Robin

Software Engineer / Application Developer

[D365] Solve SysExtension cache issues / flush cache

Implementing a new class with SysExtensionFramework and noticing the code it never reached is sad. Most of the time it is a caching issue because D365fO is (like previous versions) a master of caching. Sometime it caches too much and don't refresh the cache. Flush cache via URL One way

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[D365] D365FO Ninja Dev Tools

Today I was on the hunt for information on the Tags property of some objects and came across an interesting GitHub repo: D365FO Ninja Dev Tools Hichem Chekebkeb has built some very interesting extensions! Those include the following at the moment: 1. Add new items to project with right click

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[D365] Git Cherry-Picking

For those of you, who are not familiar with cherry-picking with git, I'll explain it in a few words. What is cherry-picking? There is a little bit of documentation and a lot of discussions on stack-exchange about cherry-picking. Short version: You can pick selected commits from another branch and apply

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[X++] Find doInsert, doUpdate and doDelete with Cross-references (xRef)

In Dynamics AX 2012, cross-references can speed up the development drastically! Having them running nightly is recommended and almost standard procedure to set this up when installing a new system. But you'll have no luck finding statements like doUpdate(), doInsert() and doDelete() which manipulates the database directly. update(), insert() and

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[Docker] Run GUI app in linux container on windows host

Docker has dozents of advantages and so is one of them to be able to use apps with a GUI isolated in a docker container. For example your Browser, TextEditor or something else. Neatless to say that this will enable you to use linux / macOS software on your windows host

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[D365] Migrate from TFVC to GIT

Today I finally had time to move one of our projects in VSTS from TFVC to GIT source control! Git has a lot of benefits like working offline (commit, revert, reset etc.), branching (even from WorkItems directly!) and others that I don't want to discuss here. I want to share

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[D365] Get DataSource object from FormDataSourceEventHandler

Just a short snippet to show you how to get the DataSource object from a FormDataSourceEventHandler in D365fO because I search it in my Evernote most of the time: FormDataSourceEventHandler(formDataSourceStr(LedgerJournalTable, LedgerJournalTable), FormDataSourceEventType::Activated)] public static void LedgerJournalTable_OnActivated(FormDataSource sender, FormDataSourceEventArgs e) { LedgerJournalTable currentRecord = sender.cursor(); FormDataSource ledgerJournalTableDS

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[D365] Create a new workspace - no code needed

D365 for Operations has some nice features for users like workspaces. Workspaces allow users to have a distraction free view on only the information they need for their daily business or task they currently work on. For example the default workspace named Cost administration to manage product costs, invetory close,

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[D365] The menu item with name could not be opened

A very strange behavior came up often the last time when deploying our customizations to a fresh installed D365 box with PU11 and PU12: The menu item with name sysloadstartpage could not be opened. The following message stated: The menu item with name defaultdashboard could not be opened. And we

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[VSTS] Removal of Build Agent is asking for PAT - dont have it anymore

Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) makes it easy to run nightly builds and releases by using build agents for such tasks. But what to do if you want to remove ("unconfigure") a build agent from one maschine and forgot to keep the PAT (Personal access token) used to configure this

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[D365] change client language via URL query parameter

As you already noticed, D365fO works with URL query parameters. One example usage is to open a menuitem directly by using &mi=MenuitemName: https://usnconeboxax1aos.cloud.onebox.dynamics.com/?cmp=DEMF&mi=CustParameters When you are working with different languages on the client, there is a way to change the

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[D365] Set default model for new projects

Back in the days with Dynamics AX 2012 we could use config files to set the default model to start the client with or for the use with Visual Studio and SSRS Reports. In D365 the default models will be set automatically for you when you create a model in

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[D365] Search for Table Extensions by type

When developing D365 in Visual Studio I often search for objects by filtering on the type also to minimize the results and find my wanted object(s) quickly. A good search query could be: type:class name:"SalesTableType" But how to find TableExtensions? First, you can see them by an

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[D365] error Parameter name: The static extension method has not been set properly

While upgrading an AX2012 R3 solution, I trapped into the following error: Abnormal termination with unhandled exception. System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: The static extension method has not been set properly The extension class looks like this: ///

/// Extension for table CustBankAccount ///

[ExtensionOf(tablestr(CustBankAccount))] final class CustBankAccountROBS_

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[D365] ChainOfCommands: call to 'next' should be done only once and unconditionally

When using ChainOfCommands (CoC) in D365fO to hook into a standard method, it could be possible to receive the following compile error: call to 'next' should be done only once and unconditionally The code snipped causing this error message was automatically upgraded by the LCS project and looks like the

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Little underestimated helpers: classes AifUtil and AifInfoLog

With every customization we make to Dynamics AX (2012), we should first try to find a way to solve the requirement with standard AX. But when there is the need to customize it, we should also try to use as much standard functionality as possible to not reinvent the wheel.

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[SSRS] Format Number culture / region specific with text

When it comes to SSRS Report Design combined with Dynamics AX 2012, it is very common to fall back to .NET functions to archieve certain goals. When having a normal data field in a tablix element which displays a number value, you can set the format on the textbox itself

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[TFS] Object is already checked out to . (empty user)

This morning I wanted to check out an object within Dynamics AX 2012 which is connected to a local TFS instance. The system came up with the following error message: '\Forms\CustSettlement' is already checked out to . After checking it withing source control explorer from Visual Studio, the object

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[X++] Alternative: Get rid of BP error 839: Only foreign key constraints are allowed on this table

Property EnforceFKRelation When creating new tables in Dynamics AX 2012, there is a hidden property in the background called EnforceFKRelation. This property defines if the tables enforces ForeignKey Relations or not and is set to 1 (True) on newly created tables. This property does not appear anywhere in the AOT,

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[X++] Tip: Clear all nodes in shared AOT project

I had the need to modify a SharedProject and remove some nodes from it, add groups and add new nodes to it. All by code. One requirement was to clear all content from the AOT Project first and then add groups and the single nodes again. There is a simple

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Use of Args.refField() method

Use of method refField() The method refField() of the Args class is used to hard wire the field for a reference lookup to an explicitly defined field no matter how the standard relation would be. This can be used to bypass standard relation behavior or to bypass problems when standard

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[X++] SysEntryPointAttribute parameter

When writing custom services an often used attribute is the SysEntryPointAttribute to decorate the service entry method to be called from the framework. This attribute takes one argument of type boolean. [SysEntryPointAttribute(false)] The AIF Document Service classes also have this attribute set to true by default when generating via

Windows Event Log: The description for Event ID ??? from source Microsoft Dynamics AX cannot be found

When maintaining Dynamics AX installations, it is necessarry to have a look into the windows event log from time to time. I often get greeted by messages similar to the following as: The description for Event ID 193 from source Microsoft Dynamics AX cannot be found. Either the component that

[C#] IntelliSense not selecting default item anymore

When developing Dynamics AX7 with Visual Studio a handy little helper is IntelliSense. But no matter which language is used (AX7, pure C#, etc.) sometimes I ran into the following problem: IntelliSense does not select the default item anymore when popping up the list: As you can see in the

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[X++] getFirstSelection global function

Today I stumpled upon a global function called getFirstSelection that I never saw before in Dynamics AX 2012. What is getFirstSelection? Basically this is a function residing in the Global class to return the first selected record of a FormDataSource or the current cursor position if no selection can be