checkExist()is one of “standardized” static methods on tables in Dynamics AX. It complements exist() method by showing an error message in infolog (message wording is usually implemented in a separate method txtNotExist()). Many teams create just find() and exist() methods, which is a pity because it’s a common scenario to display a text message in …
When exploring Dynamics AX 2012, I sometimes meet situations when I would like to know more about some CLR type (particularly to decompile it in ILSpy) and I need to know in which assembly it is contained. It can be solved by the following X++ method, for instance: public static void showContainingAssembly(str _typeName) { System.AppDomain …
One of many new features in Dynamics AX 2012 which bring fantastic new possibilities is the ability to host managed UI controls, both from Windows Forms and WPF. Microsoft made a great effort to integrate the .NET environment and AX, not only from a run-time perspective but also for developers, easy event handling and so …
The more programmer teams I meet, the stronger feeling I have that just few people have any concrete idea what these agile methodologies are. Opinions are usually divided into two groups: Agile development is unsystematic, unplanned, such a code & fix approach (it’s curious that this is the reason for many teams to consider themselves …
Dynamics AX 2009 supports Team Foundation Server for storing source codes, but it doesn’t offer (out of the box) any option how to create a link between the changeset being created and a work item. Because such a relation is extremely useful and it is too complicated and error-prone to create it manually, I made …
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