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Dynamics 365 POS: Dual display

Dynamics 365 POS: Dual display

Dual display is retail POS functionality that exists from AX2012.
Visual studio cannot connect to source control on DevBox

Visual studio cannot connect to source control on DevBox

When DevBox is just started, Visual studio cannot connect to source control (VSTS) for quite a long time.
POS error on start: More than one export was found that matches the constraint

POS error on start: More than one export was found that matches the constraint

POS cannot start and shows the error ‘Error number: 1300 could not load all external service modules.
Retail offline sync service: string or binary data would be truncated error

Retail offline sync service: string or binary data would be truncated error

Offline Sync service fails to synchronize data with error
Retail labels (POS, MPOS)

Retail labels (POS, MPOS)

POS uses labels in all forms to display text translated to different languages.
Mobile apps for AX 2012

Mobile apps for AX 2012

How to develop mobile apps for AX 2012?
Retail statement posting: Field ZIP/postal code, primary contact, country, city, street, etc. must be filled in

Retail statement posting: Field ZIP/postal code, primary contact, country, city, street, etc. must be filled in

When retail statement is posted, created sales order cannot be invoiced.
Real-time service: cached X++ code

Real-time service: cached X++ code

Code changes done in X++ standard methods of RetailTransactionService*
Modern POS (MPOS) iframe issue

Modern POS (MPOS) iframe issue

Often customer requirement is to display some external web page inside POS.
Retail download job fails with Timeout exception

Retail download job fails with Timeout exception

Async Client fails to merge records to [ax].[RETAILCHANNELTABLE] table with error Timeout expired.
POS: Unblock DLL files

POS: Unblock DLL files

Sometimes when you install a package with DLL files to target POS PC, you can find out, POS does not load.
POS: SQL connections in case of multi-threading

POS: SQL connections in case of multi-threading

Usually, when we execute any custom SQL statements in POS, we use SQLConnection
POS: Product search by attributes

POS: Product search by attributes

This post will show you the way to enable and use product search by attributes in POS (ePOS).
POS: Execute stored procedure

POS: Execute stored procedure

This blog post will show you some ways to execute stored procedures from POS
POS: maximum number of button grids

POS: maximum number of button grids

From AX 2012 the maximum number of button grids allowed on POS screen was limited to five (5).
POS: Product availability panel stopped working (error)

POS: Product availability panel stopped working (error)

There are multiple extension samples provided by Microsoft together with POS solution.
POS error: The payment connector is not correctly configured

POS error: The payment connector is not correctly configured

When you click ‘Pay card‘ button to execute card payment, POS shows the error.
POS: Error on Real-Time service access – a business connector session already exists

POS: Error on Real-Time service access – a business connector session already exists

POS fails to access Retail Transaction Service with error A Business Connector session already exists.
POS: Change color of DevExpress button

POS: Change color of DevExpress button

This blog post will show you the way to change color of DevExpress button of class SimpleButton.
POS: default customer type for customer creation (Person/Organization)

POS: default customer type for customer creation (Person/Organization)

When you create a new customer in POS, you should select customer type
POS client: Cannot start debugging of the application

POS client: Cannot start debugging of the application

When trying to start MPOS client project in Debug mode, error “Unable to start debugging…”
OPOS printer: partial receipt cut

OPOS printer: partial receipt cut

When OPOS printers print receipts, they can cut them automatically.
POS cannot connect to Dynamics 365 (Real-time service)

POS cannot connect to Dynamics 365 (Real-time service)

Accidentally my POS became unable to connect to D365
Offline sync service: check if data sync is in process

Offline sync service: check if data sync is in process

Sometimes when Offline Sync Service is syncing a large table (with a lot of data)
Database Utility: project compilation exception

Database Utility: project compilation exception

After CreateDatabase project upgrade (from Retail SDK), project fails to compile with error
Data distribution: update upload tables after adding new fields

Data distribution: update upload tables after adding new fields

When new fields are added to some existing upload retail tables (from P-jobs), if you run upload job, you
PowerApp integration with Retail POS

PowerApp integration with Retail POS

Can we integrate PowerApp with Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Retail MPOS or CPOS?
Distribution jobs issue: Failed to convert parameter value from a String to a DateTime

Distribution jobs issue: Failed to convert parameter value from a String to a DateTime

Distribution job was not able to copy data from a channel (store) database to AX2012 because of the error.
Async server: cannot have multiple records in schedule parameter table

Async server: cannot have multiple records in schedule parameter table

Async server fails to sync metadata with error Cannot have multiple records in schedule parameter table.