v3 Copy-paste crash bug

There is a bug in the kernel of Ax version 3 which exists in all service packs

This bug causes the Ax session to crash when the user attempts to paste "corrupt" text

Usually it occurs when using a particularly slow connection, when the user copies the text, it isn't copied properly and nothing is pasted when the user attempts to paste to any other program (e.g. notepad)

However when the user attempts to paste the text into Ax, their session crashes and they have to restart Ax and log in again, developers tell me this is especially frustrating for them

Microsoft have released a hotfix however to correct this problem, and it should be available from Partnersource right now

You can thank me for getting that bug fixed, it took about 3 months to track down the source and get a useable crash report to MS for their developers fix it

Troubleshooting rare bugs, it's like trying to catch a fly with chopsticks ;)

Dynamics Ax 3.0 to 4.0 migration tool released

Hi there

Microsoft have updated an existing migration tool so that it now can assist in migrating from Axapta 3.0 to Dynamics Ax 4.0

Link (requires login to partnersource)

It's called XAL2AX, probably because Dynamics Ax was called Concord XAL many years ago when Damgaard still owned it

In fact Ax has had several different names and owners over the years, but that's another story which I'll explain in a separate post one day

Happy migrating!