The Microsoft Dynamics AX Enterprise Portal Blog

I have consolidated various blog posts and feedback to one EP development cookbook based on the suggestion from customers/partners. We will keep this updated to make it as a one stop guide for EP development http://blogs.msdn.com/epblog/attachment...

Enterprise Portal supports 8 different page templates. Each of these come with different SharePoint Zones and each has a predefined width assigned to each of the zones. Further SharePoint Zones by nature tend to expand to fit the contents (i.e. Webparts...

Persisting Filter condition in EP Grid In AX 2009, EP grid control comes with an advanced filter. Here is a code to persist the filter condition the user last entered in a page for that user, so that later when the user comes back to the same page...

Here is a screencast done by Anunay Kumar (Test on Enterprise Portal team in Redmond) - http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/diwakarb/Sreencast--Deploying-EP-in-NLB-configuration This screencast walks through the steps involved in configuring Enterprise...

Finally i was able to get the recording uploaded. It is not the original recording. Had some issues with Live meeting, so re-recorded the webinar.The recording is available on Channel9 - http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/diwakarb/Dynamics-AX-Enterprise...

I have attached the PPT I presented at the EP Development Webinar on 28th April. I will trying to get the recoridng uploaded as well. Will post it in couple of days.

We are having four webinars on Microsoft Dynamics AX EP development and deployment , one each in North America and EMEA time zone. This is open to all partners, customers and Microsoft employees. Session 1 : EP Development ( repeated) – 28 th April...

I am presenting Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 at Covergence 2009 in New Orleans Code Title Date/Time Room AX03 Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Wed 3/11 | 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Room...

Enterprise portal allows filtering the list pages using the Filter control available on the EP Grid. The Filter control provides a UI to select the field, criteria and the values you want to filter the grid. It is also possible to add multiple conditions...

One of the commonly asked questions is - How do I share code between different EP controls. Enterprise Portal in AX 2009, supports sharing of code using a dummy User Control (we call this a dummy user control as it doesn’t have any UI and contains...

As promised in part 1 I will continue with discussing the new Managed DataSet and in particular focus on how to write code that uses the DataSet. As I am writing this I realize that there will be many parts to this saga which will gradually uncover more...

Enterprise Portal in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is built on ASP.net/AJAX and provides full power and flexibility  to  developers to build real , modern, interactive and responsive web applications for intranet, extranet and Internet scenarios...

EP 2009 comes with a whole new way to data bind and access AX data and yet it is still very familiar (as you will learn in this post) if you have developed EP WebForms and AX client Forms. The new way is the DataSet. Since EP 2009 is implemented using...

The UX team has released the latest UX guidelines for Dynamics AX 2009 which include details on the UX guidelines for EP 2009. It  covers the various pages types as well as the standard EP controls in detail. Very useful stuff! Download them here...

It was pointed out to me that I had made a small mistake on my previous post . There is an ugly gap between my toolbar and the grid. There is actually some javascript code that runs when the page is rendered that will remove the gap which makes it look...

The AX Label is a core component in the localization support in AX and thus also in EP 2009. There are three main ways you can use labels from the AX label system in EP: Automatically as a result of the metadata driven UI The AxLabel expression in markup...

Mey has published a series of excellent how-to videos on EP development. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 – Creating simple List Page in Enterprise Portal This how-to video demonstrates how to create a simple List Page in Enterprise Portal using AxGridView...

This post will discuss where UI logic is written in the EP 2009 and how you interact with your X++ code from the UI logic. I consider UI logic code that implements logic that handles user input and interaction mostly using event handlers. Often times...

How do update the Data Set for AxDataSource control by joining a new datasource in button_click() from c#? Add a method on the DataSet in the AOT i.e. an X++ method called “modifyQuery” Void modifyQuery() { querybuilddatasource qbds = someTable_q...

Over on his blog Mey has published a diagram that gives an overview of the EP 2009 architecture. I already talked about parts of the architecture like the ASP.NET User Control, the AxDataSource, etc. here . By the way Mey is the Program Manager for EP...

Together with the release of the actual product, documentation for the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SDK has been released on MSDN. There is a lot stuff there including lots of info on the new EP 2009 framework here . Check it out. Also check out the Microsoft...

A couple of weeks ago a Channel 9 video was made with a couple of guys from the EP team. It has a some great insight into the new EP framework as well as a demo. You can watch it here .

Let's start with covering the basic parts of developing on EP 2009. The purpose is to introduce the core concepts and along the way draw similarities with EP 4.0. That should help developers who are familiar with EP 4.0 get up to speed with the new framework...

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is now officially released to the public. The official press release is located here . It has taken two years and a lot of hard from work a very dedicated team of individuals across the world. It comes full of many new and exciting...