Dynamics AX - Development Blog: April 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

searching tools fileseek

I would like to share a very good searching tool (fileseek) that I am using for search the data in my Dynamics AX enlistment, you can find more detail using the link http://www.fileseek.ca/. This tool can be used a replacement of the cross reference functionality in AX, but you should have the enlistment for that particular branch

some Dynamics Axapta FAQs

1 . Breakpoint in clicked method
There is quite well known bug in AX that breakpoint placed in the clicked() method of a button will not be triggered. It is quite unpleasant one since when one faces it first time he gets totally confused. However, there are easy workarounds for this bug. First one – put breakpoint into the method that is called from clicked (in most cases it is possible). But if not, keyword breakpoint can be used – it will be triggered in clicked() method.

2. Global::isType

The easiest way to determine if an EDT extends another EDT (not necessarily directly) is to use Global::isType() method.

For example:

isType(extendedtypenum(PurchUnit), extendedtypenum(UnitIDBase));
give true, since PurchUnit extends UnitID, which extends UnitIDBase.

isType(extendedtypenum(ABCModelType), extendedtypenum(NoYesId));
gives false, since ABCModelType and NoYesId are in different hierarchies.

3. Delete actions and multiple relations

If one table has several relations to another table delete action will not work properly. In such case delete action will be triggered for only one of the relations. So, in the case of multiple relations one should write his own cascading or restricting logic in the delete method. An example can be found in Unit and UnitConvert tables. UnitConvert table has two relations to the Unit table – from unit and to unit. Table Unit has cascading delete action for the UnitConvert table. However, if a unit will be deleted, only unit conversions with from unit equal to the deleted one will be deleted. Conversions with to unit equal to the deleted one will survive. Example of correct implementation can be found in InventTestEmplResponsible and EmplTable. EmplTable has delete method overridden to perform manual delete in the InventTestEmplResponsible table.