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Visual Studio Tips for Dynamics 365 Finance Operations

Some configurations that you should make for Visual studio in newly deplopyed FinOps environments.

1. Show line number​

  • Open Visual studio as Administrator right.
  • Click on the Dynamics 365 drop down menu on the toolbar and select Options.
  • Text editor -> X++

Show line number

2. Best practice rules​

  • Click on the Dynamics 365 drop down menu on the toolbar and select Options.
  • In Dynamics 365, select Best Practices and select each of the following:
    • Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Framework.BestPracticeFramework.UIRules
    • Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Framework.CodeStyleRules
    • Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Framework.DataAccessRules
    • Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Framework.DataEntityRules
    • Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Framework.DataMethodRules
    • Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Framework.DepreciatedElementsRules
    • Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Framework.MaintainabilityRules
    • Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Framework.StaticCodeValidationRules

3. Build​

If you want to lower building time

  • Click on the Dynamics 365 drop down menu on the toolbar and select Options.
  • In Dynamics 365, select Build and select Build Modules in Parallel

Build

More information on this feature

4. Projects​

  • Click on the Dynamics 365 drop down menu on the toolbar and select Options.
  • In Dynamics 365, select Build and select
    • Organize projects by element type
    • Synchronize database on build for newly created project
    • Order labels in label file by their ID

project

5. Customize toolbars​

  • Right click on Toolbars, choose Customize

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  • Create a new toolbar named D365

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  • Switch to Commands tab, Choose D365 in Toolbar

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  • Choose Add Command -> Extensions -> Add commands that you want

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Here are my favorites

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Now you can access them directly from toolbars, it will save you some clicks.

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