AX 2009 Workflow - Run batch jobs through a Job

When working with Workflows, sometimes  have encountered a situation where my workflow item just don't run.

This might be due to a problem on the Batch Server. To test (run) the workflow mimicking the batch server we can write the following job.

static void workflowJobs(Args _args)

{

    SysWorkflowMessageQueueManager  queueManager;

    WorkflowWorkItemDueDateJob      workItemDueDateJob;

    ;

    queueManager = SysWorkflowMessageQueueManager::construct();

    queueManager.run();

    workItemDueDateJob = new WorkflowWorkItemDueDateJob();

    workItemDueDateJob.run();

}

Another alternative is to go to AOT > Forms > Tutorial_WorkflowProcessor and click the start button.

Unable to validate the AX 2009 Workflow Webservice URL on a Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 - The request failed with HTTP status 405: Method Not Allowed.

Hi,

I was having some issues yesterday validating an URL in Windows Server 2009 R2 - 64. I have done this a few times already and the process have been really smooth and straight forward. However, in the environment I'm working on right now I the The request failed with HTTP status 405: Method Not Allowed error.

I found this post that helped me solve the problem, which basically was changing the property value of the MicrosoftDynamicsAXWorkflow50 application pool in IIS Manager to "Enable 32-Bit Applications".

Here is the link:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/emeadaxsupport/archive/2010/01/05/unable-to-validate-the-ax-2009-workflow-webservice-url-on-a-windows-server-2008-r2-x64.aspx

Connect to a new AOS Instance - AX 2009

Follow these steps to connect a client to a new AOS instance:

1. Open the Microsoft Dynamics AX Client Configuration utility
(Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Microsoft Dynamics AX Configuration Utility).

2. In the Configuration target list, select Local client.

3. Click Manage, click Create configuration, and then enter a name for the configuration. Then determine whether to copy it from the active or original configuration.

4. On the Connection tab, click New. Enter the Server name, Instance name, and TCP/IP port of the AOS instance to connect to, and then click OK and exit the configuration utility.

make friendly URL’s for your SharePoint 2010 site in 4 steps with IIS7 URL Rewrite module

I started developing an Internet facing site with the help of this book : http://www.amazon.com/Professional-SharePoint-Branding-Interface-Programmer/dp/0470584645/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300888674&sr=1-12#_

However, for me SEO is critical nowadays and this book did not give me any information on how to make my Share Point 2010 Internet facing site URL friendly. Because I'm an ASP.NET developer, I knew that now we have the URL Rewrite module in IIS7 and I wondered if I could apply it to a Share Point site as well.

I found this great post that explains how to achieve Share Point 2010 friendly URL by using the II7 URL Rewrite module.

http://blog.mastykarz.nl/friendly-urls-sharepoint-site-4-steps-iis7-url-rewrite-module/

After following the steps stated in the above link, I was able to produce a friendly URL.