Issues concerning X++
This blog deals with issues about X++
Dynamics Ax and the Internet of Things.
At the last technical conference, I ended by showing a little system that was designed to show the...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 02/21/2015
Using EDT array elements from Proxies or from the .NET Business Connector for AX
by Peter VilladsenDecember 2013 The Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 system allows an individual table...
Author: Gene-FID Date: 12/06/2013
Announcing the “AxErd” Website for Dynamics AX 2012
We have created about 30 database ERDs (entity relationship diagrams) for tables of Microsoft...
Author: Gene-FID Date: 05/23/2013
X++ Arrays Behave Differently in .NET CIL, in Dynamics AX 2012
- Understanding the Difference There has been some confusion about the behavior of X++ arrays in...
Author: Gene-FID Date: 09/17/2012
X++ Function num2Str: Difference in .NET CIL Mode
SUMMARY: You cannot pass the value of -1 for the ‘decimals’ parameter to the num2str X++...
Author: Gene-FID Date: 03/08/2012
X++ Deterministic Garbage Collection
Garbage Collection in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 This blog entry investigates issues concerning the...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 01/13/2012
When to use Managed Code in Dynamics AX
At a Dynamics AX conference in summer 2011, I was asked for guidance on when to use C# compiled to...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 12/07/2011
X++ Compiler Changes in Dynamics AX 2012
In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, we made compiler changes to make the X++ language more reliable and...
Author: Stella Chen Date: 11/04/2011
New Option to Log X++ Max-Length String Truncation
In X++ you can optionally declare a string to have a specified maximum length: str 5 maxLen5String;...
Author: Karl Simonsen Date: 10/06/2011
.NET Interop to X++ When X++ Runs as CIL
In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 we have interoperability features that enable your .NET Framework C#...
Author: Ashish Gupta MBS Date: 09/20/2011
Changes to the Collection Classes in Dynamics AX 2012
In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 we introduced the ability to compile X++ code into .NET Framework CIL....
Author: Stella Chen Date: 09/07/2011
How to use X++ Delegates in Dynamics AX 2012
In this post I want to cover some of the core functional aspects of the new delegates feature...
Author: Marcos Calderon M Date: 08/02/2011
X++ script host.
I was looking at the API that we publish for the X++ compiler, and it struck me that it would be...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 05/19/2011
Working with System.Char in X++
There are situations where it is useful to workl with characters in X++. As you know, X++ does not...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 05/10/2011
Announcing the Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Conference 2011
The launch of the next release of Microsoft Dynamics AX will be next year. There will be a Microsoft...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 08/06/2010
More help needed from community: Do you rely on string truncation?
Previously the X++ language allowed the LEFT and RIGHT keywords on definitions of string variables....
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 03/16/2010
Removal of legacy functions
There are several legacy X++ language functions found in Dynamics AX that we have been considering...
Author: cgood@microsoft.com Date: 02/23/2010
Traversing elements in an IEnumerable from X++
This issue recently came up: How do you traverse the elements in an instance of an...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 01/19/2010
Conditional breakpoint workaround
As you may know, the Ax debugger does not feature conditional breakpoints. It does obviously allow...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 10/10/2009
Transforming X++ code to managed code: Check the video...
The channel 9 video:...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 09/12/2009
Nulls in foundation classes? A chance for you to help out.
The name "Axapta Foundation Classes" or just AFC for short, is given to a number of classes that are...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 08/25/2009
Forthcoming changes to the X++ language
High level programming languages and their compilers solve many problems for developers who want to...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 06/29/2009
Step-by-Step Checklist for Debugging Batch Jobs in Dynamics Ax
This post applies to Microsoft Dynamics Ax 2009 (see version note below). A. Enable Global...
Author: cgood@microsoft.com Date: 06/25/2009
Serializing Axapta Foundation Class instances as XML streams
The Axapta foundation classes are a set of generally applicable classes that contain values of...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 04/29/2009
Is the X++ Compiler Too Flexible?
In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, the X++ compiler is sometimes too flexible in its rules for code. It...
Author: GeneM Date: 02/23/2009
Using the Cross company feature from the Business Connector.
In Ax 2009 the new cross company feature was introduced. It allows the programmer to specify a...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 12/19/2008
The Enterprise Portal team introduces new blog...
The EP team has just created a blog about their stuff. These guys know their stuff, and are heavy...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 06/05/2008
Using graphics in forms and legacy reports.
Let's face it - The forms and reports in Dynamics Ax are pretty bland. They're very good at...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 03/31/2008
Caveat: Using the += and -= operators for dates.
As you may know, it is possible in X++ to add integers to dates. The semantics are that the integer...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 02/05/2008
Missing values: getting the System.Missing.Value value
When dealing with office integration scenarios and when calling APIs that are based on old COM...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 01/15/2008
Macros - Definitions and Pitfalls
The X++ language features a macro expansion facility. With it, you can define macros, use macro...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 11/12/2007
Entering sales orders over the phone...
At the convergence conference in Copenhagen I wanted a demo that could demonstrate another way of...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 11/08/2007
Pen based form demo
This demo was written for Convergence 2007 to showcase how Dynamics Ax can leverage managed code. In...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 10/30/2007
Difference between " and ' ?
We have been asked whether there is any difference between the two types of quotes that can be used...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 10/29/2007
SQL improvements in the next version of Dynamics AX
I'd like to share with you a description of some of the features that we've finished for the next...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 09/10/2007
Exception handling and transactions
The runtime semantics of exceptions is peculiar in X++. The difference from the semantics from other...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 09/08/2007
Correction guide - Compiler warnings
The following is based on material kindly provided by Michael Fruergaard Pontoppidan. I have edited...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 08/21/2007
Misusing string concatenations
We still see issues where programmers experience really bad things because they're misusing the str...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 08/07/2007
X++ Tips and Tricks webinar made available right here...
Hello All I recently had the opportunity to do a webinar for a number of online participants, where...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 07/30/2007
Integrating Mappoint into the Customer form...
At today's webinar, I demonstrated how managed code can be called from a form, to get a bitmap...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 07/11/2007
Getting rid of the "Loss of precision" warning message
A question came up at today's webinar where a developer had a (presumably legitimate) reason to cast...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 07/11/2007
Managed enumeration types and X++
Currently it is painful to use managed enumeration types in X++, although not impossible, This...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 07/02/2007
CLR interop: Passing Int16 values to managed code.
As you all know, Dynamics AX supports 32 bit integers in its int datatype. However, sometimes you...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 07/02/2007
TechEd 2007 InfoPath demo bits.
At TechEd in Orlando a few weeks ago, I did a demostration of how InfoPath can be used as an easy...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 06/27/2007
Operator precedence of && and ||
There is an issue concerning logical expressions (i.e. expressions that are evaluated to true or...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 06/25/2007
Dynamics AX eventing
Abstract: The following blog presents two useful ways to perform communication between classes in...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 06/22/2007
Using arrays with CLR interop
Currently there is no way to pass X++ native arrays to CLR arrays and vice versa. Even it were...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 06/20/2007
Welcome to the X++ blog
Hello, The X++ team is happy to provide the X++ blog as a vehicle of communication between the X++...
Author: Peter Villadsen Date: 06/19/2007