Create custom User Control for Acumatica

Question

I am attempting to create a custom User Control that is usable in the Acumatica Framework. Documentation is very limited so I was hoping someone may have some experience/examples of how best to implement?

It appears possible by creating a WebControl derived from PXWebControl and creating a global JS function with a matching name.

Horsy

I can provide you an example of how to work with a pure HTML/JS control and have it interact with the graph, but as far creating an ASP.NET control that will seamlessly work with the Acumatica framework, it's not something I've seen before. I tried it a while ago but wasn't able to figure out how to have my global JS functions loaded - didn't try very hard however. Will be watching this question with great interest! – Ardelia

This question is too broad; questions asking only for generic examples are off-topic for Stack Overflow. Instead, start writing code, and come back when you have a more specific problem. Be sure to show us what you have tried and include a Minimal, Complete, Verifiable Example. – Vicarious

Answer 1

To create a custom User Control in an easy way, you need to:

• Open Customization of your project (System - Customization - Customization Project)
• On the left side, you can see your screens in your customization. Find screen that needs or add needed screen. Go to the necessary view.
• Select add controls and add your needed control.

You can see in an image provided below.

Enter

The product doesn't really support custom control (no option for that in Add Control tab). On the other hand JavaScript is correctly highlighted as the closest you can get to a custom control.. – Boogiewoogie

@HuguesBeauséjour technically any custom asp.net control can be used with Acumatica Framework. The other question is that the Layout Editor won't automatically show or manage that control with drag&drop. But the question is not specific to Layout Editor. – Preen

Correct, this is a possibility when creating new pages. – Boogiewoogie

I'm not sure you can customize existing pages with any asp.net control. The customization parser will likely break on unknown controls. – Boogiewoogie