Inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0

Foreword xvii Acknowledgments xix Introduction xxi Who Is This Book For? xxi The History of Microsoft Dynamics AX xxi Organization of This Book xxii Reading Guide xxiii Product Documentation xxiii Product Web Site xxiii Naming xxiii Code xxiii Glossary xxiv Special Legend xxiv System Requirements xxiv Pre-Release Software xxv Technologoy Updates xxv Code Samples xxv Support for This Book xxv Questions and Comments xxvi Part I A Tour of the Development Environment Architectural Overview 3(18) Introduction 3(4) The Operations Environment 7(1) The Application Development and Run-Time Environments 8(2) Rich Client Application 9(1) Web Client Application 9(1) Integration Client Application 10(1) The Enterprise Portal and Web Parts 10(2) Application Modeling and Program Specification 12(1) The Application Model Layering System 13(4) The Application Framework