), then save and log out and log back in.

Mike

[Professional]

Thanks Mike That's a big help Cheers