February 2009 - NAV Developers Blog

  • Labels in NAV2009 Report Design

    When adding fields to a report, the caption is typically added automatically or with a bit of drag and drop from the DataSet in VS Report Layout. But if you want to add additional labels, for example Report Name in the header, then there are a few more steps you must follow. Of course, you can just add a new TextBox in VS Layout, and type in the value you want to show. This is simple but will not give...
  • Customizing style sheets for MS Excel

    As of version 5.0, Dynamics NAV introduced the option to export forms to MS Office (Word or Excel). Data presented on the form are exported in an xml, formatted using style sheets then sent to Word/Excel/Other programs A Style Sheet tool for Dynamics NAV has later been released to help partners create custom style sheets for export to Word in an easy and user friendly way. A possibillity for extending...