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With version 5.4, you can now do everything in JavaScript that you can do in AL, and much more. And the Field List in the Designer now makes it easier to use properties and functions on the report and dataitem object.   For example: CurrReport.<dataitemid>.Pdf.Append(<Rec.BlobField>) –  appends a PDF from a blob field to the

This article applies to on-premise Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central installations running the role tailored client. The Design option is shown on the request page of ForNAV reports, if the ForNAV Designer is installed on the client machine and you are a SUPER user in Business Central. This makes it relatively easy to

If you are running a ForNAV report based on version 5.3 or earlier in Business Central 16 or newer, you might run into the following error when you save your report as an Excel document: A transaction must be started before changes can be made to the database. Microsoft Excel export problems are typically caused

When you add ForNAV reports to your AL project, there are a couple of things you must set up. If you are starting a new project, the Designer can create a new project folder for you. Click Extensions on the toolbar and select New Extension Project. The Designer asks you which version of Business Central

This Knowledge Base article is relevant for ForNAV Report Pack 5.4 and higher.   In the ForNAV Report Pack 5.4 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud and Business Central OnPrem version 16 (and higher), ForNAV now supports archiving when a report is previewed, downloaded in Word/HTML/PDF, or printed.   To use this feature, you

In the ForNAV Customizable Report Pack version 5.3, we’ve significantly improved the management of customized layouts. Custom report layouts All ForNAV reports have a built-in layout. This is the default layout that ForNAV has designed for you. There are two ways of customizing the built-in layout: by cloning, and by creating a customized layout. A

This article is no longer relevant and has been replaced by this article: Sending debug reports to ForNAV

Sometimes you might run into an error message that looks like this: A call to ForNav.Report.Pre failed with this message: Error in OnPreReport step ‘1423, Check printer selection’ Inner exception 1: You cannot print to \\servername\printername. Please check that you have permission to use it and if the printer is valid. Even though the printer

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From version 5.2.0.1921 and later, there is support for hyperlinks in reports. This means that for text boxes and table cells, you can set a hyperlink property that will enable the recipient of the report to click the link and open the URL associated with the hyperlink. You set the hyperlink property from JavaScript in