Aphorisms about Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Since the C/Side development environment is deprecated in Dynamics 365 Business Central Release Wave 2, there are no possible way to run objects any more. Therefore, I decided to find an alternative way. So I made an extension to do that Run All Objects will list all objects of the types: Tables Pages Reports Codeunits XML Ports And allow you to run it. It runs on all versions of Dynamics 365 Business Central both on-premise and in the cloud. You can clone the project…

Of all the places where I have seen the printable keyboard overview, all of them have only included the system shortcuts. What about the shortcuts that were included in Dynamics 365 Business Central Release Wave 2 application? I know that my customers wants a total overview. So I created one myself and you can download them in pdf and png format in English or Danish from here (sorry rest of the world ). Keyboard Layout D365BC RW2 DK Keyboard Layout D365BC RW2 EN Let me know if I missed…

Operating the Modern client from the keyboard When the Modern Client was released with Dynamics 365 Business Central Release Wave 2, Microsoft promised to have fixed a lot of the problems that previously held end-user customers from using the Web-Client: Missing shortcuts Missing Quick-Entry Missing Departments menu No Personalization Too many levels in the menus Copy/paste failed periodically So, during my last Application course at Readynes in Sweden, we decided that we would…

Making apps I have tried different translation tools, both on-premise and cloud versions, but I have been disappointed every time. I mean, how hard can it be: I want to be able to create multiple projects for translation. I want to be able to translate the same project to multiple languages. I want to be able to import the source file. Then I want the tool to be able to translate automatically. However ridiculous the translations might be, most are actually ok. I want the translation…

Some time ago I saw this as a picture on LinkedIn. I thought it was such a good idea, that I started using it as a mantra during my AL Development workshop. Earlier we needed to rely on backups that could be up to a week old if they existed at all. Now using Visual Studio Code and Git together with GitHub or DevOps we have an excellent opportunity to get a close-to real time protection. But that is only if we implement this mantra: Git Commit – Committing the changes made since the last…

During my classes I always get at least one Ahaaaa from a delegate or maybe even a "(#¤%&/(%¤ I have wasted half my life not knowing that" so I have been urged to share some of my little tricks here on my blog, and if you get just one new thing, it's all worth it. So here they are: Expand Lines on documents How to expand the lines sub-page on documents from NAV 2016 and forward. Everybody tries to expand the Lines here: But there is actually a secret line underneath the totals, and…

Do you want to jump from C/Side to Visual Studio Code, from C/AL to AL and from changing the base application to Extensions. Join me on my course on June 11th @SuperUsers in Hillerød. Check their homepage at https://www.superusers.dk/kursus/dy0440/

Thank you for four hectic days in Las Vegas, Nevada. We took Version Manager out for a spin at Directions NA, and the interest was fantastic. Using the functionality of Version Manager to help the company SOX compliance, has proven to be a great idea. In 2002, the United States Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) to protect shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in enterprises, and to improve the accuracy of corporate disclosures. The…

I have received a number of requests to repeat my two days Extension for Dynamics 365 Business Central workshop for partners in US. Since I am going to Directions NA in Las Vegas, I thought that it would be a great opportunity to create a two days workshop leading up to the actual event May 5th to 8th. If we can gather 10 participants, we will do it. For more information, send me a mail info@b-a.dk. The agenda will be: The Visual Studio Code Editor Native Github integration Using…

At just about every Manufacturing course that I have conducted, I get the same question: "What does the Update Unit Cost do when Changing the Production Order Status?". My answer is usually: Forget it, it does not work properly. If we look at the latest course materials from NAV 2009, the explanation is: The window, shown in the figure, allows the user to select the desired status for this production order. Enter the appropriate Posting Date and select whether the unit costs of this production…