FormDataSource.name Method

Definition

Namespace:

Dynamics.AX.Application

Assembly:

Overloads

name()	Gets or sets the name that is used in code to identify a form, report, table, query, or other Finance and Operations application object.
name(String)

name()

Gets or sets the name that is used in code to identify a form, report, table, query, or other Finance and Operations application object.

public:
 override System::String ^ name();

public override sealed string name ();

override this.name : unit -> string

Public Overrides NotOverridable Function name () As String

Returns

String

The name that is used in code to identify an application object.

Remarks

The name property value of an object must meet the following criteria to avoid code conflicts:

• It must start with a letter.
• It cannot exceed 250 characters.
• It can include numbers and underscore (_) characters.
• It cannot include punctuation or spaces.
• Tables cannot have the same name as other public objects, such as extended data types, base enums, or classes.

The following example creates a QueryBuildDataSource object for a form data source. The FormDataSource.name method is used to specify the name of the QueryBuildDataSource object.

static client QueryBuildDataSource fds2Qbds(FormDataSource _fds) 
{ 
    Form     form = _fds.formRun().form(); 
    if (_fds.query()  
        && _fds.name()  
        && _fds.query().dataSourceName(_fds.name())) 
    { 
        return _fds.query().dataSourceName(_fds.name()); 
    } 
    // Use the first data source if not found by name. 
    if (_fds.query() && _fds.query().dataSourceNo(1)) 
    { 
        return _fds.query().dataSourceNo(1); 
    } 
    return null; 
}

name(String)

public:
 override System::String ^ name(System::String ^ _value);

public override string name (string _value);

override this.name : string -> string

Public Overrides Function name (_value As String) As String

Parameters

_value

String

The name for the data source; optional.

Returns

String