Dianne Siebold's WebLog
News and ramblings on the Dynamics AX SDK documentation.
Dynamics AX 2009 & Communicator – Better Together
I just discovered that you can enable integration of AX and communicator such that you can see a...
Date: 02/11/2011
T-3 Days
The Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Conference is only three days away. Hope to see you there!
Date: 01/14/2011
New Code Sample for AX 2009
'Tis the season for gift giving. And what better gift than sample code. For you AX 2009 techies, we...
Date: 12/22/2010
The Help Guy – Who Knew?!
Not me! Within our very own company we have someone that blogs regularly about help files and...
Date: 11/10/2010
Top 10 Reasons to Attend the AX Tech Conference
Here are my top 10 reasons to attend the Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Conference. Rub elbows with...
Date: 10/28/2010
Process Manufacturing and AX 2009 - New Book
For those of you on the business side of Dynamics AX, there's a new book out called Managing Process...
Date: 09/30/2010
Default Location when Saving Attachments in Outlook 2010
If you're an Outlook 2010 user, you've probably noticed that when you save an attachment, it brings...
Date: 09/29/2010
Generate a Report of Reports
If you have ever thought to yourself, "Gee, I sure wish I had a list of all the reports in my AX...
Date: 08/19/2010
Use X++ to Loop through the AOT
Recently, I had a need to loop through the Forms node in the AOT and find any form that had a...
Date: 08/13/2010
AX 2009 Training in the Pacific Northwest
I know many companies are on the lookout for AX training. So I thought I'd share this information...
Date: 08/04/2010
Your Feedback - We Listen!
Before I worked at Microsoft, I rarely filled out surveys or provided my feedback, even when...
Date: 06/28/2010
AX SDK Team is Hiring!
That's right, we're looking for a senior programming writer to add to the team. If you love both...
Date: 06/23/2010
Dynamics AX TechNet Has Wiki
The Microsoft Dynamics AX TechNet library has been updated so that it now includes the Community...
Date: 06/04/2010
New on the Bookshelf: AX 2009 Development Cookbook
Packt Publishing has released yet another AX development book, this one is called Microsoft Dynamics...
Date: 04/13/2010
AxAssist - An Assistant for your X++ Editor
Anyone who works in the X++ editor knows that it is not what you might call full-featured –...
Date: 04/02/2010
Getting Started with AX Development? A New Book for You
There’s a new book about development in Dynamics AX 2009 called Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009...
Date: 02/11/2010
“Request Failed” Error in AIF
One of the SDETs on our team recently made me aware of a somewhat unintuitive error message that you...
Date: 01/21/2010
Find User Settings in the SysLastValue Table
Throughout AX, data is often saved from forms, classes, and other objects so that when you run those...
Date: 01/08/2010
Keyboard Shortcuts for AX 2009
Recently, I was cleaning out my e-mail and came across a document that contains keyboard shortcuts...
Date: 01/05/2010
AX Tutorials in the AOT
I’m always on the lookout for gems of information that might help you AX developers out there. So...
Date: 12/04/2009
AX SDK on MSDN Now Wiki-ized
If you're an AX developer, I have some good news: the Dynamics AX 2009 developer documentation on...
Date: 10/30/2009
AX Developer Center Extreme Makeover
As part of the overall MSDN redesign, the Dynamics AX Developer Center is sporting a new look. The...
Date: 10/19/2009
Dynamics AX Doc Team at AXUG Summit - Stop By and See Us
The Microsoft Dynamics AX Content Publishing team (we write all the AX docs) is holding some...
Date: 09/16/2009
Looking for Dynamics AX 2009 Doc? Look No Further
This week is the annual AX User Group Summit 2009 in Chicago. The Dynamics AX Content Publishing...
Date: 09/15/2009
Create a File from MSDN Content
I recently discovered that there’s a tool that allows you to create a help file (either .chm or...
Date: 09/10/2009
Message Encoding in AIF
Recently, I was on a mail thread that elucidated certain aspects of how AIF messages are encoded. So...
Date: 09/03/2009
Automate the AX Checklist
Sometimes you stumble upon something that has been around for a long time but you never knew about,...
Date: 08/21/2009
Dynamics AX Goes Green
Early this year, we released the Environmental Sustainability Dashboard (ESD). This is a module that...
Date: 08/04/2009
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Services White Paper
At long last, a white paper about implementing new services and best practices for developers has...
Date: 07/02/2009
Dynamics AX 2009 Book Ships
The updated version of Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is now available. Check it out here.
Date: 06/19/2009
How to Create and Consume a Service – New AIF Webcast
If you’re using Dynamics AX 2009 and are new to services, there’s a new webcast that you’ll want to...
Date: 06/18/2009
AX 2009 SDK Updates on MSDN
The SDK team has released its first update to the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 developer documentation...
Date: 05/15/2009
Dynamics AX Training Links
Training isn’t necessarily my bailiwick, but I recently came across some Microsoft Dynamics AX...
Date: 05/12/2009
AIF File Adapter Processing Sequence
When you use the AIF file adapter to process messages, you might think that the messages would be...
Date: 04/24/2009
Microsoft Dynamics AX SOA Strategy Interview
There was recently a very interesting blog post interview with Lachlan Cash, Senior Product Manager...
Date: 04/15/2009
New Dynamics AX 2009 SCM Book Available
SCM in Dynamics AX is not my area of expertise but I thought it would be good to get the word out...
Date: 04/10/2009
Getting Error Details in AIF
It’s hard to believe, but sometimes things don’t work as expected when integrating external systems...
Date: 03/31/2009
AIF BizTalk Adapter White Paper Updated for 2009
The white paper that covers setting up and configuring the BizTalk adapter has been updated for...
Date: 01/30/2009
Rec Fields Required in AIF Partial Update
I was included in an e-mail thread recently that discussed what fields are needed in a partial...
Date: 01/19/2009
Import Credit Card Transactions for Expense Mgmt
This post is from the “too helpful not to share” file. I received this information recently on how...
Date: 12/18/2008
Restart AOS When Service WSDL Contains an Enum
I recently heard about an issue in Dynamics AX 2009 when adding a service reference or even a...
Date: 12/15/2008
AIF Services & Locale
I was recently included on an e-mail thread in which the question as to how AIF web services handle...
Date: 12/08/2008
Video About the AIF Services and WCF
Normally, I don't like to blog about other blogs, but in this case I made an exception. This blog...
Date: 10/06/2008
AIF Queries & Schemas: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
A while back I created this graphic to show the relationship between a document query and the...
Date: 09/11/2008
AIF Code Samples Available for Download
I have posted some AIF code samples on the MSDN Code Gallery that demonstrate calling a service...
Date: 08/21/2008
Update to the Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.01 SDK Now Released
An update to the 4.01 SDK is now available for download here. Download and install this file to get...
Date: 08/15/2008
Excellent Presentation on SOA & Dynamics AX
If you're interested in finding out about how SOA is enabled in Microsoft Dynamics AX, there's an...
Date: 08/12/2008
Viewing a Minidump File in XP
Recently, I have been experiencing hard crashes on my computer, which I have been using for over two...
Date: 08/04/2008
Summer Reading - Dynamics AX Books
Traditionally, Summer is a time to catch up on reading. Since the dog days of Summer are now upon us...
Date: 07/16/2008