Epicor® User Codes in Drop Down Box Tutorial
Epicor® User Codes are a great way to dynamically manage values in a drop down box in Epicor®. We use them in many of our customizations, but because the system does not fill properties out for you it is easy to forget how to set them up.
To use User Codes you must add an EpiCombo to a screen or dashboard. I’m not going to cover that process here. This post picks up after EpiCombo has been added. The values are samples and should be updated to match your customization.
You can also use this configuration to pull data from any business object into a EpiCombo box.
| Field | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| EpiBinding | On a screen this is the field where the value is stored. This field is not used on dashboard | Customer.ShortChar01 |
| DisplayMember | The field you want displayed in the drop down box. | CodeDesc |
| EpiBOName | The business object that will be used to retrieve the data. | UserCodes |
| EpiColumns | A list of columns you want displayed in the drop down box. For this example leave it blank. | |
| EpiDataSetMode | Determines which method to call to retrieve the data. ListDataSet returns less data than RowsDataSet | RowsDataSet |
| EpiFieldName | Leave this blank for this example | |
| EpiTableName | The table name to retrieve data from. | UDCodes |
| RetreiveOnActivate | Set to true to retreive the data when the EpiCombo is activated | true |
| ValueMember | The field name that contains the value to be stored. This is usually a key field like CodeID or CustID. | CodeID |
| SearchFilter | A where clause to filter the results. For the user code example you want to filter by CodeTypeID this is a value you define when you setup the user codes. | CodeTypeID = ‘CUSTTYPE’ |
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