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C# -> AX, How do I switch which aos the visual studio project is pointed to?

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Posted on by adam260 1,871

I am working on directly integrating the AX customer list (CustTable) into a standalone application within C#. However whenever I did this I had it pointed to my DEV AOS. How do I go about changing which aos it is pulling its data from?

I've tried loading my other environments config file for visual studio (devenv.exe /AXConfig <config file>.axc) but that did nothing. I also tried removing my table proxies and re-adding them while connected to my other AOS from within visual studio. I tried running a grep on all the files within my project folder but it doesn't even find the aos name in any of the files.

Is there is a way to manually (via code) point it to a specific config file or aos server? If not is there even a way to repoint the project to another aos through the VS IDE?

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  • Ivan (Vanya) Kashperuk Profile Picture
    Ivan (Vanya) Kashperuk on at

    Have you read this?

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../gg889291.aspx

  • adam260 Profile Picture
    adam260 1,871 on at

    Yes this is what I was referring to when I mentioned

    "I've tried loading my other environments config file for visual studio (devenv.exe /AXConfig <config file>.axc) but that did nothing"

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    adam260 1,871 on at

    Ah ok I figured it out. On all the examples on the net that I found (including msdn) in order to log onto AX via C# you use the following code...

    Session axSession = new Session();

    axSession.Logon(null, null, null, null);

    However to specify which aos you want you need to do the following

    Session axSession = new Session();

    axSession.Logon(null, null, "AOSServerNameToPullFrom", null);

    so it goes

    axSession.Logon(<company>, <language>, <aos server>, <configuration file>);

    so by using the parm <aos server> I can define directly the name of the server or defined a file path of the config file(.axc) via <configuration file> parm

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    Tommy Skaue Profile Picture
    Tommy Skaue Moderator on at

    If you do not want to hardcode this in your code, you should consider configuring this using the normal flow on how a program access a specific AOS.

    By default, any program will connect to the very first configuration being installed on a machine. So the first time AX setup installs any program that needs information about where to find an AOS (like installing the AX client), setup will ask the name of the server, the TCP and WSDL port. Any other user later on "adopts" these default settings.

    The next level of configuration is under Control Panel and administrative tools. Here you can change preferred AOS for your user AND the .Net Business Connector (if applicable).

    The third level is providing an AX Configuration file when executing a program, either the AX client or some custom program.

    Fourth, you can create your own custom configuration schema and load the values into your program.

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    adam260 1,871 on at

    Thanks for the suggestions Tommy. I figured something like that was going on. However what surprised me was whenever I changed the default config under Control Panel>Admin tools it didn't reflect the change within the application (custom app, not AX). Which is leading me down the path of hard coding the server/pointing to a config file.

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