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Tip 3: Using Exchange Public Folders and Outlook synchronization in Dynamics NAV 5.0, 5.0 SP1 and 2009

Many people ask if it is possible to use Public Folders for data storage in regards to the...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 11/07/2008

Basic SQL - How to create a new NAV database for restoring a NAV backup

This post is part of "Overview of NAV-specific SQL features for application consultants". This post...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 11/05/2008

Basic SQL - Enable trace flag 4616 on SQL Server

This post is part of "Overview of NAV-specific SQL features for application consultants". The newest...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 11/05/2008

Basic SQL - Creating Extended Stored Procedure / xp_ndo.dll

This post is part of "Overview of NAV-specific SQL features for application consultants". Microsoft...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 11/05/2008

Basic SQL - Installing SQL Server 2005 / 2008

This post is part of "Overview of NAV-specific SQL features for application consultants". It...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 11/05/2008

Basic SQL - Overview of NAV specific SQL features for application consultants

As the title says, this post is not really for NAV developers, but for application consultants who...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 11/05/2008

When working with the Outlook Synchronization using Dynamics NAV 5.0, Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1 and...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 11/04/2008

Tip 2: "Fixing language issues when trying to setup the Outlook Synchronization in Dynamics NAV 5.0, Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1 and Dynamics NAV 2009"

If you are working in a localized release of Dynamics NAV with the redesigned Outlook...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 11/04/2008

Freddys blog is another new source of information about NAV 2009. First post explains how to set up...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 10/31/2008

3D charts. Chart Generator tool II

One of the new features in NAV 2009 is the new chart (KPI) object, described in more details here:...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 10/19/2008

Error - Cannot create more than one clustered index on table

This post describes one scenario in which this error occurs. There may be others. In the late 4.0...

Author: lalake Date: 10/17/2008

RIM Tool on 5.0 SP1

Although the RIM tool was originally designed to assist in the setup of Master data; i.e. Customers,...

Author: lalake Date: 10/17/2008

E-mail logging and The call to member Logon failed. Collaboration Data Objects returned following message: [Collaboration Data Objects - [MAPI_E_LOGON_FAILED(80040111)]]

In 90% of the E-mail logging errors I personally dealt with, the logon error is the most common...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 10/16/2008

Using web services with Outlook Synchronization in a localized environment

While using NAS with OSYNCH parameter in a Dynamics NAV 5.0 + partnersource update 25874 or Dynamics...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 10/16/2008

An error has occurred during the synchronization process

After configuring demo entities TASK and APP in NAV and after creating a ToDo of Phone Call and / or...

Author: mmels Date: 10/15/2008

Outlook Add-in does not show up in Dynamics NAV 5.0, Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1 and Dynamics NAV 2009

Sometimes it happens that after a reinstallation of the Outlook Add-in, the actual toolbar does not...

Author: mmels Date: 10/15/2008

Just in case you haven't found the new blog Clausl already. It has two new good blogs about NAV...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 10/13/2008

A pre-relase version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 is now available on PartnerSource (login...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 09/30/2008

List of released updates for SQL Server 2005 SP2

The link below lists build numbers, KB numbers and links to cumulative updates updates 1 to 9 for...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 09/23/2008

In previous versions, all local client settings are stored in the .zup file. In Microsoft Dynamics...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 09/13/2008

One stop Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 launch portal for partners can be found at this link on...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 08/29/2008

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 has a new graphical object type called Charts or KPIs (Key Performance...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 08/20/2008

This post is a step-by-step guide, how to make a very simple C# project (3 lines of code) to...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 08/15/2008

This posts only describes how you can publish a web service in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (which is easy...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 08/09/2008

Overview of platform updates for NAV 5

For a table of platform updates and hotfix history for NAV version 5 with build numbers, update...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 07/21/2008

E-mail notification to hotfixes and updates

I am often asked how to keep track of product updates. Now, there is a new feature available on...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 07/21/2008

This is probably the tip which has saved me the most amount of time recently. When you just want to...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 07/17/2008

Things to remember with MSMQ Busadapter

Thank you to the person who made me aware that the article here: Comcom and the Bus adapter Misses...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 07/15/2008

Dynamics NAV 5.0 and Style Sheet issues, decimals exported as text

When using Send-to Excel option from NAV, decimals are exported as texts if Digit grouping symbol...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 07/02/2008

Overview of platform updates for NAV 4 SP3

For a table of platform updates and hotfix history for NAV 4 Sp3 with build numbers, update numbers...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 06/26/2008

E-mail logging and how to get the QUEUE folder filled with message automatically in Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007

The E-Mail Logging feature is a service that offers users e-mail integration between Microsoft...

Author: mmels Date: 06/18/2008

This post describes the simplest possible way to transform a form into a page in NAV 2009. Both...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 06/13/2008

If you are a NAV Partner and you want to begin to get ready for NAV 2009, then this is where you can...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 06/11/2008

Dynamics NAV 5.0 and Style Sheet issues, issue with '/' character in customer(vendor) name

When running forms like Customer (Vendor) Ledger Entries and Apply Customer(Vendor) Ledger Entries,...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/21/2008

New way to initialise C/Front with VB in Sp1 (undocumented change)

In C/Front for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Version 5 SP1, it is no longer possible to initialise it in...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 05/16/2008

Comcom and the Bus adapter

This post is the second part of the post NAS Tutorial which is based on KB article 861762,...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 05/13/2008

NAS Tutorial

This post is based on KB article 861762 which was previously published on PartnerSource. This post...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 05/13/2008

E-mail logging when using Outlook 2007

When time passes by and people started to update their Office environments with the latest Office...

Author: mmels Date: 05/09/2008

Synchronizing Tasks to Dynamics NAV 5.0 with linked contacts

It has come to my attention that in Outlook 2007 by default Contacts are not linked to Tasks. Let's...

Author: mmels Date: 05/09/2008

What exactly does COUNT count?

The command COUNT is pretty simple. But on the SQL option there are a number of different ways to...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 05/08/2008

How to configure and make a report available on Employee Portal in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

This article describes the following procedures:• How to add a non-predefined report in Microsoft...

Author: Mohamad-Vajid Date: 04/29/2008

How to configure and make a table available on Employee Portal in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

This article describes how to do the following:• How to configure a table in Microsoft Dynamics NAV...

Author: Mohamad-Vajid Date: 04/24/2008

Dynamics NAV 5.0 and style sheet issues, tab captions with local characters

Form tab captions that contain country specific characters (for example, Å in Swedish) will be...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/23/2008

Dynamics NAV 5.0 and Style Sheet issues

This post is starting of a summary of style sheet issues reported in Dynamics NAV 5.0 when using...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/22/2008

Importing and exporting NAV objects with C/Front

This post describes how you can automate importing and exporting of Microsoft Dynamics NAV objects...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 04/19/2008

Beginners guide: How connect to NAV from a .net project, using C/Front

Introduction: This post describes the simplest possible way to get started with creating a .net...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 04/19/2008

Sample of how to read a simple XML document using MSXML DOM in NAV

This is a follow-up to the post "how to write a simple XML document". The other post conitains a few...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 03/31/2008

Sample of how to write a simple XML document using MSXML DOM in NAV

This post if for when you need to export data in the form of XML from Microsoft Dynamics NAV. If you...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 03/31/2008

Welcome to the NAV_Developer blog

This blog is dedicated to anyone who works with development in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly...

Author: Lars Lohndorf-Larsen Date: 03/28/2008

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