A simple customization in MPOS (Blank Operation) with AX7

Hi All,

 

I recently had to add a Blank Operation to Modern POS (MPOS) to open a url from MPOS.

 

Blank Operation as you may already be aware enable you to extend Microsoft Dynamics Retail for POS by adding custom logic that can be triggered from the Retail POS Register buttons. The way to implement Blank Operations in MPOS  is different from Enterprise POS as MPOS is a modern app as compared to EPOS which is a windows forms based app.

So lets explore a very simple customization i.e. we want to open a URL on triggering a button from MPOS.

1. We would need to start with AX to add a button to the layout of MPOS. If you do not want to disturb the standard layouts its better to copy one of the existing layouts and then modify it using the designer. Please note the designer only opens in Internet Explorer so it will save you time by not trying to open it in other browsers e.g Chrome

 

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