When you work with objects of the TextBuffer class they use regular expressions internally when applying operations on the text. So this example probably wouldn't perform as you'd expect, since "<" is a control character used by the regular expression...

Here is a very high-level description on how you can import data from an InfoPath form to AX 4.0: Create the AX web service you want to use (e.g. to create a sales order) Create a new InfoPath form Define the web service as data source in InfoPath...

When you apply other themes from WSS, like Reflector or Plastic, Enterprise Portal (EP) retains the default theme. This is because EP doesn't ship with style sheets for all the themes of WSS. To customize the EP style sheet to match the WSS theme you...

I usually don't just link to other blogs from this blog, but this tip is very helpful and I seem to return to it again and again for reference. So here is the link: http://blogs.msdn.com/solutions/archive/2006/07/19/671873.aspx This posting is provided...

As you may very well know AX can't be deployed with other directory servers than Active Directory (AD). But a product like Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) allows you to integrate between AD and other directory servers. This will allow you...

If you run a something like the following, you'll be met with a confirmation dialog for existing elements. private void importAOT(str fileName) { SysImportElements sysImport = new SysImportElements(); sysImport.newFile(fileName); sysImport.parmImportAot...

WinAPIServer does not have createDirectory method, so best option is to use ClrInterop. static void createFileDirectory(Args _args) { FilePath path; new InterOpPermission(InteropKind::ClrInterop).assert(); System.IO.Directory::CreateDirectory(path...

Just stumbled on this little, but usefull, method. Web::stripHTML(...) removes HTML tags from a string and returns the actual text of the HTML string. The HTML must be fairly simple though. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties...

Please be aware that by running this code, you'll loose data in any table associated with the configuration key. ConfigurationKeySet configurationKeySet = new ConfigurationKeySet(); ; configurationKeySet.loadSystemSetup(); configurationKeySet...

I have been with Microsoft for a little more than four years now and twice my team has been involved in an investigation to figure out what MST, as in AmountMST, is short for. Now by writing this blog post I hope to save us from a potential third investigation...

The cross reference in AX is to me a very important tool to stay on top of things. I use it for research trying figure out how things are connected and I use it when I refactor code to see if I need to change any surrounding code. In our development environment...

I regularly install a new build of AX, so I have to export and import the stuff I'm working on. I have written the following job to help me create a Private Project of whatever is checked out. static void SysCreatePendingObjectsProject(Args _args) { Dialog...

I got inspired by Max Belugins blog post about " Abstract Macros " and I got to think about how I would have solved one of the tasks he once set out to solve with this concept. Basically Max wanted to update a field, of same type, in several tables...

The Fincancial Dimensions Wizard is really helpfull if you need to add new dimensions to the system. It has come to my attention though that it skips an extended datatype which also should be updated. The datatype is DimensionExtCodeId and it is important...

You can now download the localized version of 4.0 SP1. It supports the following 32 countries/regions: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Ireland...

Dynamics AX 4.0 Service Pack 1 release is available on Customer Source and Partner Source using these links: CS – https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/support/downloads/servicepacks/ax40sp1_download.htm PS – https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource...

In the right side of the status line there is a small area where you set custom texts independently of the help text (which is shown to the left). Here is a small job demonstrating this: static void setStatusLineText(Args _args) { ; xUserInfo:...

I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that dialogs for jobs in AX gets more and more complicated. I have a feeling a few of them could solve most of the world’s problems with hunger and pollution, if I could only figure out how fill the dialog fields...

Watch Michael Fruergaard Pontoppidan explain the cool AX model-driven architecture from your desk in this new Channel 9 video: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=235384 Michael is a co-author of the " Inside Dynamics AX 4.0 " book. Read...

This issue pops up regularly in the AX Dynamics newsgroups and our internal mailling lists. The AOS shuts down clients unexpectedly with the error "The server has terminated the session. The client will now close." This is due to a problem with...

This book seems to be shipping now. Here is an excerpt from the book description: Dive deep in to the architectural details of Microsoft Dynamics AX to make relationships clear and development tasks easier. The first part of the book is aimed at...

One of my ISV Buddies asked me how he could write code to analyze the table relations between the data sources of a Query object. Here is the job I wrote for him as an example. I thought it might could be of general interest. static void QueryLinks...

When a field or table that is added by a partner or customer in a higher layer than SYS, for example VAR, is subsequently added by Microsoft in the SYS layer with the same, you see a conflict during the synchronization process and consequently an error...

Checking if a certain data field is of the ”time” data type is not as obvious as you may think. Your first few attempts will most likely just tell you that the type of your field is Integer. Here’s a job with a small snippet of code showing you...

When you use Auto Design sections in your reports you don’t have to worry a lot about the design of the report. Everything will print just nicely. But Auto Design is problematic to work with if you want to runtime change one of the reports controls...