Mar 20, 2008
in News by Ian Crocker
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I noticed this little snippet lurking in the News & Events section of the PartnerSource website.
It’s a prize draw competition which you can enter by signing up to the Dynamics Community.
If you’ve not already signed up you can do so at community.dynamics.com using a Windows Live ID.
Once you’ve created your community profile you can take part in the Cash In with the Microsoft Dynamics Community! competition by visiting the cashinwithdynamics.comwebsite and logging in with your community screen name.
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Mar 17, 2008
in Functionality by Ian Crocker
If you’re running a database version prior to version 5, but using version 5 executables, you may be wondering if there is any way you can use the Send-to Microsoft Word/Excel functionality.
You probably clicked the shiny new Send to… buttons only to be dissapointed with the following error:
You’ll be pleased to know that there is a way to get it working.
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Mar 17, 2008
in Standards by Ian Crocker
The maintenance of version lists in any Dynamics NAV database is a vital aid to faster development, smooth upgrade paths and reducing the risk of version control issues.
Let’s look at some examples using a fictitious Add-On solution called DuraPlus
The first release of a DuraPlus object could be version listed as follows:
DUP1.00
The same release of this base DuraPlus object with additional customer specific modifications for the fictitious company Crocker International, could be version listed as follows:
DUP1.00,CRO1.00
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Feb 12, 2008
in Functionality by Ian Crocker
As we know, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 includes a new feature which allows you to export data from Dynamics NAV to other applications.
A number of stylesheets are provided with the product for use when exporting to Microsoft Office Word and Excel.
From a Sales Order for example, we can click the Send To Microsoft Office Word button and we get a nicely formatted Sales Order presented to us in Microsoft Word.
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Jan 11, 2008
in Community by Ian Crocker
