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  In the  Part 1 , we saw how to use caller.args() to refresh the caller DataSource. This Post explains how caller Dataset is set. I have a Form Form1 which has 2 Datasets, Table1 and Table2. Table1 is my main Data Source. Table2 is the child Data Source. I have an another Form Form2. This has been added as a menu Item button on Form1. The reason is, I will Open Form2 from Form1. This way I can check the caller Dataset of Form1. Field1, Field2 belong to Table1 and Field3, Field4 belong to Table2. Table1.Field2 == Table2.Field3. On the Form2 Init method, I have the below code. Now, we have  a few scenarios  I open the Form2 from the display menu Item button in Form1.              The Data Source is 'Table1'. The reason is Table1 is the first Data Source of Form1. If I assign Data Source property of the ActionPane/ButtonGroup/MenuItem, The DataSet will be the assigned Data Source of these Objects.  Priority will be given to ...

This is the first part of the series on how to change properties on caller objects. This post explains how to refresh caller form data source. We may have a situation where we may need to refresh content on Parent Form data source. This may be due to the changes done in the child form data source. In Dynamics AX/D365, we can manipulate almost any control of the caller object (Form/menuItem etc). This can be done by fetching the caller argument element.args(). From here we get a list of options based on our needs... For our scenario, we need to get the form data source and refresh it. This can be done as follows. The FormRun object contains all the properties which you see on the Property Tab (Property Tab is a manifestation of the object properties as controls). Using FormRun we refresh our data source.