Dynamics Ax - Task Recorder

This is a free add-on for Ax that allows you to record whatever you're doing in Ax (forms that open, user input and screenshots) and automatically create documentation for you

So far I've been using it to produce Microsoft Word documents that will become part of a user manual for a bespoke Ax module

This is the first time we've actually managed to get it to work! Whenever we've tried it in the past it just wasn't useable
So for anyone else who's had problems with it, try the latest version, after having used it for several weeks without problems, I can recommend it

It's a LOT easier than taking hundreds of screenshots and cutting/pasting them into a word document

It's by no means perfect though, and there is still a fair amount of editing required before the document that it spews out is presentable enough to be of any use to an end-user, but it does make life easier

You can download it from here (requires partnersource login)

There's a brief but succinct description here at the axaptapedia too

Enjoy

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!

Inside Dynamics Ax 4.0 ebook for FREE!

Microsoft have made this book available for free download (although like most ebooks, it cannot be printed)

It's supposed to be quite good from what I've heard

Not sure of why Microsoft have done this but why look a gift horse in the mouth?

Grab it while it's hot!

Dynamics Ax 2009 VPC available

Hi there

Microsoft have released a Virtual PC image of Dynamics Ax 2009 (the new name for Dynamics Ax version 5)

You can download it and user manuals from here (requires partnersource access)

It's almost 7 GB in total and is designed to work on a single laptop/PC (as opposed to a server)

Enjoy

The difference between t and d

Howdy

When entering the date in a date/time field in Axapta, you can use either t or d as a quick way of entering the current date/time

There is a difference between the two though;

t uses the date/time according to Windows

d uses the Axapta system date/time

Please enter the VAT number for this EU customer

This can happen when using Axapta demo data (which is european and based around a Danish light bulb company)

A quick solution if you're not using any EU customers is to just set the country type to domestic in Basic --> Setup --> Addresses --> Country type (screenshot)

This isn't something that should be done blindly in a live environment though

Googling Ax problems

One thing that baffles me is why there aren't more solutions to simple Axapta problems on the web

Not problems with customised versions of Axapta of course but problems with standard Axapta using the demo data

So I'll be putting up solutions to these types of problems here whenever I come across them

These aren't meant to be used in live situations but are fine for training purposes and self study