In X++, you can decorate classes and methods with attributes. Attributes were added in AX 2012 (I believe), where the typical use case was a definition of data contracts. They’re much more common in F&O, because they’re also used for CoC and event handlers. For most developers, attributes are something defined by Microsoft and used …
I’m not sure that everybody is aware that a single event handler method (in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations) can be decorated with several event handler attributes. For example, a common method can handle both inserts and updates. [ DataEventHandler(tableStr(MyTable), DataEventType::Inserted), DataEventHandler(tableStr(MyTable), DataEventType::Updated) ] public static void myHandler(Common _sender, DataEventArgs _e) Or it can …
I was not much interested so far in new features of .NET 4.5. But I did install Visual Studio 2012 RC and so when I have it, I use it for writing a small application for my own needs. And by coincidence, I came across a new feature that I must share. .NET 4.5 comes …