I have testing this all nav standard objects by loading them from 2009 into 5.0 sp1.
Remember you do not need to the tool for forms, dataports, and codeunits. This works for tables and xmlports and reports.

Here is the link.

My goal was to display sales data from Dynamics NAV in an interactive map that you could zoom in and out and it would be a nice demo tool. The data for Longitude and longitude on map would come from customer card, and the sale data would come from transactions. I had previously blogged about how to use geo codes for address verifications; you could use that to update all the customers’ coordinates. You would need to add two new fields to the customer table. In my example, I didn’t want to modify existing objects so I’m simply loading a CSV file with data.
Here is a screenshot of how it looks in NAV.

The user can interact with the map and zoom in and out of the map, change attenuation and color of the data.. I hope you’ll find this example interesting. I’ve attached the Visual Studio solution with 4 projects inside. MapSample is setup as starting project and it uses the DynamicsDisplay.Control to display the same information. The “DynamicsNAV WPF AddIn2” creates the NAV Add-in WPFDynamicMap.dll file. The solution uses 3 external DLL file in addition to the WPFDynamicMap.dll. In order for NAV reference these DLL files, they need to be put in the Role Tailored client folder, instead of the Add-ins folder. If you forget to do this the page will not open up and you’ll see the error in event log. When compiling the project, make sure example_for_visualization.csv is in C drive, you can change in the code as well.

Here is a screenshot below. As you can see, there are two button with different sizes and colors and when you press then a nav message is displayed that you pressed it.

The code for CreateControl is as follows


protected override Control CreateControl()
{

Here is the Visual Studio Project Source

The solution consists of a processing report that generates a sql script. It only works with 5.0 sp1 and higher. This is because it doesn’t includ the SIFT tables. I’m sure with some modification you could run it for older versions. As shown in the picture above the user selects a file name, destination database name, and company name. Once the user clicks OK, the report generates a sql script that copies the data from source table to a destination table. Below is a screenshot of the SQL script.

The steps for the whole process of copying a specific company through sql
1. Export all object from Source Database.
2. Create a new database and import the objects from step 1.
3. Create a blank company.
4. In Source Company, run this new report. Specify the destination Database and Company.
5. Open the sql script and execute it. (It should run without any errors)
6. Use the new company.

I mentioned above that you can also use this method to remove unwanted fields from a given table. The change that you would need to do in step 2 is not to load object with the unwanted fields and instead load new object. Then in step 5 find the fields in scrip file and remove them from the INSERT and SELECT statement. This way only the fields that you want to copy are transferred to the destination database.

I’ve included the ProcessingReportObjects.fob.

I believe many users will find this useful for data entry and be able to see their typos as they type. I didn’t test other languages, but I’m sure WPF RichTextBox will suggest based on windows local language settings.
I’ve attached Visual Studio Project with Source Code.

To install the add-in, you need to insert in Client Add-in table
Control Add-in Name: Dynamics.NAV.SpellChecker
Public Key Token: 48f3911b65e24838
And put the DynamicsNAV Add-In Project.dll in the addin folder.
Design the Item Card page and change the Description ControlAddIn property as shown in the image below


NavJobScheduler.NavWebService.RunObject MyService = new NavJobScheduler.NavWebService.RunObject();
MyService.UseDefaultCredentials = true ;
MyService.Url = WebServiceURL;
bool Success = false;
Success = MyService.RunJob("Codeunit", 50000);

But quickly found out that sql does not allow dynamic XML Serialization is not allowed in SQL Server. You have to build the dll file outside of visual studio in command prompt using
csc /t:library StoredProc.cs WebService.cs
sgen /a:StoredProc.dll

After following the process and trying to run the stored Process in SQL Server Management Studio, I ran into another problem with web service: authentication. SQL Server Agent running the job do not pass the windows users to SQLCLR stored Procedure. I had to create new credentials and assign it to web Service.


System.Net.CredentialCache myCredentials = new System.Net.CredentialCache();
NetworkCredential netCred = new NetworkCredential("UserID", "password","domain");
myCredentials.Add(new Uri(MyService.Url), "NTLM" , netCred);
MyService.Credentials = myCredentials;


Notice above that I created a NTLM credentials. I could create a Kerberos credentials, but unfortunately it doesn’t work under SQLCLR. I had to change the Dynamics NAV config file and enable NTLM. In addition, since this stored proc was access an external system, I had to change the Permission Level on the Project property to External.
After making all these changes, I was finally able to connect to NAV web service and execute Navision Business logic.
Using web service as reference is nice but it makes it cumbersome to work with. You have to compile your code manually and deal with two dll files. So I decided to use lower level classes and build the xml file manually and connect to the web service.
Here is the code.

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

}
};


Here is how it’s called from SQL Server Management Studio in TSQL.
EXEC NavJobScheduler 'codeunit',50010,'USERID','password','Domain','http://localhost:7047/DynamicsNAV/WS/KRONUS2009SP1/Codeunit/RunObject'

You can schedule a SQL job as shown below and create a schedule for it.

In Dynamics NAV I’ve created a new codeunit 50000 and published it as web service.

With the solution above many clients can now skip using NAS altogether or use this in conjunction with NAS.
I’ve attached the Visual Studio Project with source Code.

I imported the fob and loaded the objects into a 5.0 database and looked at how the demo was built. The Visio diagrams are saved as pictures and a form with Visio picture at the back and NAV buttons displayed on the form.
Here is a screen shot. The background window show the form when you run it, and the front window is the form in design form. It’s a very simple demo.

I created a new visual studio class project following the walk-through in the following link. It was useful in getting me started with building a working Add-in that rendered a text box.
There are many solutions on how to render the Visio diagram in Role Tailed client. I tried to use the Visio control but couldn’t get it to work. I saw in the Demo VPC the Visio diagram, and it would be nice if they blog about it. The other solution is to save the visio as html file and render it in a browser. For demo purposes I thought staying with bitmap solution would be sufficient, so I decided to stay with the Bitmap solution.
I created a PictureBox control and display a blank image on opening of the page. After the Page is opened, I saved the image on the RTC temp directory and send the Image location to the add-in be loaded on the Page. My demo solution is implemented in the following steps: Display an Empty PictureBox. Load the Image from a blob field from NAV. Handle and send mouse event coordinates to NAV. Handle mouse click event and send it to NAV. Communication from C/AL is done through modifying the SourceExp assignment which calls Value Set function. The Add-in is used 3 times to load 3 different images on same page, and user can click on any areas and specific Dynamics NAV page will load.
For example; if they click on Purchaser icon, it will open The Salesperson/Purchase Card.
Here is a screen shot of the results. While moving the mouse over boxes, the mouse icon changes to a hand letting the user know that it’s click-able.

The handling of Coordinates and business logic are done in NAV. In My example I’ve hardcoded the locations in code, but could be moved to a setup table and made more dynamic so that you could build a variety of solutions. For example build a touch button calculator.

Or display a restaurant diagram that the user can click on and open the specific table. Or have a warehouse Image that loads the specific bin.
The mouse position/ coordinates are sent to NAV, thus you can have a setup table to do specific tasks based on the coordinates.

I’ve attached the demo.zip file that you can download and use it for demos or for future solutions.
I’ve also attached the Visual Studio Project with source code.

Below is a screenshot of the report.

I have written the sql statement to run this on sql server and use it as datasource for your sql reporting

Here is a screenshot.

You can use this also in NAV report using ADO to execute the query using stored proc and get the result. I’ve implemented the above solution at a client where the original report took 40 minutes to run, and with using ADO, it took less than 5 minutes to run the report. That’s a huge performance gain.

Here is a screenshot of the data running in SSRS

I’ve attached the code sql code here Inventory Value script

In 2009 NAV released a new reporting rendering using reporting services for client. The service tier runs business logic and generates an xml file that is rendered at the client. Obviously if you have a large database the xml file can get huge. This takes up resources and memory on the service tier. In 2009 Sp1 they have added a new feature to offload the xml file in parts as it being generated. The problem is mitigated but really not solved. Until NAV introduces new objects type for querying the data we will have to live with this overhead.

Notice that related Search has Dynamics GP. Next I tried to search for Dynamics GP and notice the Related Searches on left. I wonder if Bing is telling us something.

I’m sure a lot of research has gone into algorithms to find what the users are looking for. I am wondering if search engines use and monitor people using them.
For example, if 1000 people search for same word and they all click on the 3rd link, maybe that link is more relevant than the first 2. Or if they stop searching after they click on certain link. I’m sure this is not exact science, and companies/users could abuse it but for forums website where people are searching for solutions, this could help a lot. I’m sure they are researching how people are using the results. I know I do when I write programs for Nav users. I usually watch them and see how they use what I have built, and get ideas on how to make the process for them more efficient.
Overall I think Bing another option for search engines. I use firefox as default browser, and by default it opens to blank page, but after seeing the beautiful daily pictures, I’ve change bing as my default startup page. I suggest to try it for a week and see if you like it.

After it is installed, make sure fax service is running in windows services. The code is fairly simple. Here is a screenshot

Notice in code that I am saving it as rtf file instead of html file. The FaxDoc automation issues a print command on the file and the default program that is associated it with suppose to open the file print it and then close. I found on the internet that there are issues with print html files. So by changing the ending of the file to rtf, windows opens MS Word and prints the file. MS word is smart enough to know that it’s a html file and it renders it correctly. If the default program that opens rtf file in your OS is different than word, you might want to try with html file and see if it works or try to save the file as PDF. In 2009 you can save it as excel on service tier so you can try to print excel as well. I tried to change the html file type to open with Microsoft word but no luck.
You can monitor the fax status in fax Console. You can open it from Start->Program files->Accessories->Comunications->Fax->Fax Console. Here is a screenshot.

Before sending fax from NAV you need to click on Tools->Configure Fax and select your modem and check enable Send.

Here is the object for this. FaxExample Happy faxing.