Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Development Cookbook. Solve real-world Microsoft Dynamics AX development problems with over 60 simple but incredibly effect

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Development Cookbook. Solve real-world Microsoft Dynamics AX development problems with over 60 simple but incredibly effect - Opis

Microsoft Dynamics AX provides a comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution for mid-size and larger organizations. Dynamics AX implementations are used worldwide by thousands of customers. With the new version - Dynamics AX 2009 - the system is due to expand even more rapidly.Every new implementation requires some level of customization, and all organizations want this to be done to the highest standards using proven approaches. This step-by-step guide will help you manage your company's ERP information and operations efficiently, and solve your business process problems in an effective and quick way. This book focuses on commonly used custom modifications in major Dynamics AX modules. This book contains commonly used bits of code which were real-world tested in at least one successful Dynamics AX implementation. Many of the recipes were deployed in many implementations and even across several versions of Dynamics AX. The examples in this book cover various areas of Dynamics AX to help developers not only learn about programming, but also about the functional side of Dynamics AX. The book should help developers who already know the basics of Dynamics AX programming to step up to the next level.The recipes allow you to look at the development from the perspective of business processes. You will learn to enhance your user interface using various Dynamics AX UI elements. Managing your data and functions will become easier. You will also get numerous development tips and tricks from a Dynamics AX development expert. Spis treści:
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Table of Contents
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Development Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
What this book covers
Who this book is for
What you need for this book
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code for the book
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Processing Data
Introduction
Creating a new number sequence
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Renaming the primary key
How to do it...
How it works...
Merging two records
How to do it...
How it works...
Adding document handling notes
How to do it...
How it works...
Using a normal table as temporary table
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Copying a record
How to do it...
How it works...
Theres more...
Building a query object
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Using the OR operator
Using arrays fields
See also
Using a macro in a SQL statement
How to do it...
How it works...
Executing a direct SQL statement
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Enhancing the data consistency check
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Exporting to an XML file
How to do it...
How it works...
Importing from an XML file
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating a comma-separated value file
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Reading a comma-separated value file
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Deleting all company transactional data
How to do it...
How it works...
2. Working with Forms
Introduction
Creating Dialogs
How to do it...
How it works...
Handling dialog events
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating dynamic menu buttons
How to do it...
How it works...
Building dynamic form
How to do it...
How it works...
Adding form splitters
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating modal forms
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Changing common form appearance
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Storing last form values
How to do it...
How it works...
Using tree controls
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Building checklists
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Adding a "Go to the Main Table Form" link
How to do it...
How it works...
Modifying the User setup form
How to do it...
How it works...
Modifying application version
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
3. Working with Data in Forms
Introduction
Handling number sequences
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Creating custom filters
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Creating custom instant search filters
How to do it...
How it works...
Building selected/available lists
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Preloading images
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Creating wizards
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating default data wizards
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Processing multiple records
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Coloring records
How to do it...
How it works...
Adding images to records
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Displaying an image as a part of a form
Saving a stored image as a file
4. Building Lookups
Introduction
Creating an automatic lookup
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating a lookup dynamically
How to do it...
How it works...
Using a form for lookup building
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Building a tree lookup
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Displaying a list of custom options
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Companies
Domains
User groups
Users
Tables
Table fields
Classes
Interfaces
Another way of displaying custom options
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Building a lookup based on record description
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Browsing for folders
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Manual folder browsing lookup
Adding a Make New Folder button
Selecting a file
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Picking a color
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Choosing a font
How to do it...
How it works...
5. Processing Business Tasks
Introduction
Creating new general journals
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more
Posting general journals
How to do it...
How it works...
Processing project journals
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating and posting ledger vouchers
How to do it...
How it works...
Changing automatic transaction text
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating purchase orders
How to do it...
How it works...
Posting purchase orders
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating sales orders
How to do it...
How it works...
Posting sales orders
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating company-specific document layout
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating electronic payment format
How to do it...
How it works...
Building a "Display dimensions" dialog
How to do it...
How it works...
6. Integration with Microsoft Office
Introduction
Creating Excel files
How to do it...
How it works...
Reading Excel files
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating Word documents from templates
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating configuration documents using Word
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Exporting data to Microsoft Project
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Sending email using Outlook
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Index O autorze: Mindaugas Pocius is currently a freelance Dynamics AX technical and functional consultant and trainer at DynamicsLab Limited (https://www.dynamicslab.com). The company specializes in providing development, consulting, and training services for Microsoft Dynamics AX resellers and customers.Mindaugas started his IT consultant career back in 2001 while still in his Information Technology Master Studies at a Lithuanian University. Since then he has become a recognized Microsoft Certified Professional for Dynamics AX in most of the major areas: Development, Configuration & Installation, Financials, Trade & Logistics and Project Management. He is also a Certified Microsoft Trainer for Dynamics AX and has delivered Dynamics AX Development, Finance and other training across the world. From 2001 to 2012, Mindaugas participated in numerous Dynamics AX implementations, ranging from small local to large international projects reaching an 800 strong user base. He has held a wide range of development, consulting, and leading roles while always maintaining a significant role as a business application developer. mniej