Change default layers when comparing code

During the integration of system patches or third-party layers I found it annoying to continually select a certain layer when using the compare tool.  Multiply the time it takes by 400 or more nodes and you get an unhappy developer.
Fixing this problem is very easy.  Just add the following code to the end of the \Classes\SysCompare.initContext() method.

    if (comboBox1.getText(comboBox1.selection()) == comboBox2.getText(comboBox2.selection()) && comboBox2.items() > comboBox2.selection() + 1 )
    {
        comboBox2.selection(comboBox2.selection()+1);

        // 2010.11.30  Change default selectons for code comparison
        if (comboBox1.items() == comboBox2.items() - 1)
        {
            if (comboBox1.items() > 2 && Global::strEndsWith(comboBox2.getText(comboBox2.items() - 1), ' (Washed)')) // english only
            {
                // Compare last two layers (not selecting the washed version)
                comboBox1.selection(comboBox1.items() - 2); // Set first drop down to second-to-last possible option
                comboBox2.selection(comboBox2.items() - 2); // Set second drop down to second-to-last possible option
            }
        }
    }
    // 2010.11.30  Change default selections for code comparison when importing
    else if (comboBox1.items() > 1 && comboBox2.items() == 1 && Global::strEndsWith(comboBox2.getText(1 - 1), ' (xpo)'))
    {
        // Compare last layer to the imported XPO
        comboBox1.selection(comboBox1.items() - 1); // Set first drop down to last possible option
    }

Convert Axapta Time in SQL

AX 4.0 stores time in the database using the seconds since midnight.  So in order to view the time (military format) we must divide.  Here is an example:

SELECT TOP 20 StartTime AS [Seconds since midnight],

      CAST(StartTime/60/60 AS VARCHAR(2)) + ':' + RIGHT('0' + CAST(FLOOR((StartTime/60.0/60.0 %1)*60) AS VARCHAR(2)), 2) AS [Start Time]

FROM Batch

WHERE [Status] = 1

Disable users who are not active in Active Directory

Occasionally when auditors come by I like to disable all user accounts in AX which have been disabled in Active Directory.  Even though AD will not let them login auditors have a hard time understanding it, so I disable the users.  Many times we do not get notification that someone has left the company, or sometimes it does not reach the right people in charge of AX security.  So I made the job below which disables users in AX because they are disabled in Active Directory.  The job takes a little while to run.

static void disableUsersMissingInAD(Args _args)
{
    UserInfo                userInfoUpdate;
    xAxaptaUserManager      xAxaptaUserManager;
    xAxaptaUserDetails      xAxaptaUserDetails;
    #Guest
    
    xAxaptaUserManager = new xAxaptaUserManager();

    Global::startLengthyOperation();
    ttsbegin;

    while select forUpdate userInfoUpdate
    order by networkAlias
    where userInfoUpdate.Id != #GuestUser
       && userInfoUpdate.enable == 1
    {
        // Get the single user's details from the kernel class
        xAxaptaUserDetails = xAxaptaUserManager.getDomainUser(userInfoUpdate.NetworkDomain, userInfoUpdate.NetworkAlias);

        // Only show users who are enabled in Active Directory
        if (xAxaptaUserDetails == null || xAxaptaUserDetails.getUserCount() == 0 || !xAxaptaUserDetails.isUserEnabled(0))
        {
            userInfoUpdate.enable = 0;
            userInfoUpdate.update();
        }
    }

    ttscommit;
    Global::endLengthyOperation();
}