Ax2009 Tree node export

Question

Is there another way to export TreeNodes from AX2009 besides TreeNode.treeNodeExport(filename) ?

Is there possibly a way of doing this based on the UtilElements table?

EDIT When calling treeNodeExport while connected with the .Net Business connector, the method .treeNodeExport fails. I was wondering if there is another way of exporting a TreeNode to an xpo file in order to work around this. This occurs mainly with the ProjectNodes.

Answer 1

I'd try and resolve the reason your method call fails. Have you tried asserting write permissions first?

new FileIoPermission(@'C:\\MyOutput.xpo', 'w').assert();

Does your treeNodeExport method call fail because of the file-system on either client/server ? IE if you're making a call to export to C:\\Users\\Alex\\Desktop\\MyXPO.xpo , that location may not exist if it's on the server tier.

Alternatively , if you are using the business connector, which is using the business connector user account , then that user account may not have permission to write to the directory you are trying to export to.

Answer 2

Not sure what your requirements are, but if you could use treeNodeExport and just want to convert a record of UtilElements into a TreeNode you could use the following snippet:

public static client void TestJob()
{
    UtilElements utilElements;
    ;

    // select firstOnly utilElements
    //     where utilElements ...  

    xUtilElements::getNode(utilElements).treeNodeExport(@'C:\temp\test.xpo');
}