Category Archives: AX 2012
Writing UNIX style text files
I’ve written many mods for AX that required output of data to a text file of some form (the most common being CSV), but recently I had to ensure that the file being written was compliant with a UNIX reader. … Continue reading
AX Model Manager
With previous versions of AX utilizing the graphical interface for XPOs to deploy code, working with the Models & Models stores in AX 2012 using the command line tools may at times seem a bit tedious. With this in mind … Continue reading
Objects not in Version Control (AX 2012)
If you’ve ever worked in a development environment that utilizes version control I’m sure that you have fell victim to the “missing objects” error during the build phase. This usually happens because sometimes you create objects in the AOT and … Continue reading
Language Specific Number Formatting
I recently encountered a situation in AX where I needed to convert a number into a string that was specific to the current user’s language setting. AX provides a method called num2str for converting a real number into a formatted … Continue reading
Set Focus to Main Content in EP
Recently while working with a custom control in EP for AX 2012 I came across an issue when trying to set focus to a specific Textbox. I implemented all of the standard focus functions available in code, but none of … Continue reading
Automatic Class Pack/Unpack Part 2
In a previous post I demonstrated a way to pack & unpack a class in a manner that would always be version independent without the use of macros. In AX 2012 Microsoft added attribute support for classes and methods. When … Continue reading
Posting a Transfer Order using X++
While working with unit testing in AX, I came across the need to generate a transfer order and post it to generate the associated tables. I have used the FormLetter classes for posting Sales Orders & Purchase Orders in the … Continue reading
Last Weekday of Month
This method will calculate the date of the last specified weekday in the month of the given date. static date lastWeekdayOfMonth(date _date, WeekDays _weekday){ int _endWeekDay, _diff; date _endDate = endmth(_date); ; _endWeekDay = dayofwk(_endDate); _diff = _endWeekDay – _weekday; … Continue reading
Exporting Project Definitions
I concocted the following bit of code to automate the task of exporting project definitions to XPO files. It is a simple bit of code that allows the user to dump the project definition files to a specified folder.
Parsing Date Strings
Dynamics AX provides functions for parsing date strings into a date object but they are limited at best. The following static method uses the .Net date parsing functionality to create a X++ date object from any valid date string without … Continue reading