The Microsoft Dynamics AX Enterprise Portal Blog : EP Development

AX 2009 EP Development CookBook

meysun — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:19:00 GMT

I have consolidated various blog posts and feedback to one EP development cookbook based on the suggestion from customers/partners. We will keep this updated to make it as a one stop guide for EP development http://blogs.msdn.com/epblog/attachment/9944064.ash...(read more)

Setting Left/Right Zone size on a Enterprise Portal page

DiwakarB — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:49:00 GMT

Enterprise Portal supports 8 different page templates. Each of these come with different SharePoint Zones and each has a predefined width assigned to each of the zones. Further SharePoint Zones by nature tend to expand to fit the contents (i.e. Webparts)....(read more)

Persisting Filter conditions in EP Grid

meysun — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:59:00 GMT

Persisting Filter condition in EP Grid In AX 2009, EP grid control comes with an advanced filter. Here is a code to persist the filter condition the user last entered in a page for that user, so that later when the user comes back to the same page the...(read more)

Dynamics AX Enterprise Portal Development Webinar - Recording

DiwakarB — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:58:00 GMT

Finally i was able to get the recording uploaded. It is not the original recording. Had some issues with Live meeting, so re-recorded the webinar.The recording is available on Channel9 - http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/diwakarb/Dynamics-AX-Enterprise-Portal-Development-Webinar...(read more)

EP Development Webinar - Presentation Deck

DiwakarB — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:35:00 GMT

I have attached the PPT I presented at the EP Development Webinar on 28th April. I will trying to get the recoridng uploaded as well. Will post it in couple of days....(read more)

Sharing Code between User Controls in EP

DiwakarB — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:48:00 GMT

One of the commonly asked questions is - How do I share code between different EP controls. Enterprise Portal in AX 2009, supports sharing of code using a dummy User Control (we call this a dummy user control as it doesn’t have any UI and contains only...(read more)

Managed DataSet – Part 2. Enumerating Rows.

jeppeoml — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:19:55 GMT

As promised in part 1 I will continue with discussing the new Managed DataSet and in particular focus on how to write code that uses the DataSet. As I am writing this I realize that there will be many parts to this saga which will gradually uncover more...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Enterprise Portal Quick starts and Screen casts

meysun — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:23:00 GMT

Enterprise Portal in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is built on ASP.net/AJAX and provides full power and flexibility to developers to build real , modern, interactive and responsive web applications for intranet, extranet and Internet scenarios....(read more)

Using AX Labels in EP 2009

jeppeoml — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:58:00 GMT

The AX Label is a core component in the localization support in AX and thus also in EP 2009. There are three main ways you can use labels from the AX label system in EP: Automatically as a result of the metadata driven UI The AxLabel expression in markup...(read more)

How-to videos on EP development

jeppeoml — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:15:48 GMT

Mey has published a series of excellent how-to videos on EP development. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 – Creating simple List Page in Enterprise Portal This how-to video demonstrates how to create a simple List Page in Enterprise Portal using AxGridView...(read more)

How to update Data Set from User Control?

meysun — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:25:00 GMT

How do update the Data Set for AxDataSource control by joining a new datasource in button_click() from c#? Add a method on the DataSet in the AOT i.e. an X++ method called “modifyQuery” Void modifyQuery() { querybuilddatasource qbds = someTable_q.datasourceName(someTable_ds.name());...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SDK

jeppeoml — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:53:00 GMT

Together with the release of the actual product, documentation for the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SDK has been released on MSDN. There is a lot stuff there including lots of info on the new EP 2009 framework here . Check it out. Also check out the Microsoft...(read more)

The Basics

jeppeoml — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:15:00 GMT

Let's start with covering the basic parts of developing on EP 2009. The purpose is to introduce the core concepts and along the way draw similarities with EP 4.0. That should help developers who are familiar with EP 4.0 get up to speed with the new framework....(read more)