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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Integration and Development with .NET Framework
Enterprise Portal
Agenda
• ASP.NET Framework• SharePoint• Data Binding• Portal Development
ASP.NET Framework
Main Goals• Transform EP from self service light-weight
Web app to mainstream full fidelity business Web app
• Move away from a “Click-and-Wait” architecture to the responsive and interactive modern Web
• Empower end users with a richer and more powerful UI
• Develop rich home pages• Empower developers with rich toolset and
platform technologies
What Is ASP.NET Based Framework?
• UI development in VS using ASP.NET• Core UI controls (List/Image/Lookup)• Data binding• Label support• AOT nodes for storing and securing
managed content• Session management• Proxy class generation• Navigation and deployment
Portal Page Architecture
IIS Virtual Directory
SharePoint Content Database
Page
Page
AX Toolbar Web Part1
Page Definition
Web Part Properties
AX User Control Web
PartUser Control
AxGrid
AxDatasource
MyUserControl.ascx
Control3 Properties
MyUserControl.ascx.cs
Event Handlers
Control4 Properties
User Control Properties
SharePoint
Web Part Page
Standard page and
functionality
IIS Virtual Directory
SharePoint Content Database
Page
Web Part1
Page Definition
Web Part1 Properties
FixFunctionPage.aspx
Control3 PropertiesControl4
Properties
Web Part2 Properties
Web Part2
Metadata Consolidation
SharePointCustomizabl
ePersonalizab
leContent
(SQL Server)
AX MetadataData Binding
X++ CodeData
Dictionary(AOD file)
ASP.NET Pages and Controls
(File System)
SharePointStatic FilesFeatures
Templates(File System)
Import and layer
Deploy
Dynamics AX 2009 Model
• Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Portal builds on the rich AX desktop data binding
• It exposes the rich AX metadata binding • It uses the full flexibility of ASP.NET (code
and markup)• It uses the dynamic customization and
personalization of the SharePoint• It unifies ASP.NET, SharePoint and AX
metadata in the AOT
Home Page
• Consists of various Web parts– WSS
• Quick Links• Activity Stacks• Unified Work List (Alerts/Workflow)• Dynamics Report• SSRS Report
– MOSS• KPI List• Filter• Excel Web Access
• Home page integration with the AX client
DemoCreate Role Center Page
Data Binding
Architecture for Accessing AX Data
ASP.NET Control
AxDatasource Control
DataSourceViews
AxDataSetViews
AxDataSet
AX From Datasource
functionality
X++ Code
Application code
Bind
Access Object Model
Access Object Model
X++ Callouts
Dataset Functionality• Allows binding to one or more AX tables• Allows multiple tables to be combined using joins• Exposes full AX data model• Provides calculated fields• Executes table based triggers• Supports a programming model similar to an X++
table object• Supports data versions (OCC)• Can be backed up by a real table or a temp table• Provides events that can be overridden• Provides an object model for application code
User Control Details
AxDataSet
IIS Virtual Directory
MyUserControl.ascx
GridView Props
MyUserControl.ascx.cs
Event Handlers
TextBox Bound Field…
My User ControlUserContro
l
GridView
Text Box
Check Box
Datasource Control
AOTMyDataSet
DataSource
Field
DataSources
MethodsMyDataSetRun
Datasource
QueryRun
QueryRun
TableTable
BC.NET
Portal Development
EP Site Components
• EP Site Basement• EP Home Site• EP Sub Site• Web Module• Top navigation bar
Module Properties– ConfigurationKey– InheritNavigation– InheritPermissions– QuickLaunch– ShowLink
Navigation Details
• Navigation is between pages• URL Menu items
– Navigation– Authorization
• Content items– Content items point to parts on the page– Used for authorization
• Web Menus
Core Controls
• AxDataSource• AxGridView• AxForm• AxLookup• AxFilter• AxToolBar• Webparts
– AxUserControlWebPart– AxToolbarWebPart
Page
Context Passing within a Page
• Context• Webpart type
– None– Provider– Consumer
• Connections
ProviderWebpart
ConsumerWebpart
Webpart connectionAjax refresh
Webpart connectionAjax refresh
ConsumerWebpart
Context Passing between Pages
• Context• Query String• Master – Details• Security and
encryption
Page 2 (details)
Page 1 (master)
Web Part 1
Web Part 3Where x = record 1
Web Part 4
Where x = record
1
Record 1
Record 1
Web Part 5
Security
• Metadata Object Model exposes Security keys
• Data Sets calculate field level security• Table level security can be accessed via
Metadata Object Model for the current session
• AX controls are automatically authorized• User controls are secured through content
items• Standard X++ Authorization (RLS,
HasMenuItemAccess, …)
Stateless Programming Model• Data Sets can be persisted across HTTP requests• What is persisted?
– Queries– Data Cache– Current Record– Current Record deltas– Marks– New Records– Temp Tables
• Override– Pack, UnPack
• Control State can be enabled or disabled
X++ Support
• Proxy Generation Tool pg.exe• Allows C# proxies to be generated for X++
classes and tables• Automatically generates dependent classes• Strongly Typed
Localization
• AX ASP.NET framework uses labels• Controls handle localization• Also ASP.NET expressions are provided to be
used in markup to convert labels to text
<asp:Label ID="Label8" runat="server" Text="<%$ axlabel:@SYS73732 %>"/>
Ajax support Advantages
• We have built our own framework on Ajax, as you have seen
• Advantages of Ajax framework– User-experience improvement– Bandwidth usage– Separation of data, format, style
Deployment
Deployment works at three levels:• Web Server Deployment
– Static Files– Controls
• Web Application Deployment– Features– Web Parts– Web Sites
• Web Site Deployment– Pages
DemoDevelop the Portal
Q&A
Introducing the Lab
• In this lab you will:– Create Web module– Deploy Web module– Create DataSet– Create user control– Upload user control to the AOT– Create Web content– Create Web page– Create Web menu item
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