Client cannot connect to an instance of Application Object Server

When a client cannot connect to an Application Object Server (AOS) instance, one of the following may be the cause:

AOS is starting

The AOS Windows service can take several minutes to start after installing for the first time. To determine whether the AOS service has completed its startup, either open the event viewer (Administrative tools > Event viewer) or the Services program (Administrative tools > Services), and review the status of the Dynamics service.

Port is not open

If the Application Object Server instance is installed on a computer with a firewall, be sure that the port you are trying to connect to is open. The default port 2712, but additional instances may install incrementally onto ports 2713, 2714, and so on.

MDAC components are not the same version

If different versions of the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) are installed on the client, Application Object Server (AOS) and database, you may experience client connection failure or sporadic disconnecting of the client, AOS, or database.

For more details of the installation issues you can refer :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa497072(v=ax.10).aspx

Refresh Caller form From another/child form in dynamics ax 2009

It is quite straight forward.  In the parent form, write a method like below -
void bookrefresh()
{
    <form datasource>.reread();
    <form datasource>.refresh();
   <form datasource>.research(true); // This is used to be on the same record.
}
In the child form, you can do this -
void bookRefresh()
{
    FormRun callerForm = element.args().caller();

    if (callerForm)
    {
        if (callerForm.name() == formstr(<form name>))
        {
            callerForm.bookRefresh();
        }
    }
}

Refresh Caller form From another form in dynamics ax 2009

--Class Declaration method contains

public class FormRun extends ObjectRun
{
        FormDataSource                              fds;
}

--Init Method contains

fds  = element.args().record().dataSource();

--for resfreshing the caller form execute the following code

fds.executeQuery();
fds.refresh();

Fetching Records Using Query Object

my previous post “Playing with data”, I have made you guys learn how to retrieve data using the select query which you can write anywhere. You just need to declare the table buffer for that. However, there are some cases where it is not recommended to use the select statement to retrieve data for example it is not recommended to use select statement at Form level methods. So, what could be used to retrieve data? The answer is Using Query Object. Normally queries are stored in AOT (see Queries Node in AOT), but they can also be created from code dynamically. The Query object is used when a user interaction is required, like user wants to add range or sort the data.
In order to create query from code, the objects that needs to be created are,

• Query:
  
  The query class object defines the structure of the query. Objects of this type are not used for fetching records from the database. Instead, use a QueryRun object that may be assigned a query object.
  
  
• QueryBuildDataSource :
  
  The QueryBuildDataSource class provides the building blocks that queries are made of. It holds the tables that needed to be added in the query. The hierarchy of the datasources of query are defined in this object. Like if query has a join with another table, so child table is added using the QueryBuildDatasource object of parent table.
• QueryRun:
  
  The QueryRun class traverses tables in the database while fetching records that satisfy constraints given by the user, and helps gather such constraints from user input.
  
  

The object to add the range to the query is,

• QueryBuildRange:
  
  The QueryBuildRange class represents the ranges that define which records should be fetched from the data source in which the QueryBuildRange is associated. The value property can be used to set the string that defines the range.
  
  

Now, lets have a code example how to use the objects of these classes. Create a new job and add the following code.

static void CustTableSales(Args _args)

{

Query query;

QueryBuildDataSource qbds1;

QueryBuildDataSource qbds2;

QueryBuildRange qbr1;

QueryBuildRange qbr2;

QueryRun queryRun;

CustTable custTable;

query = new Query();

qbds1 = query.addDataSource(tablenum(CustTable));

qbr1 = qbds1.addRange(fieldnum(CustTable, Blocked));

qbr1.value(queryvalue(CustVendorBlocked::No));

qbr2 = qbds1.addRange(fieldnum(CustTable, CustGroup));

qbr2.value(queryvalue(’10′));

qbds2 = qbds1.addDataSource(tablenum(SalesTable));

qbds2.joinMode(JoinMode::ExistsJoin);

qbds2.addLink(fieldnum(CustTable, AccountNum), fieldnum(SalesTable, CustAccount));

queryRun = new QueryRun(query);

while (queryRun.next())

{

custTable = queryRun.get(tablenum(CustTable));

info(strfmt(“%1 – %2″,custTable.Name,

custTable.AccountNum));

}

}

This job runs the query that selects all active customers who belong to group 10 and have at least one sales order. To set the range value a global function “queryValue(anyType _anyType)” is used which takes a value of any type. There is another static function in the SysQuery class, e.g SysQuery::value().
If the addRange method is called for same field then an OR is added to where clause and if the addRange is called for different field the AND is added to the where clause in the query.
To add OR in the where clause in different field, you can make the expression using the strfmt() global function as,

qbr2.value(strfmt(‘((%1 = “%2″) || (%3 = “%4″))’,

fieldstr(CustTable,CustGroup),

queryvalue(’10′),

fieldstr(CustTable,Currency),

queryvalue(‘EUR’)));

Yes, you can make the expression as you like using the strfmt(), you can use greater than, less than in the query as,

qbr3.value(strFmt(‘(ModifiedDate > %1)’, Date2StrXpp(01012000)));

One thing which should be noted here is the use of Date2StrXpp() global function. It is really a need for a range on date field to use this function. Without this function the query will not be executed correctly and wrong results will be displayed. So, whenever there is a need of applying range on Date field use Date2StrXpp() function.

There are a lot to discuss about query, which cannot be covered in a single post. And it will be boring if I mention everything about query in single post. So wait for new post to explore more about Query Object.
Thanks guys, comments and suggestion will be appreciated.

Insert_recordset, Update_recordset, and delete_from single transaction command.

In AX, you can manipulate a set of data by sending only one command to the database. This way of manipulating data improves performance a lot when trying to manipulate large sets of records. The commands for manipulations are insert_recordset, update_recordset, and delete_from. With these commands, we can manipulate many records within one database transaction, which is a lot more efficient than using the insert, update, or delete methods.
Lets discuss about these commands one by one.

• Insert_recordset
  
  A very efficient way of inserting a chunk of data is to use the insert_recordset operator, as compared to using the insert() method. The insert_recordset operator can be used in two different ways; to either copy data from one or more tables to another, or simply to add a chunk of data into a table in one database operation.
  The first example will show how to insert a chunk of data into a table in one database operation. To do this, we simply use two different table variables for the same table and set one of them to act as a temporary table. This means that its content is not stored in the database, but simply held in memory on the tier where the variable was instantiated.
  static void Insert_RecordsetInsert(Args _args)
  {
  CarTable carTable;
  CarTable carTableTmp;
  
  
  /* Set the carTableTmp variable to be a temporary table.
  This means that its contents are only store in memory
  not in the database.
  */
  carTableTmp.setTmp();
  // Insert 3 records into the temporary table.
  carTableTmp.CarId = “200″;
  carTableTmp.CarBrand = “MG”;
  carTableTmp.insert();
  carTableTmp.CarId = “300″;
  carTableTmp.CarBrand = “SAAB”;
  carTableTmp.insert();
  carTableTmp.CarId = “400″;
  carTableTmp.CarBrand = “Ferrari”;
  carTableTmp.insert();
  /* Copy the contents from the fields carId and carBrand
  in the temporary table to the corresponding fields in
  the table variable called carTable and insert the chunk
  in one database operation.
  */
  Insert_Recordset carTable (carId, carBrand)
  select carId, carBrand from carTableTmp;
  }
  The other, and perhaps more common way of using the insert_recordset operator, is to copy values from one or more tables into new records in another table. A very simple example on how to do this can be to create a record in the InventColor table for all records in the InventTable.
  static void Insert_RecordsetCopy(Args _args)
  {
  InventColor inventColor;
  InventTable inventTable;
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  InventColorId defaultColor = “B”;
  Name defaultColorName = “Blue”;
  ;
  insert_recordset inventColor (ItemId, InventColorId, Name)
  select itemId, defaultColor, defaultColorName
  from inventTable;
  }
  The field list inside the parentheses points to fields in the InventColor table.
  The fields in the selected or joined tables are used to fill values into the fields in
  the field list.
  
  
• Update_recordset
  
  The update_recordset operator can be used to update a chunk of records in a table in one database operation. As with the insert_recordset operator the update_recordset is very efficient because it only needs to call an update in the database once.
  The syntax for the update_recordset operator can be seen in the next example:
  static void Update_RecordsetExmple(Args _args)
  {
  CarTable carTable;
  ;
  info(“BEFORE UPDATE”);
  while select carTable
  where carTable.ModelYear == 2007
  {
  info(strfmt(“CarId %1 has run %2 miles”,
  carTable.CarId, carTable.Mileage));
  }
  update_recordset carTable setting Mileage = carTable.Mileage + 1000
  where carTable.ModelYear == 2007;
  info(“AFTER UPDATE”);
  while select carTable
  where carTable.ModelYear == 2007
  {
  info(strfmt(“CarId %1 has now run %2 miles”,
  carTable.CarId, carTable.Mileage));
  }
  }
  
  
  When this Job is executed it will print the following messages to the Infolog:
  
  Notice that no error was thrown even though the Job didn’t use selectforupdate, ttsbegin, and ttscommit statements in this example. The selectforupdate is implicit when using the update_recordset, and the ttsbegin and ttscommit are not necessary when all the updates are done in one database operation. However, if you were to write several update_recordset statements in a row, or do other checks that should make the update fail, you could use ttsbegin and ttscommit and force a ttsabort if the checks fail.
  
  
• Delete_from
  
  As with the insert_recordset and update_recordset operators, there is also an option for deleting a chunk of records. This operator is called delete_from and is used as the next example shows:
  
  
  static void Delete_FromExample(Args _args)
  {
  CarTable carTable;
  
  
  delete_from carTable
  where carTable.Mileage == 0;
  }
  
  
  Thanks for reading the post, any comments or questions are welcomed. Keep visiting the blog.

Example of insert recordset in to table using axaptaExample of insert recordset in to table using axapta

syntax of insert recordset is

insert_recordset DestinationTable ( ListOfFields )

select ListOfFields1 from SourceTable [ where WhereClause ]

[ join ListOfFields2 from JoinedSourceTable

[ where JoinedWhereClause ]]

example of insert recordset is

insert_recordset TableName (field1, field2)
    select field1, field2 
        from table2 
                where abc<= 1000;