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Export Table Definitions

Using the OData web service for the Fields page (7702) can sometimes be a problem because of firewalls or other network settings. Therefore, we offer the alternative solution of exporting your NAV table definitions to a text file and then using that with the Converter and Designer. The programs need access to field information, because

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Font Problems

This article describes what to do if you experience problems with specific fonts on your system. We have seen a couple of issues where a font was expected to show in a report but for some reason it displayed garbage or random characters, or nothing at all. Here are a couple of solutions to common

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Join the ForNAV training and get a refund on the fee

Sign up for the upcoming ForNAV training in November with our partners: Skillshouse in Denmark, or Areopa in Switzerland and The Netherlands. Read more at www.fornav.com/training. Partners can get the ForNAV training fee refunded, if they buy a ForNAV license prior to December 31, 2016. This offer is valid for one person only, for each

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Classic Image Sizing

In NAV, Classic bitmaps were drawn using their own resolution and anything that could not fit into the control was clipped. When using the ForNAV Converter, this means the sizing is set to “Normal” to get the same behavior. However, the default behavior of RDLC is to zoom the bitmap, and many new NAV installations,

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Classic Totals

This is a knowledgebase article on totals and what to do when variable names or field names used in totals are changed In Classic, totals were controlled by the TotalsFields/GroupTotalFields properties and the C/AL function, CREATETOTALS. However, these were removed in NAV2013 and do not exist anymore in standard NAV. Because of this, these properties

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How to determine which version of ForNAV you are running

If you have the Reports ForNAV Converter or the Reports ForNAV Designer installed on your client, just open one of them and choose either Help or Settings and About:   If you are running the reports only (and do not have our tools installed on any client) – you have to go to the service

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Cannot create an instance of the following .NET Framework object

If you see an error message where the NAV server or client cannot create an instance of the object, then you may have a security problem. This problem is not the same as when it cannot load the object. When NAV loads the add-in it only needs read access to the DLL file. However, when

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Upgrading ForNAV Reports to NAV 2017

 In NAV 2017, the layout of the Custom Report Layout table (9650) has changed, which means that if you want to upgrade your ForNAV reports to NAV 2017, you have to upgrade to ForNAV version 1.3.0.1006 or newer. If you have previously converted your reports from “classic” (that is, NAV 2009 and earlier versions) to

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Upgrading classic reports using COM automation or Office integration

If you have reports using COM automation or have code depending on standard NAV Office integration, such as the Excel buffer, you must upgrade your C/AL code to adopt the new interface(s). In most cases, you will get a compile error when you try to compile your converted reports – but in some cases, you

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NAV TechDays 2016

ForNAV is a platinum sponsor and exhibitor at NAV TechDays 2016. NAV TechDays 2016 will take place November 17 and 18, 2016 in Antwerp, Belgium. You can meet the ForNAV team both days throughout the conference.

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