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Set up the ForNAV Converter and the ForNAV Designer

This Knowledge Base article is relevant for ForNAV version 4.1.0.1718 and higher. To set up the source for table information, we have added an assist edit button to the ForNAV Converter and the ForNAV Designer setup dialogs:   In the dialog, you can choose the connection type from the drop-down menu and when you have

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Remove report settings (saved filters)

When you upgrade your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Tenant to Business Central 2019 release Wave 2, you might experience that a report saves the wrong design settings, which prevents you from designing ForNAV reports. To resolve this issue, go to Report Settings in Business Central: And then select the reports that you want to

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NAV TechDays 2019

ForNAV is a platinum sponsor and exhibitor at NAV TechDays 2019. NAV TechDays 2019 will take place November 21 and 22, 2019 in Antwerp, Belgium. You can meet the ForNAV team both days throughout the conference. Thursday, November 21 from 13:10 – 13:25 we will show you how easy you can do reports in Microsoft

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AutoFormatExpr and AutoFormatType

Since NAV 2015 and later, using AutoFormatExpr and AutoFormatType on report columns has not produced the right results. This is because the functionality in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central calling AutoFormatTranslate has been partly broken. Because of this, ForNAV now supports calling AutoFormatTranslate and using it to call Format directly by

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Data Matrix Barcodes

Usually, Data Matrix barcodes use character values of up to 128. However, it is possible to create Data Matrix barcodes with values in the full range of 0 to 255. This article describes how. First, you must change the barcode compaction mode to Binary.   When the barcode control is in binary mode, you can

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Unmanaged Azure Active Directory

If your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Cloud solution hosted by Microsoft is authenticated via an unmanaged Azure Active Directory (AAD), then you must change the status to managed. Otherwise, your ForNAV Designer cannot authenticate and get access to the report and fields information in your Business Central Cloud. Most full Business Central Cloud installations

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List of Barcode types supported by the ForNAV Designer

Codabar Code11 Code128 Code39 Code39Extended Code93 Code93Extended CodeMSI DataBar DataMatrix DataMatrixGS1 EAN128 EAN13 EAN8 GS1-128 (use EAN128) Industrial2of5 IntelligentMail Interleaved2of5 IFT14 Matrix2of5 PDF417 PostNet QRCode SSCC-18 (use EAN128/GS1-128) UPCA UPCE0 UPCE1 UPCSupplemental2 UPCSupplemental5

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Announcing ForNAV 4.1

We are happy to announce general availability of ForNAV 4.1 (4.1.0.1696).   This new version of ForNAV includes support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central – 2019 Spring Release.   ForNAV Standard Reports No changes. An update to the ForNAV Standard Reports is expected in late June/early July 2019   ForNAV Converter In ForNAV 4.1,

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Cross reference information

To support Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Dynamics 365 Business Central cross-reference tools, such as the Advanced Object Manager and Statical Prism, you can now create cross-reference information in ForNAV for fields used in the ForNAV report layout. In the Converter, you simply select the Add cross reference information in code checkbox:   This results in a new

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