January 2008 | Cesar de la Torre

Design_Time_Addresses URL in WCF (.NET 3.5)

Cesar De la TorreJanuary 27, 2008Jan 27, 200801/27/08

.NET 3.5 creates an ACL (Access Control List) for the namespace "http://+:8731/Design_Time_Addresses" during the installation of Visual Studio so users without administrator privilege are able to develop WCF services. The ACL is set to (UI), which includes all interactive users logged on to the machine. Administrators can add or remove ...

Error when consuming AX 5.0 AIF Services from an external .NET client application: How to fix it!!

Cesar De la TorreJanuary 24, 2008Jan 24, 200801/24/08

If you create an AIF Service from scratch (like creating an AX query and generating the WCF Service with the AIF wizard) and then you try to consume it from an external .NET client app, you'll get an error (at least with AX 5.0 CTP3 drop2). On the other hand, you are able to consume, with no problems, all the out-of-the-box AX 5.0 AIF services...

How to find out which Form class and tables are used by a specific Dynamics AX form/functional process.

Cesar De la TorreJanuary 24, 2008Jan 24, 200801/24/08

This is a basic tip for developers who are starting with Dynamics AX. So, to find the form class and tables that are used by a functional process (like when you are executing and seeing an AX form), what we need to do first is to find out the form class name. To find the AOT form class name, open that form that's used in a process ...

Event – Extending and developing with Dynamics AX ‘5.0’ – Microsoft METRO Discovery Event (Madrid – January 30th 2008)

Cesar De la TorreJanuary 21, 2008Jan 21, 200801/21/08

‘Dynamics AX "5.0" - Metro Discover Event’ - Madrid – January 30th 2008 We’re going to deliver a Dynamics AX event specially made for ISVs (companies which creates and sell their own software). So, we’ll be speaking about new AX 5.0 development features and of course, we’ll be speaking about METRO which is our initiative/...

We delivered a session in MTC-Summit 2008 (Berlin) about Dynamics AX and new Microsoft development technologies

Cesar De la TorreJanuary 17, 2008Jan 17, 200801/17/08

So yesterday, Steffen Niehues and I (we both are in Western-Europe DPE virtual Team) delivered a session about "Dynamics AX and the new Microsoft development technologies" in the MTC-Summit 2008 event, in Berlin. So, all the attendees were Microsoft Certified Trainers. Before our speech, Wilfried Heermann and Gina Haines both spoke about ...

Accesing the Network from a ‘Smart Device Emulator’ which is within a Virtual PC 2007 virtual machine

Cesar De la TorreJanuary 13, 2008Jan 13, 200801/13/08

If you are developing .NET Compact Framework apps (Pocket PC or Windows Mobile), using, for instance, Visual Studio 2008, but you are using a Virtual PC 2007 virtual machine (where you have all the development environment installed), things get a little bit tricky when you want to access the network from the "Smart Device Emulator"... It ...

How to enable debugging on Server – Dynamics AX

Cesar De la TorreJanuary 4, 2008Jan 4, 200801/4/08

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 ...

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