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Video is from May but it gives you an appreciation of cloud computing and where dynamics products are heading. Launch NAV R2 streamed RTC client on May 19 2010

After installing NAV2009SP1 and you try to open a clean database or your database. You may get this error. "The page contains a control add-in that is not permitted. Contact your system administrator." Reason: This happens because in NAV2009SP1 has a client add-in that comes with the role centre. This needs to be setup in the Client Add-in table.

In my last post . I showed how you can change the system language at runtime. You might want to do this when a you want to print 1 single report in a different language. NAV has the same ability too. GLOBALLANGUAGE := 3081; // To set it to Australia To find the language ID. Go to Tools -> Language. Then use Zoom (Ctrl+F8) on this form. Warning: Set the language back when the report is finished.

In my personal experience RTC has been great. Here are some positives and negatives from my experience. Positives: 1) Personalization of the RTC - role centre/cues/fields etc. Everyone loves it. 2) Web Services - I used this in my first implementation. Easy to use/very stable/fast to implement. Best thing since sliced bread. :) 3) Reports - You can create some nice reports. Save to pdf and excel is a bonus. 4) Training and adoption - you will find that adoption will be great. I found my client basically really taking charge and personalizing the client to their needs and to their teams needs. Negatives: 1) Batch processes - They are slower. 2) Large reports cause issues (may crashes in some incidents) - there has been some changes in SP1 but I don't think it fixes it totally. But it is a good improvement. 3) In a fast data entry environment. Where you have people just entering orders all day. RTC is actually slower for them. NAV classic has always been great with shortcu...

Issue: After installing the NAV2009SP1 classic client. You may find that only the ENU language being installed. Reason: There has been major folder restructuring in the install disc in NAV2009. They have gone further in NAV2009SP1 - the language folders have been moved to the main "\Installer\" folder. So if you installed by executing the exe/msi in the client folder - then the language files wont be copied over. This is a conscious decision by Microsoft. From my understanding they are trying to centralize the installer to a world release and then you install your localized changes (ie language and db). This means everyone in the world will be using the exact same world installer. Resolution: Option 1 (preferred) - Execute the language installer under [drive]:\installer\ENA\ Option 2 - Find the folders (ENA and ENZ) and copy them to the Classic\60 folder. Thats basically what option 1 does. Option 3 - Make sure you install using the main directory setup.exe. This sh...

I have been working on an idea for a while now. Using web services which had come in in NAV2009 - I wanted to create a simple web portal which would allow customers to login, view their sales orders, view their invoices, view/download their statement and update their own records. With out spending too much time on this. I downloaded a free stylesheet (css). Using basic .NET membership I was able to create those things. With going into too much detail. Here are some screenshots. I found this link useful to upskill on .NET membership controls etc. Microsoft - Membership and Login Controls There is a lot of info on the web. Just google/bing ".NET membership". Here is some code to list orders for a particular customer. using System; using System.Data; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Configuration; using System.Collections; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebContro...

This has been blogged and discussed on forums many times before but I thought I would write one about Amyuni . I have been using it for a number of years and IMHO is a very good product. This also works on vista and x64. Here is how to use it – I won't go into detail with all the variables etc: //PDFConverter – Automation - 'Common Driver Interface Control'.CDIntfEx IF ISCLEAR(PDFConverter) THEN CREATE(PDFConverter); // PrinterNameText on default install is 'Amyuni PDF Converter' PDFConverter.DriverInit(PrinterNameText); PDFConverter.Lock(PrinterNameText); //You must enable the printer with the correct licensee and activation code. //If this is different to the installation – you will get an error. PDFConverter.EnablePrinter(LicenseeText,ActivationCodeText); PDFConverter.FileNameOptions(3); PDFConverter.DefaultDirectory(TEMPORARYPATH); PDFConverter.SetDefaultPrinter; PDFConverter.DefaultFileName(TempFileName); REPORT.RUNMODAL(REPORT::"Sales – Invoice...