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Import Tenant Data
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
My last post was about how I got the customized data out of the tenant database into Xml files. That tenant database was from a NAV 2016 application. I have updated the tenant database to Business Central and I need to bring in some of the data…
2019-8-23
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Get Table Data from a tenant database
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I am working on a data upgrade for a customer. The existing database is from another partner and has tables and fields that my development license does not give me access to. The database in in version 2016 and I am upgrading to Business Central…
2019-8-3
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Add translations to your NAV/BC Server
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
Yesterday I got a question via LinkedIn . I need to add Spanish translation to my W1 instance. How do I do that? So, let me walk you through that process. Here is my Business Central setup. It is the Icelandic Docker Container, so I have Icelandic…
2019-3-20
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NAV 2018
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Business Central Docker on Windows 10
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In Advania we are switching more and more to using the Docker images for Dynamics NAV and Business Central development. Since version 1809 of Windows 10 and the latest blog post from Arend-Jan Kauffmann we are moving to using the Docker EE engine…
2019-3-7
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Docker
Dynamics NAV
How-To's
Business Central
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Use references to break compile dependencies
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I was looking into a customer App yesterday. That app had a dependency defined in app.json. I wanted to look at the real requirements for this dependency. I found 1 (one) place in my code where this dependent App was used. dataitem(PageLoop;…
2019-3-2
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Icelandic Localization
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How-To's
reference
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Logging your App Activity
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
It is good practice to have some audit log of what uses do in the application. Some versions ago Microsoft introduced the Change Log to log data changes. How about logging an action execution? One of the built in solutions in Business Central can…
2019-2-28
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Activity Log
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Event subscription and performance
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
When we design and write our code we need to think about performance. We have been used to thinking about database performance, using FindFirst(), FindSet(), IsEmpty() where appropriate. We also need to think about performance when we create…
2019-2-26
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NAV 2018
How-To's
Events
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User Group Focus 2019
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
Dynamics 365 Business Central & NAV March 13-14, 2019 On March 11th and 12th I will be teaching a VSCode and Modern NAV Development. This course will be held from 8:00am-5:00pm each day The goal of the workshop is to learn about the new development…
2019-2-26
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JSON Interface – examples
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
We have several ways of using the JSON interfaces. I will give few examples with the required C/AL code. I will be using Advania’s Online Banking solution interfaces for examples. The Advania’s Online Banking solution is split into several different…
2019-2-4
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NAV 2018
Azure Function
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JSON Interface – prerequisites
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
There are two objects we use in all JSON interfaces. We use the TempBlob table and our custom JSON Interface Codeunit. Abstract JSON interface uses the same concept as a web service. The endpoint is defined by the Codeunit Name and the caller…
2019-1-21
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Interface
Azure Function
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Compile Dependencies
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
As we move from C/AL and all-in-one database we need to redesign how we make one application or a functionality available to the next. Microsoft recommends that we build multiple AL extensions, not putting all our code into a single extension. …
2019-1-8
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AdvaniaGIT
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Presentation
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AdvaniaGIT: Configure Build and Test using Visual Studio Online
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
The goal of this post is to demo from start to finish the automated build and test of an AL solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Configure build steps The build steps using AdvaniaGIT are similar to the build step Soren describes…
2018-7-4
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AdvaniaGIT: Configure Build and Test using Visual Studio Online
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
The goal of this post is to demo from start to finish the automated build and test of an AL solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Configure build steps The build steps using AdvaniaGIT are similar to the build step Soren describes…
2018-7-4
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AdvaniaGIT: About the build steps
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
The goal of this post is to demo from start to finish the automated build and test of an AL solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. About the build steps All build steps are execute in the same way. In the folder ‘C:\AdvaniaGIT\Scripts…
2018-7-3
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C/Side Code
Visual Studio Online
Dynamics NAV
Visual Studio Code
How-To's
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AdvaniaGIT: About the build steps
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
The goal of this post is to demo from start to finish the automated build and test of an AL solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. About the build steps All build steps are execute in the same way. In the folder ‘C:\AdvaniaGIT\Scripts…
2018-7-3
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C/Side Code
Visual Studio Online
Dynamics NAV
Visual Studio Code
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AdvaniaGIT: Setup and configure the build machine
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
The goal of this post is to demo from start to finish the automated build and test of an AL solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Setup and configure the build machine We will create our build machine from a standard Windows 2016…
2018-7-2
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C/Side Code
Visual Studio Online
Dynamics NAV
Visual Studio Code
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AdvaniaGIT: Setup and configure the build machine
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
The goal of this post is to demo from start to finish the automated build and test of an AL solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Setup and configure the build machine We will create our build machine from a standard Windows 2016…
2018-7-2
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C/Side Code
Visual Studio Online
Dynamics NAV
Visual Studio Code
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My Soap Service Proxy Codeunit
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
Up to now we in Advania have been using the method described here on my blog to connect to most of the Soap web services that we needed to integrate with. The problem with this method is that we have to manage a lot of DLLs. This has caused some issues…
2018-4-16
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C/Side Code
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Web Services
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My Soap Service Proxy Codeunit
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
Up to now we in Advania have been using the method described here on my blog to connect to most of the Soap web services that we needed to integrate with. The problem with this method is that we have to manage a lot of DLLs. This has caused some issues…
2018-4-16
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C/Side Code
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C/AL and AL Side-by-Side Development with AdvaniaGIT
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
Microsoft supports Side-by-Side development for C/AL and AL . To start using the Side-by-Side development make sure you have the latest version of AdvaniaGIT add-in for Visual Studio Code and update the PowerShell scripts by using the “Advania: Go…
2018-4-15
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C/Side Code
Web Services
NAV 2018
Dynamics NAV
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C/AL and AL Side-by-Side Development with AdvaniaGIT
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
Microsoft supports Side-by-Side development for C/AL and AL . To start using the Side-by-Side development make sure you have the latest version of AdvaniaGIT add-in for Visual Studio Code and update the PowerShell scripts by using the “Advania: Go…
2018-4-15
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Web Services
NAV 2018
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Using the Translation Service for G/L Source Names
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
Until now I have had my G/L Source Names extension in English only. Now the upcoming release of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central I need to supply more languages. What does a man do when he does not speak the language? I gave a shout out yesterday…
2018-3-28
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Dynamics NAV
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Using the Translation Service for G/L Source Names
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
Until now I have had my G/L Source Names extension in English only. Now the upcoming release of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central I need to supply more languages. What does a man do when he does not speak the language? I gave a shout out yesterday…
2018-3-28
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NAV 2018
Dynamics NAV
How-To's
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Why do we need Interface Codeunits
Gunnar Þór Gestsson
And what is an interface Codeunit? A Codeunit that you can execute with CODEUNIT.RUN to perform a given task is, from my point of view, an interface Codeunit. An interface Codeunit has a parameter that we put in the This parameter is always a…
2018-3-24
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Why do we need Interface Codeunits
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And what is an interface Codeunit? A Codeunit that you can execute with CODEUNIT.RUN to perform a given task is, from my point of view, an interface Codeunit. An interface Codeunit has a parameter that we put in the This parameter is always a…
2018-3-24
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NAV 2017
NAV 2018
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