Skip to main content

Online (Bing) translator for AX using a shortcut key

Keeping in theme with the last post, I will talk about another simple use for web services in AX.
I will use Microsoft (Bing) Translator to automatically translate fields with just a shortcut key (in this example I will take over the Ctrl+Z shortcut).

In \Classes\SysSetupFormRun add a new method. Copy and paste below. Make sure to replace the API ID with your own. Sign up to Microsoft API.
Public static server void translate(str _text = "")
{
//ar,bg,zh-CHS,zh-CHT,cs,da,nl,en,et,fi,fr,de,el,ht,he,hu,id,it,ja,ko,lv,lt,no,pl,pt,ro,ru,sk,sl,es,sv,th,tr,uk,vi
//Arabic Bulgarian Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French
//German Greek Haitian Creole Hebrew Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian
//Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese

    str uri;
    str appId = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"; //Replace with your API ID
    str fromLanguage="en", ToLanguage="fr"; //Change the language you want to change from/to
    str ret = "";

    System.Net.HttpWebRequest   httpRequest  = null;
    System.Net.HttpWebResponse  httpResponse = null;
    CLRObject                   clro         = null;
    System.IO.Stream            stream       = null;
    System.IO.StreamReader      streamReader = null;
    XmlTextReader               xmlTextReader ;
    ;

    uri = "http://api.microsofttranslator.com/v2/Http.svc/Translate?appId=" + appId +
        "&text=" + _text + "&from=" + fromLanguage + "&to=" + toLanguage;

    try
    {
        new InteropPermission(InteropKind::ClrInterop).assert();
        clro         = System.Net.WebRequest::Create(uri);
        httpRequest  = clro;
        httpResponse = httpRequest.GetResponse();
        stream = httpResponse.GetResponseStream();
        streamReader = new System.IO.StreamReader(stream);
        ret = streamReader.ReadToEnd();

        xmlTextReader = XmlTextReader::newXml(ret, true) ;

        while(xmlTextReader.read())
        {
            switch (xmlTextReader.NodeType())
            {
                case XmlNodeType::Text: //Display the text in each element.
                    ret = xmlTextReader.Value();
                    break;
            }
        }

        CodeAccessPermission::revertAssert();
    }
    catch(Exception::CLRError)
    {
        throw error(AifUtil::getClrErrorMessage());
    }

    info(ret);
}

Now the second part is to trap shortcut keys. This is done in the same class \Classes\SysSetupFormRun.
Modify the task() method by adding the following code:
public int task(int _p1)
{
    #task
    FormDataSource formDataSource;

    int ret;

    // >> Translate string
    // Munib - 2010-12-28
    FormControl fc;
    formStringControl fsc;
    ;

    if (_p1 == 769) //Ctrl + Z
    {
        fc = this.selectedControl();
        formDataSource =  this.objectSet();

        if(fc && formDataSource)
        {
            fsc    = fc;

            if(fsc.dataField() && formDataSource.table())
            {
                if (fsc.valueStr())
                {
                    SysSetupFormRun::ecl_translate(fsc.valueStr());
                }
            }
        }
    }
    // << Translate string

    if (_p1 == #taskFilter)
    {
        formDataSource = this.objectSet();
        if (formDataSource &&
            formDataSource.queryRun() &&
            formDataSource.queryRun().args() &&
            !formDataSource.queryRun().args().caller())
        {
            formDataSource.queryRun().args().caller(this);
        }
    }

    //info(strfmt("%1=%2",_p1,#taskFilter));
    //shift + F3   - 4443
    //Shift + Down - 1296
    ret = super(_p1);

    return ret;
}

Final result looks like this:


We could be smart and make it parameter driven with the API ID, from/to language. This example is just to illustrate how simple it is to use web services in your project.
Labels:

Popular posts from this blog

Approve Workflow via email using template placeholders #Dyn365FO

Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations has placeholders which can be inserted into the instructions. Normally you would want this to show up in the email that is sent. One of the most useful ones is the URL link to the exact record that you are approving. In the workflow configurations use the placeholder and build up your message. Towards the end it has workflow specific ones. The URL token is %Workflow.Link to web% . For the technical people the token is replaced in this class WorkflowDocumentField. This is what I inserted into my email template. <BODY> subject: %subject% <BR> message: %message% <BR> company: %company% <BR> for: %for% <BR> </BODY> Should look like this. The final result looks like this. If you debug these are the place holders that are put together.
Read more

Purchase requisition – Price

The price fields on the purchase requisition are non-editable for catalogue items. It is expected that a trade agreement be created. The price fields are only editable for these conditions: Form is opened view AP -> Periodic -> Purchase Requisition -> All purchase requisition, or Line type is “Non-catalogue item”, or User is task owner. Ie. The task is assigned to the user. In other words he/she maybe the purchaser that gets the price. User is approval owner. Ie. The approval is assigned to the user. In other words he/she maybe the manager that approves the final requisition. For catalogue items on the purchase requisition line can only select between the vendor directly associated with the item and the cheapest vendor as found through the purchase price trade agreements. If another vendor is requested the vendor can be blanked and the user can enter a “Proposed vendor” in the proposed vendor field on the general tab page for the purchase requisition line.   NOTE: ...
Read more

Dynamics 365 Invoice Capture Feature

Microsoft recently released the new Invoice Capture for Dynamics 365 Finance. I ran through installing and configuring it.  From that experience, below is my brain dump and hopefully it can help with things that are not so obvious. Three type of invoice captures There are three invoice type paths that can be captured. These drive the screen layout and what kind of information is mandatory. PO invoice Header-only Cost invoice When an invoice comes in, you can select one of the three invoice types. Below are the three screen layouts and differences. PO invoice – Invoices of this type are associated with purchase orders. The purchase order details must be determined on each invoice line. Both the header and the lines must be reviewed in Invoice capture. This will create a pending vendor invoice. Header-only – Invoices of this type are associated with purchase orders. The purchase order field on the invoice header is a mandatory field. If the Automatically create invoice lines featur...
Read more