Dianne Siebold's WebLog
News and ramblings on the Dynamics AX SDK documentation.
I just discovered that you can enable integration of AX and communicator such that you can see a...
Date: 02/11/2011
The Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Conference is only three days away. Hope to see you there!
Date: 01/14/2011
'Tis the season for gift giving. And what better gift than sample code. For you AX 2009 techies, we...
Date: 12/22/2010
Not me! Within our very own company we have someone that blogs regularly about help files and...
Date: 11/10/2010
Here are my top 10 reasons to attend the Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Conference. Rub elbows with...
Date: 10/28/2010
For those of you on the business side of Dynamics AX, there's a new book out called Managing Process...
Date: 09/30/2010
If you're an Outlook 2010 user, you've probably noticed that when you save an attachment, it brings...
Date: 09/29/2010
If you have ever thought to yourself, "Gee, I sure wish I had a list of all the reports in my AX...
Date: 08/19/2010
Recently, I had a need to loop through the Forms node in the AOT and find any form that had a...
Date: 08/13/2010
I know many companies are on the lookout for AX training. So I thought I'd share this information...
Date: 08/04/2010
Before I worked at Microsoft, I rarely filled out surveys or provided my feedback, even when...
Date: 06/28/2010
That's right, we're looking for a senior programming writer to add to the team. If you love both...
Date: 06/23/2010
The Microsoft Dynamics AX TechNet library has been updated so that it now includes the Community...
Date: 06/04/2010
Packt Publishing has released yet another AX development book, this one is called Microsoft Dynamics...
Date: 04/13/2010
Anyone who works in the X++ editor knows that it is not what you might call full-featured –...
Date: 04/02/2010
There’s a new book about development in Dynamics AX 2009 called Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009...
Date: 02/11/2010
One of the SDETs on our team recently made me aware of a somewhat unintuitive error message that you...
Date: 01/21/2010
Throughout AX, data is often saved from forms, classes, and other objects so that when you run those...
Date: 01/08/2010
Recently, I was cleaning out my e-mail and came across a document that contains keyboard shortcuts...
Date: 01/05/2010
I’m always on the lookout for gems of information that might help you AX developers out there. So...
Date: 12/04/2009
If you're an AX developer, I have some good news: the Dynamics AX 2009 developer documentation on...
Date: 10/30/2009
As part of the overall MSDN redesign, the Dynamics AX Developer Center is sporting a new look. The...
Date: 10/19/2009
The Microsoft Dynamics AX Content Publishing team (we write all the AX docs) is holding some...
Date: 09/16/2009
This week is the annual AX User Group Summit 2009 in Chicago. The Dynamics AX Content Publishing...
Date: 09/15/2009
I recently discovered that there’s a tool that allows you to create a help file (either .chm or...
Date: 09/10/2009
Recently, I was on a mail thread that elucidated certain aspects of how AIF messages are encoded. So...
Date: 09/03/2009
Sometimes you stumble upon something that has been around for a long time but you never knew about,...
Date: 08/21/2009
Early this year, we released the Environmental Sustainability Dashboard (ESD). This is a module that...
Date: 08/04/2009
At long last, a white paper about implementing new services and best practices for developers has...
Date: 07/02/2009
The updated version of Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is now available. Check it out here.
Date: 06/19/2009
If you’re using Dynamics AX 2009 and are new to services, there’s a new webcast that you’ll want to...
Date: 06/18/2009
The SDK team has released its first update to the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 developer documentation...
Date: 05/15/2009
Training isn’t necessarily my bailiwick, but I recently came across some Microsoft Dynamics AX...
Date: 05/12/2009
When you use the AIF file adapter to process messages, you might think that the messages would be...
Date: 04/24/2009
There was recently a very interesting blog post interview with Lachlan Cash, Senior Product Manager...
Date: 04/15/2009
SCM in Dynamics AX is not my area of expertise but I thought it would be good to get the word out...
Date: 04/10/2009
It’s hard to believe, but sometimes things don’t work as expected when integrating external systems...
Date: 03/31/2009
The white paper that covers setting up and configuring the BizTalk adapter has been updated for...
Date: 01/30/2009
I was included in an e-mail thread recently that discussed what fields are needed in a partial...
Date: 01/19/2009
This post is from the “too helpful not to share” file. I received this information recently on how...
Date: 12/18/2008
I recently heard about an issue in Dynamics AX 2009 when adding a service reference or even a...
Date: 12/15/2008
I was recently included on an e-mail thread in which the question as to how AIF web services handle...
Date: 12/08/2008
Normally, I don't like to blog about other blogs, but in this case I made an exception. This blog...
Date: 10/06/2008
A while back I created this graphic to show the relationship between a document query and the...
Date: 09/11/2008
I have posted some AIF code samples on the MSDN Code Gallery that demonstrate calling a service...
Date: 08/21/2008
An update to the 4.01 SDK is now available for download here. Download and install this file to get...
Date: 08/15/2008
If you're interested in finding out about how SOA is enabled in Microsoft Dynamics AX, there's an...
Date: 08/12/2008
Recently, I have been experiencing hard crashes on my computer, which I have been using for over two...
Date: 08/04/2008
Traditionally, Summer is a time to catch up on reading. Since the dog days of Summer are now upon us...
Date: 07/16/2008