Blogging about Dynamics AX Technical and Development things, and a few other computer related things.
I previously made a program to list, start and stop Dynamics AX Services. But i always thought that is missed a few features, so now I am starting on this new version. (Download link) This version will still handle list, start and stop of services, but also restart of services, and it will also support … Read more
For some time now i wanted a tool that would show me the progress of a Compilation in AX, so i made this little tool. It uses the AOT compile log, that you can enable in AX2012, by going to ToolsOptionsDevelopmentCompiler And put a tick in AOT log: Ax will now generate a compilation log … Read more
If you start ax32.exe with -startupcmd you can use this to automate some tasks. Like for instance this command will perform a full compile of all elements in AX. ax32.exe -startupcmd=CompileAll Here is a full list of all the startupcmd parameters in AX2009 and AX2012. The code that controls this can be found in Class SysStartupCmd method … Read more
Just a quick update of this project to V1.06, so the code is now tested on AX2012. It might also work on AX4, but did not test that. As always you are welcome to leave a comment to tell me what you think. All suggestions for improvements or other projects are welcome. Download from here … Read more
I made this little tool that creates Elements in AX based on definitions in an Excel sheet. I found that when I was creating Tables for solutions I always liked to define them in an Excel sheet first, to get an overview before actually creating the elements in AX. And then when I was done … Read more
This Class is made to Export all or most recent changes to element in Dynamics AX. The Class runs through UtilElements and selects records based on Current User, modifiedDateTime and createdDateTime and then exports the changed elements to a folder. The file name of the exported elements are based on Element type, Element name, version … Read more
I made this little class for Dynamics AX, that exports the changes you have made to development elements. Class for exporting a users changed elements. The Class runs through UtilElements and selects records based on Current User, modifiedDateTime and createdDateTime and then exports the changed elements to a folder. The file name of the exported … Read more
I think we all have this little archive of code that we use again and again in AX. So i have made to different tools for handling these code snippets, and here is the first one of them, the Auto Create Class tool. So really simply told when you run the Class, you select witch … Read more
So i saw this question from Eitan Mizrahi on the Microsoft Dynamics AX Community ( link ) And thought i would make an attempt to make an Windows Service that calls Dynamics AX and gets some data back from it. For now the code is really simple, just the bare minimum, connect to Dynamics AX, call a … Read more
The Code Profiler in Dynamics AX is a powerful tool for finding performance issues in the application. But it can also be a little difficult to use simply just because of the overwhelming amount of data it creates, so sometimes it’s nice to limit the amount of code it runs on. This is where the … Read more