AX 2012 R2 CU7 Compile application

If the AX version is R2 with CU7, then don’t waste your time for compilation around 6 hours.

Use the following steps to have the compilation with 30 to 1 hour based on the system speed. Use the Command prompt to run the compilation.

There is new AXBuild.exe tool available from MS in the server folder. Path is

[Drive:] cd\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\Server\<YOUR AOS NAME>\bin

Use the path in CMD using cd command. And run the following command.

axbuild.exe xppcompileall /aos=01 /altbin="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\Client\Bin" /workers=4               

where  

/aos = 01 is number of the AOS available in the server. AOS number will be identified in the AX Server configuration utility. It will be like 01,02,etc..

/worker = 4, give based on the server processor core. Count the number of code in the processor in Device Manager and give the number after “/worker =”.

You can the compilation output in the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\Server\MicrosoftDynamicsAX\Log\ as a HTML file.

You can import it in AX output window in Dev environment and resolve the errors.