Add a button to go to Main Transaction

Add a button to go to Main Transaction

Hi guys,

The following code for adding a button on your forms to go to the main transaction form/table, to do this type of magic you have to add a button on you form and copy paste the following code in the click method of that button.

void clicked()
{
    Common buffer;
    selectableDataArea company = curExt();
    Args args = new Args();
    SysDictTable dictTable;
    FormRun formRun;
    WorkflowTrackingStatusTable trackingStatus;
    ;
    trackingStatus = WorkflowTrackingStatusTable::findByCorrelation(WorkflowTrackingStatusTable.CorrelationId);
    if (trackingStatus.RecId)
    {
        changecompany(trackingStatus.ContextCompanyId)
        {
            dictTable = new SysDictTable(trackingStatus.ContextTableId);
            buffer = dictTable.makeRecord();
            select buffer where buffer.RecId == trackingStatus.ContextRecId;
            if (! buffer)
            {
                 info('You cannot go to the origin of the workflow instance. The record no longer exists or you do not have sufficient access.');
return;
            }
            dictTable.formRef();
            args.lookupRecord(buffer);

            args.name(dictTable.formRef());
            formRun = ClassFactory.formRunClass(args);
            formRun.init();
            formRun.run();
            formRun.detach();
        }
    }
}

This a very simple code to go to main Transaction Table, in above methods you can add your comment also to make it more user friendly, this a good practice to give error or empty records messages to End user to make your coding efficient and more user friendly.
-Harry

Reporting Framework in AX 2012

Hi friends,

    Today i want to share reporting concepts in AX 2012 with you guys.....

We will start with understanding basic concepts in Reporting Framework to examples.

Reporting Framework Terminologies,

As you all know, the reports in AX 2012 have moved to SSRS reporting, so MS has introduced a robust reporting framework wrapping over the basic SSRS reporting functionality. There are many terms used in reporting framework in AX that I will try and explain here:

·         Report Definition Language: RDL is an XML application primarily used with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services. RDL is usually written using Visual Studio. AX has Report Definition Language Contract classes that can generate and build the RDL for an AX SSRS report. This contract provides a weakly typed representation of parameters. It contains methods that can be used to get or set values. It also contains a map of parameter names and the SrsReportParameter class. The base class is SrsReportRdlDataContract.

·         Report Data Provider (RDP): A framework that helps in building, processing and rendering data to reports. Most of the reports require RDP classes that help in implementing business logic required to process data and provide data in readable, presentable and required formats design. The base class is SrsReportDataProvider. This class has two main sub classes,SrsReportDataProvderBase and SrsReportDataProviderPreProcess. We will discuss about these classes in future posts.

·         Report Data Contracts: The Report Data Contracts framework is used to provide and manage the parameters to an SSRS report. The report data contract contains all the other relevant instances like Report Data Provider contracts, print contracts, RDL contracts and query contracts that will be used by a report.

·         Printing Contracts: The framework that manages report printing (to different mediums). The base class is SrsPrintDestinationSettings. There are other supporting contracts that are used for printing, we will discuss about them in future posts.

·         Query Contracts: This framework manages the queries used to process report data. This framework is also responsible for providing dynamic filters (similar to our ‘Select” buttons on report dialogs that open the Query specification form to filter data on report queries).

·         Report Controllers: Report controllers control the report execution and dialog forms. Report controllers can be used to modify report dialogs, validate report parameters and other validations necessary before report execution. The base class is SrsReportRunController. Reports utilizing report controllers can only be used for printing data on client side. Reports controlled by controllers cannot be used in Enterprise Portals.

·         Report UI Builders: UI Builders are used to modify the report dialogs at run-time or to add additional parameters and write custom business logic to report dialogs. Ex: You want to perform some task based on data modified for one parameter, that affects other parameters or build a custom lookup etc (something that was provided by RunBaseReport framework class in previous versions. The base class is SrsReportDataContractUIBuilder.

-Harry

Microsoft Dynamics AX Development Best Practice

Microsoft Dynamics AX Development Best Practices

A  resource for AX Developers. "Microsoft Dynamics AX Development Best Practices White Paper". Apart from this check out MSDN for some very good knowledge on the following:

Best Practices for Microsoft Dynamics AX Development

Designing a Microsoft Dynamics AX Application

-Harry

How to enable debugging on Server

How to enable debugging on Server

In most of the cases, our X++ classes have to be executing within the server (AOS). In a default deployment, we're not able to debug server code.

To have this Dynamics AX feature, we must enable it in ‘Microsoft Dynamics AX Server Configuration Utility’ tool (within 'Administrative Tools' menu).

You may need to use the Manage button to Create a new Configuration. Then, on the first tab, Application Object Server, make sure that the check box option "Enable breakpoints to debug X++ code running on this server" is checked.

There is a direct registry key to do it, too. (but this way may be not supported):

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dynamics Server\4.0\01\ Original (installed configuration)]

"xppdebug"="1"

-Harry