Monthly Archives: November 2007

Automated DAX test cases

Posted on November 30, 2007 by gatesasbait

  Good morning,   During an MDIS webEx on Wednesday Microsoft specified new testing requirements for ISV’s Dynamics Ax 5.0 MDIS modules. Microsoft will now require delivery of code for automated testing of 50% of test scenarios submitted to them (though what that … Continue reading →

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When the debugger is not an option…

Posted on November 29, 2007 by gatesasbait

  Good Thursday morning   It’ll be short this morning, one customer’s Ax 5.0 migration work is starting to pile up, and another customer’s Ax 4.0 migration is nearing a testing milestone… So today, I’m posting a short piece of … Continue reading →

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On data dictionary synchronization errors

Posted on November 28, 2007 by gatesasbait

  Good afternoon,   Today, I’ll describe some of the more common causes of Data Dictionary Synchronization failures, how to diagnose them and how to fix them. Most of this post should be applicable from Ax 2.5 all the way … Continue reading →

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Local DAX installation method also works for Dynamics Ax 5.0 Build 366

Posted on November 28, 2007 by gatesasbait

Good morning, The ‘near-domainless’ installation method I outlined in About local Dynamics Ax 4.0x installations on Windows XP works for Dynamics Ax 5.0 Build 366 too! +5 to Marc for testing it out. Editing the registry as outlined at the end … Continue reading →

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On Dynamics Ax 5.0 compare tool enhancements

Posted on November 27, 2007 by gatesasbait

  Good Tuesday morning,   I’ve been one of the lucky few who in the past months have had the chance of working with early Ax 5.0 builds. Build 538, released at the end of October was nearly stable for most … Continue reading →

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About local Dynamics Ax 4.0x installations on Windows XP

Posted on November 26, 2007 by gatesasbait

  Good morning,   For my first blog post, I will outline the general ways to locally install Microsoft Dynamics Ax 4.01 on Windows XP. Emphasizing with the second method trying to workaround the "Windows Server 2003 Domain controller" requirement. … Continue reading →

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