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In the Dynamics AX 2009 Setup when you are trying to install the Dynamics AX 2009 Reporting Extensions for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services you might run into the following error message: An error occurred during setup of Reporting extensions...

Dynamics AX is integration with Microsoft Office Outlook for sending E-Mails, doing synchronization in the CRM Module, etc. In several occasions you can get confronted with the following or a similar error message: Could not communicate with Microsoft...

Recently I got confronted a lot with the following error message in Dynamics AX 2009: User 'UserName' is not authorized to insert a record in table 'TableName'. Request denied. Cannot create a record in TableLabel (TableName). Access Denied: You do...

When installing Enterprise Portal for Dynamics AX 2009 one of the most often reported reasons for a failing installation is the uncompiled SysDevelopmentProxy class. In the DynamicsSetup.txt log file this manifests in the following error message: ...

Recently I was confronted with the requirement to place a watermark on a report. Finally I found 3 different ways to do this: use a SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) to make reports add background image over whole Report (X++ Report), mark...

The Default Cube Advisor Tool for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 generates a list of Cube and Role Center elements that are not valid for the specific license and configuration keys you are using. This tool complements the whitepaper Microsoft Dynamics...

I was once launching the Dynamics AX DB Upgrade Preparation Tool (AxDbUpgrade.exe) on a Windows Server 2008. I was using the version distributed with the Dynamics AX 2009 DVD. The issue here was that the tool was crashing shortly after launching. In...

Not too long ago I was installing a Dynamics AX 4.0 AOS on a 64bit Windows Server 2008. After the Dynamics AX Setup was finished I was however unable to start the Server Configuration Utility because of the following error: Activation context generation...

If you are using the SysDateLookup form on a table grid, we please be aware of the following issue. Unfortunately the selected date on the calendar is incorrect. Instead of showing the date value of the field, the calendar is showing the date value...

Maybe you already ran into the issue that you are using Dynamics AX 4.0 SP1 with SQL Server 2005. You are trying to create a new table in AOT with a column called "external". You recognize, that during the synchronization of the table with SQL Server...

While planning to create a web page based on Dynamics AX data we came across the following questions: Is it possible to connect from php with use of business connector to Dynamics AX? If so how? Is there any example available? Is it possible...

Recently I was asked the question how it is possible to import a Dynamics AX XPO file to Dynamics AX from X++ code. This is actually possible using the SysImportElements class. However this approach does not work if the XPO file should be imported...

I once had the problem that I was not able to create any new Dynamics AX 4.0 Enterprise Portal sites. The error ocurred during the registration phase after selecting a company account. The error message showing up in the browser was: The Web site...

I have a Class wich writes a File to a Network share (I also tried it local it was no difference). If I start the Class in my normal Client session, it works. But if I start it in a batch, the debugger opens and I get an Stack Trace Error. The Infolog...

I was recently installing a new Dynamics AX 2009 environment where I was having Enterprise Portal installed on a separate machine. When running the Dynamics AX Setup for the Enterprise Portal and Role Center role the installation completed with warnings...

When you are designing new Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Reports with the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Reporting Extension in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, you sometimes face the following situation. The new report is based on a Microsoft Dynamics...

Recently we figured out that when you are installing a Dynamics AX 2009 Application Object Server (AOS) on a Windows Server 2008, that has the Windows Firewall turned on and you are trying to connect with a Dynamics AX 2009 client to the new Dynamics...

In Dynamics AX 2009 the Timezone support was introduced, so when you are now entering a time value you can also specify the Timezone that corresponds the entered value. In conjunction with the Excel Template Wizard you may however run into a small isssue...

The Dynamics AX AOS is regularly validating Client sessions in order to free sessions from inactive Clients, e. g. if the Dynamics AX Client process (ax32.exe) was terminated in Task Manager rather than closing the Client gracefully. This Server side...

You are having some X++ code in Dynamics AX 4.0 where the "exists" method of the Label class is called to check if certain Label IDs are present. But for each constant Label ID you pass to the method "Label::exits" the method is returning "false"....

Recently we were confronted with the following situation during importing a new license file into Dynamics AX 4.0. During the import of the license file the Dynamics AX Client crashes. After a restart of the Dynamics AX Client no dialog can be opened...

It is quite comon for a Dynamics AX developer to have multiple versions of Dynamics AX Clients installed on the same PC. However when you are having Dynamics AX 4.0 Client and Dynamics AX 2009 Client installed on the same machine you can run into issues...

I was once in the situation that in the Dynamics AX Client the Manage Deployment Form (EPUpdate), found under "Administration | Setup | Internet | Enterprise Portal", did not list all Virtual Servers that were existing on IIS. In this particular scenario...

I'm using Dynamics AX 2009 and want to instantiate the .NET class "System.Collections.Generic.List" in X++. Intellisense expands the class to "System.Collections.Generic.List`1" however the code cannot be compiled as the class as well as all other...

You are using Dynamics AX 4.0 SP2 and Outlook 2003. Certain Reports (like Confirmations) your customer is sending out by E-Mail attached as PDF. In Outlook 2003 you have configured a Signature that is added automatically to each E-Mail. But in Outlook...