Palle Agermark's WebLog

Turn off regular expressions in TextBuffer

Palle Agermark — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:22:27 GMT

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...(read more)

Import data from InfoPath forms to AX 4.0

Palle Agermark — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:51:22 GMT

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...(read more)

AX 4.0 Enterprise Portal and WSS 3.0 - Themes

Palle Agermark — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:43:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Access SharePoint Document Library through UNC Path

Palle Agermark — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:32:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Deploying AX with other directory servers than Active Directory

Palle Agermark — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:19:00 GMT

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...(read more)

SysImport without confirmation dialog

Palle Agermark — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:04:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Create file directory on the AOS fileserver from code

Palle Agermark — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:46:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Remove HTML tags from a string

Palle Agermark — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:11:00 GMT

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...(read more)

How to disable a configuration key from X++

Palle Agermark — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:52:00 GMT

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...(read more)

What is MST?

Palle Agermark — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:30:54 GMT

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...(read more)

Use regular expressions in the Find dialog

Palle Agermark — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:52:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Create a project from items checked out with the version control

Palle Agermark — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:54:00 GMT

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...(read more)

One piece of code to update a field in multiple tables

Palle Agermark — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:07:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Missing datatype in the Fincancial Dimension Wizard

Palle Agermark — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:43:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Dynamics AX 4.0 SP1 Localized is available

Palle Agermark — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:23:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Dynamics AX 4.0 Service Pack 1 ships

Palle Agermark — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:39:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Display customizable help or status text in the status line

Palle Agermark — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:29:00 GMT

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:...(read more)

Smarter dialogs

Palle Agermark — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:09:00 GMT

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...(read more)

New Channel 9 video

Palle Agermark — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:21:00 GMT

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...(read more)

AOS shutting down clients unexpectedly

Palle Agermark — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:29:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 is now shipping

Palle Agermark — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:50:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Analyzing table relations of a Query object

Palle Agermark — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:15:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Upgrade problems caused by field- or table Id conflicts

Palle Agermark — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:42:00 GMT

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...(read more)

isTypeTime

Palle Agermark — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:26:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Runtime modification of Auto Design report sections

Palle Agermark — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:38:00 GMT

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...(read more)