Previously with Auto Design layouts, I left off with by saying that some required us to tweak the Datasets to get them to work. In this post, we’ll change the properties of the datasets and see how that enables the Matrix and chart layouts. First, we...

Creating diagrams and graphs programmatically is one of passions. Below is a set of links you may find useful if you want to incorporate these techniques into your own applications. Where possible I’ve added licensing information.   GraphViz http...

RECAP In the last post i described how to use a Data Method to generate random data for a Data Set to form this report. In this post we shall focus on what it takes to automatically create a design from a Data set. First, you drag-and-drop the Data set...

In my previous two posts, I created an Auto Design report using a data method as a Data Report.   RECAP Here was the output of the report   And this was the Data Method that provided the data.   using System; using System.Collections.Generic;...

Somehow this hasn’t received the attention it deserves: IBM has released a tool that lets you generate “Wordle” word could images offline on your PC – completely disconnected from the Wordle web site. Here’s what you have to do, step-by-step DOWNLOAD...

This is follow-up to post from a few days ago ( Dynamics AX 2009: SSRS Reports and the role of Business Logic & Data Methods ). In the last post, we created a very basic report using DataMethods. Some things to note about that report There are two...

This is going to be the first of several posts introducing Data Methods in the context of SSRS reports in AX2009. Before explaining the concepts, we’ll begin by immediately creating a report so that we have something specific to look at. Platform notes...

A perquisite of working at Microsoft is serendipitous discovery of tips & tricks for applications one uses everyday. Today was a discovery about Visio and how to quickly resize pages. Let me account for my scenario as follows: I often draw large...

I’ve been deliberately keeping quiet about some of my latest Visio work, but I wanted to shed a little light before my latest code is available in “beta” form. In summary, I released VisioAutomation 1.0 (ver 1.1.1) in early 2009, but since then I’ve been...