AX 2012 CIL - Why ?

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Compile CIL is something new in 2012 and I was wondering what are the pros of having it in Dynamics AX 2012. Does it bring new functionality to developers ?

My understanding is that a CIL file is a piece of code compiled that resides on the AOS. Does it improve the performance ?

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André Arnaud de Cal... 301,020 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Matt,

The CIL compilation is .net code. This will run faster than running x++ compiled code. It needs some caching, but after this the performance is usually better.

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Hi Andre,

The only reason is performance ?

Can you do development in .net that you cannot in X++

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Yes, as Andre said, it is for performance.

I would like to point out that having CIL is part of the transition to bring AX in line with other Microsoft technologies.

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The CIL compilation it self doesn't make it possible to do anything you couldn't do with before. The CIL compilation is simply about compilling your X++ code to .NET code.

You shouldn't confuse this with .NET Interop from X++.

One of the main performance gains you get, is that AX gets to use the much more effective .NET garbage collector rather than AX's own.

In the next version of AX, '7' or 'Rainier', all code will be compiled and executed as .NET code.

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Thanks guys !

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