MorphX Development Tools

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

MorphX development tools are available in the Tools menu. Many are also available from the Add-ins shortcut menu in the Application Object Tree (AOT). When tools are activated from the Add-Ins menu, they take the current AOT node as the point of departure.

The X++ code editor, the X++ compiler, the Reverse Engineering Tool, and the tracing tools are not available from the Development tools menu or the AOT Add-Ins menu. The code editor opens when you double-click a method or create a new job. The compiler can be accessed from the Code editor window. To open the Reverse Engineering tool, right-click a project, and then select Add-Ins > Reverse Engineer. For information about enabling the tracing tools, see Setting Up the Tracing Tools.

The development tools available in the Development tools and Add-Ins menus are described in the following table.

Note

The Code Explorer, Benchmark, and Visual MorphXplorer tools are no longer available. The Reverse Engineering tool has replaced the Visual MorphXplorer tool.

Tool	Opened from	Description
Application objects	Tools > Application objects menu Add-Ins menu	Lists application objects, grouped by object type.
Axd Wizard	Tools > Wizards menu	Helps you to create a XML document (Axd) class
Check Best Practices	Add-Ins menu	Checks whether your X++ code is in compliance with Microsoft Dynamics AX standards. Note   This command does not check all best practices and does not guarantee that your X++ code complies with Microsoft Dynamics AX standards. For more information, see Best Practices for Microsoft Dynamics AX Development.
Class Wizard	Tools > Wizards menu	Helps you to create a new class.
Code profiler	Tools menu	Records the execution time of each line of code and enables you to analyze the data to find performance bottlenecks.
Code Upgrade	Tools menu	Helps you to compare and merge your X++ source code when upgrading to a new version of Microsoft Dynamics AX.
COM Class Wrapper Wizard	Tools > Wizards menu	Helps you to create a wrapper class for a COM object. Ensures type safety when using dynamic binding.
Compare	Add-Ins menu	Enables you to compare the current object with another object or another version of the same object.
Compare layers	Tools > Code upgrade menu	Enables you to compare any two application object layers. For example, the current SYS layer and the OLD SYS layer. Creates a project that contains objects that only exist in one layer and objects that are different in the two layers.
Create upgrade project	Tools > Version upgrade menu	Analyzes your system and creates a project that contains the application objects that must be upgraded manually.
Cross-reference	Tools menu Add-Ins menu	Enables you to see relationships between objects. You can see which objects use the current object and which other objects the current object uses.
Debugger	Tools menu	Enables you to debug your X++ code. For more information, see the Debugger Help. It is available from the Help menu in the debugger and from the Microsoft Dynamics AX Debugger node in the table of contents of the Help opened from the Help > Developer Help menu.
Financial Dimensions Wizard	Tools > Wizards menu	Helps you add a new financial dimension to the system.
Images	Tools > Web development menu	Enables you to manage the images available for use in Web applications.
Label editor	Tools > Label menu	Enables you to create, edit, and delete labels.
Label log	Tools > Label menu	Displays the history of labels in the application.
Label file wizard	Tools > Label menu Tools > Wizards menu	Enables you to create a new label file.
Label intervals	Tools > Label menu	Enables you to specify which label IDs can be used with a particular label file.
Legacy Help Texts	Development tools menu	Obsolete. In previous versions of Microsoft Dynamics AX, this tool enabled you to view and edit the HTML source of Help topics available for application objects.
Legacy Help Validation	Development tools menu	Obsolete. In previous versions of Microsoft Dynamics AX, this tool enabled you to search for text and tags in documentation objects to find Help topics that do not conform to best practices for Microsoft Dynamics AX documentation.
Locked application objects	Development tools > Application objects menu	Displays a list of the application objects that are currently locked.
Number of records	Tools menu	Counts the number of records in each table in the current company.
Old application objects	Tools > Application objects menu	Displays the system's old application objects and a detailed log of each object's history.
Refresh AOD	Development tools > Application objects menu	Flushes cached application object information.
Refresh runtime model data	Tools > Caches menu	Flushes cached model metadata information.
Refresh Data	Tools > Caches menu	Flushes cached database records.
Refresh Dictionary	Tools > Caches menu	Flushes cached application object dictionary information.
Reindex	Development tools > Application objects menu	Re-indexes the AOT.
Report Wizard	Tools > Wizards menu	Helps you to create a new report.
Source Code Titlecase Update	Add-Ins menu	Applies the correct case to objects names used in your code. For example, classes begin with an uppercase letter (for example, AddressCheck) and methods begin with a lowercase letter (for example, classDeclaration).
Style sheets and Themes	Development tools menu	Enables you to create style sheets and themes. Themes are style sheets with a set of images that define the overall look of a Web site. For more information, see How to: Create New SharePoint Themes.
Table browser	Add-Ins menu	Enables you to view or update data in the current table.
Table definitions	Tools menu Add-Ins menu	Enables you to generate a report that presents an overview of selected tables. The overview includes fields, types, labels, configuration keys, and HelpTexts.
Type Hierarchy Browser and Type Hierarchy Context	Tools > Type hierarchy browser Add-Ins > Type hierarchy browser Tools > Type hierarchy context	Enables you to view the hierarchy of a table, class, enum, or extended data type (EDT).
Unit Test	Tools menu	Enables you to use the Unit Test Framework.
Usage data	Development tools > Application objects menu	Enables you to view the settings that a user has selected while using Microsoft Dynamics AX. These preferences are saved to make it faster for the user to use the same functionality the next time.
Version control	Development tools menu	Provides version control for all AOT objects, projects, and label files.
Web sites	Tools > Web development menu	Enables you to set up and administrate your Web sites.
Wizard wizard	Tools > Wizards menu	Helps you to create your own wizard.

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