Dynamics AX 2009 features support for writing reports using SQL Server Reporting Services. In this post, I’m going to show you how to create a simple SSRS report that accesses data in the AX database. The overall process I will describe will focus on...

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This is one of those tasks I need to repeat every now and then and always forget the exact steps. So in the interest of sharing, I’ve written this post to demonstrate how to get started building a very simple module and cmdlet with C# and Visual Studio...

I purchased a Kingston DataTraveller 400 (4GB) to try out ReadyBoost on my Dev workstation. My initial impression is that it has visibly improved application launch time (Visual Studio 2008 was definitely faster – but YMMV). Out of curiosity I had to...

As part of a side project, I needed to take the contents of a WPF application render it (or a subset of it on a Canvas) as a bitmap. The attached Visual Studio 2008 sample application shows how to accomplish both tasks. To illustrate, this is the application...

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Need to get consistent widths or heights for shapes? You don’t need to do this manually or use macros. There’s a simple solution in Visio 2007 and Visio 2010 – Use the Size and Position Window to make precise changes to many shapes at once. http://viziblr...

  Before I continue, let me be clear that I love my Kindle – I own two – but the Kindle for PC application has been frustrating me on my Windows 7 machines. On three separate Windows 7 machines I always get the “Amazon Kindle For PC Application has...

I’ve received a lot of questions both internally and externally about using Mercurial and TortoiseHg due to my original post on this blog . Seems like Mercurial is getting very popular and there’s a lot of interest coming getting up-to-speed with it quickly...

Ever need to share your Visual Studio solution or projects with someone? You ZIP up a folder with your code and send it. If your project is under source control – one that is integrated with Visual Studio – you will likely hear from the recipient of your...

  We just published a screencast that started exploring a new concept in AX 2012: the Report Programming Model and Report Data Providers .   In addition to the screencast I wanted to use this post to elaborate on the topic shown in the screencast...

  I'm excited to share with you now just a few of the improvements we've made in Dynamics AX 2012 compared to what was available in Dynamics AX 2009 with regard to SSRS Reports. Development Environment Dynamics AX 2009 SSRS report development was...

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One of my side-projects requires me to build some of my own tools. In this case: a code generation tool. In a future post, I’ll describe the tool and provide its source, but for now I did want to share some of what I discovered on the way. First, the...

[Update 2010-02-18] This project is now part of of the VisioPowerTools – which you can download from http://visioautomation.codeplex.com SUMMARY Published a new version on codeplex with some new features and a newer version of Theirry's XamlTune...

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It’s tempting to say a functional specification is a document that … blah blah blah requirements, scenarios, glossary. design details, etc. It’s tempting to say that because it is true - true but it misses the bigger picture. A spec...

In 16 years I’ve written an a lot of functional specs. I’ve written them in small teams and in big teams and every size in between. These specs covered many areas: email protocols, server components, user experiences, networking...

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  In Part 2 I mentioned that one way to harm to readability of a spec was to not understand the audience or what they need from the spec. Let’s expand on that. Not all specs are the same, and different situations call for different approaches. ...

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In my previous post, I showed how to save a window or canvas as a PNG bitmap file . In this post I’m going to show how to save the animation in a Canvas as an AVI file.   First, add some animation. var anim = new System.Windows.Media.Animation.DoubleAnimation...

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