Event handlers and delegates

In the previous blog post we had a look at the possibilities of adding new methods and variables to existing AX7 program code using extensions. What if we need to modify, or add extra functionality to existing methods or events on existing classes, tables and forms? In that case we use AX7 events and delegates (also called ‘hooks’).

There are already plenty of events (hooks) we can subscribe in AX and extend the existing functionality without overlayering or overriding the function we need to extend. You can find those under the “Events” node of the application objects. Subscription is as easy as right clicking and selecting “Copy event handler method”, then you need to paste it into an eventhandle