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Getting attributes in X++

In X++, you can decorate classes and methods with attributes. Attributes were added in AX 2012 (I believe), where the typical use case was a definition of data contracts. They’re much more common in F&O, because they’re also used for CoC and event...

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Run settings for SysTest

When you execute automated tests of X++ code with SysTest, the test service (SysTestService class) gets called with some parameters, defined in SysTestRunnerSettings: You could, for example, set granularity to execute just unit tests and skip inte...

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Detection of code upgrade conflicts in F&O

When you overlayered an application element (e.g. a method or a form) in Dynamics AX, a copy was saved in a higher layer. You modified the object there, therefore you ended up with two copies of the same element – the original one in a lower layer...

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Avoiding code duplication in F&O

In the previous post, I explained that duplicating application elements is expensive and we should avoid it whenever possible. Let me mention a few techniques that you could use. Obviously, you can create metadata extensions, use Chain of Command ...

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GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

Last time, I mentioned using of GitHub Copilot for X++ development, but I didn’t realize that not everyone is aware of the option of using GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio. A lot of examples on Internet shows it in Visual Studio Code and don’t ment...

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X++ documentation comments by GitHub Copilot

I’ve finally started looking more closely on GitHub Copilot. What it can do with languages like C# is impressive; I also checked that it can help with things like Powershell scripts or Excel formulas. But because I’m still primarily an X++ guy, I’...

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MVP Summit 2024

Microsoft MVP Summit is an annual conference in Redmond (USA), where Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) meet to share experience, learn about new features coming to Microsoft products and to give feedback to Microsoft on what works well ...

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OfflineAuthenticationAdminEmail overwritten

My F&O environment asked me to log in every time to when I started debugging. I changed OfflineAuthenticationAdminEmail in DynamicsDevConfig.xml (at %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Visual Studio Dynamics 365), but I noticed that the value got overwrit...

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