Out of the box EP Visual studio Add-in (Enterprise portal tools) shipped with AX2009 doesn't work with VS2010. With few simple steps it is possible to make it compatible. AX installer performs validation for VS2008 so all installations steps for Enterprise portal tools have to be done manually:
- Copy DVD\MSI\EnterprisePortalTools to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\50\EnterprisePortalTools
- Rename file Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.Portal.VisualStudio.2008.AddIn.AddIn to Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.Portal.VisualStudio.2010.AddIn.AddIn
- Edit the file: replace VS version 9.0 with 10.0
- Open VS2010: Tools->Options->Add-in/Macros security and add C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\50\EnterprisePortalTools
- Open DVD\MSI\Components64\
- Unpack AxWebProject.zip
- File ProjectName.webproj is just one bit big. For VS2010 it should be 0: either delete the file and create new one with same name or edit it and delete it's content
- Pack it back to AxWebProject.zip
- Create folder My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Web Developer\CSharp
- Copy AxWebProject.zip to My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Web Developer\CSharp
- Create folder My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Web Developer\CSharp
- Copy AxWebpartPage.zip and AxWebUserControl.zip from to My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Web Developer\CSharp
- Open VS2010 and make sure that EP project template is available
- To add EP specific Items to Visual Studio's Toolbox, select "Chose items" from the right click menu on VS's toolbox
- Browse for C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\50\Client\Bin\Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.Portal.dll
4 comments:
There are several reasons why this probably isn't working for me. First of all, none of the directories you have listed are available on my computer. I am able to find folders you are listing just in different directories. But I can't get it to work. Is there any way you can show some screen shots of the process to help me fill in the gaps? Thank you!
AX installer creates folders in My Documents i.e. 'My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Web Developer\CSharp'. The procedure assumes that AX installer won't be involved. Therefore those folders are not there. Just create them manually.
Hi, great post. :)
i tried to do this tip but it does not work for me...
I dont know why... But I didn't understand very well what I have to do with the webproj file. I created a file without content and replaced the same file, Is this what i have to do??
I have many folders of the AX installation, can this cause problems to integrate the VS?
Thanks in advance.
Yep, as a result webproj file must have zero size.
Installer just copies the files to respective folders. You should do it manually instead.
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