Integrating Google Apps with Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Integrating Google Apps with Microsoft Dynamics NAVA framework has been created whereby NAV data can be sent to Google Apps. ArcherPoint or the community in general can build upon this framework in...
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Hurry! Act Now! Report Transformation for NAV is Coming!
Hurry! Act Now! Report Transformation for NAV is Coming!“Hurry! Act Now!” It’s a statement used and overused by television marketers to instigate buying their product on impulse. They don’t want you...
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Printing Barcodes to an RTC Report
Printing Barcodes to an RTC ReportI was recently challenged to print a barcode on an RTC report. In the past, I have found barcode fonts rendered perfectly on NAV Classic reports. Those same barcode...
View ArticleNAS on the NAV 2013 Service Tier
NAS on the NAV 2013 Service TierIf you have made heavy investments in automated solutions that run in NAS you can breathe easy, because chances are that it still works in NAV 2013!!When Microsoft...
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Debugging NAV 2013 Is Easy
Debugging NAV 2013 Is EasyWe've never had a debugger quite this powerful and versatile. Debugging NAV 2013 is Easy!By nature I am a pessimist. In any situation I tend to look for problems and point...
View ArticleConsuming a Page in NAV 2013 Using C# and ODATA Part 2: Filtering
Consuming a Page in NAV 2013 Using C# and ODATA Part 2: FilteringOne of the cool new features in NAV 2013 is the ability to consume a Page via ODATA (in addition to the classic SOAP method of Page...
View ArticleLet Your Data Flow with Linked Servers
Let Your Data Flow with Linked ServersNAV utilizes several technologies that allow raw data to flow in amazing ways, allowing real time access to data and information.A FlowField flows information from...
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Elegant Code Part I - Intro and Naming Conventions
Elegant Code Part I - Intro and Naming ConventionsE = mc2Elegant Code - IntroNaming Conventions, Boolean Logic, Boolean Logic Formatting, Indentions, Comments, Commented Out Code, Local vs Global...
View ArticleElegant Code Part II - Boolean Logic and Explicit Conditional Syntax
Elegant Code Part II - Boolean Logic and Explicit Conditional SyntaxIn NAV only: Does this statement return True or False?OK := (True = False AND True = False);Think of the answer before reading on or...
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NAV 2013 Report Designer – Pandora’s Box?
NAV 2013 Report Designer – Pandora’s Box?Having tried reading documentation on RTC reporting in NAV 2013, I would liken it to trying to find meaning in Gertrude Stein’s poem “Roast Beef”. I quickly...
View ArticleBeware the Third Parameter of MODIFYALL
Beware the Third Parameter of MODIFYALLThe C/AL keyword MODIFYALL is tempting to use when a certain value must be changed for every record matching the current filtered recordset. One may or may not...
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Spicing Up Your NAV 2013 Pages
Spicing Up Your NAV 2013 PagesEditor’s note: The following blog was originally posted on January 3, 2014. Two of the graphics were incorrect. The blog is being reposted with the correct graphics. We...
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How to Determine Who Has a Table Locked in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
How to Determine Who Has a Table Locked in Microsoft Dynamics NAVI recently fielded a support call from a frantic customer that went something like this: “Help! Nobody can post anything! All we get is...
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Get the CarFax Report for Microsoft Dynamics NAV ISV Software
Get the “CarFax” Report for Microsoft Dynamics NAV ISV SoftwareI recently had to purchase a new car for my son. He’s 23 and had driven the same 1994 Nissan Altima I’d given him as a first car at 16....
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The G/L Entry already exists error message in Dynamics NAV 2013
The G/L Entry already exists error message in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013I recently encountered an issue while posting an item journal line for a serialized item. This was a situation where the...
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Avoiding Hard Coding and Creating Setup Reports for Projects
Avoiding Hard-Coding and Creating Setup Reports for Projects Part 1: I try not to hard-code thingsThe other day, I was writing an import for a customer where they needed to take a file from their...
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV Deadlocks Version 2.0
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Deadlocks Version 2.0“The men I killed needed killin’.”Clint EastwoodOK, Clint never actually had that line in a movie. But if anyone should have said that line, it was Clint....
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 RDLC Reporting RBC Attacks: Part 1 of 10
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 RDLC Reporting RBC Attacks: Part 1 of 10Ask any NAV developer and they can tell you exactly what an RDLC brain cramp feels like.It is a pain behind the eyes that causes you...
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Dynamics NAV Testing Automation and False Positives and Negatives
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Testing Automation and False Positives and False NegativesOne of the cool add-ons you can get for Microsoft Dynamics NAV is the Application Test Toolset. For details and a...
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Identify Licensed and Out of Range Objects
Microsoft Dynamics NAV: How To Identify Licensed and Out of Range ObjectsIf you are upgrading Microsoft Dynamics NAV and want to export the objects as text files, the process can generate errors...
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