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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Development Cookbook Customizing Dynamics AX to suit the specific needs of an organization is plain sailing when you use this cookbook of modifications. With more than 80 practical recipes it's the perfect handbook for all Dynamics AX developers.

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849684644
Length 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Development Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
1. Preface
1. Processing Data FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Forms 3. Working with Data in Forms 4. Building Lookups 5. Processing Business Tasks 6. Integration with Microsoft Office 7. Using Services 8. Improving Development Efficiency 9. Improving Dynamics AX Performance

Modifying the right-click context menu


In the development workspace, many developer tools can be accessed from the right-click context menu in the AOT. Some of the tools, such as Export, Delete, Restore, and others, are common for all AOT objects. Some of the options are only available for specific objects, for example, the Compile function is only available for classes, tables, and other objects that contain code.

In this recipe, we will demonstrate how to modify the right-click context menu. We will add two new options for development project nodes, allowing setting and clearing any selected project as a startup project.

How to do it...

Carry out the following steps in order to complete this recipe:

  1. 1. In the AOT, create a new action menu item with the following properties:

    Property

    Value

    Name

    DevProjectStartupUpdateSet

    Label

    Set as startup project

  2. 2. Create one more action menu item with the following properties:

    Property

    Value

    Name

    DevProjectStartupUpdateClear

    ...
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