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From the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Blogs: Build Online Help Resources, Disable NAV Personalization, Software Asset Management

by Jared Berezin
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Generating Tools to Create Online Help in Dynamics NAV: Mehdi El Yassir explains how to compile and build your own online help resources: "One of the prerequisites for certification CFMD (Certified For Microsoft Dynamics) is the creation of a specific online help for all your vertical features developed art." Mehdi recommends downloading the following tools for generating online help from the Dynamics NAV 2009 R2 page in PartnerSource:

  • Help Toolkit: Tools to simplify the creation and editing online help Dynamics NAV
  • Help source files: source files using standard online Dynamics NAV
  • Also download the tool "HTML Help Workshop" from the Microsoft site, though first read the article "Installation and Configuration (Microsoft Dynamics NAV Help Toolkit)" in the "Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Help Guide"

How to Disable Users' Ability to Personalize NAV to Preserve Developers' Overarching Customizations: From The Microsoft Dynamics NAV Team Blog: "Sometimes, you want to make sure that your personalizations and customizations are not changed by a user. In Microsoft Dynamics NAV R2, and builds of Microsoft Dynamics NAV SP1 31671 and higher, you can specify a new startup parameter setting that allows you to control this: Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Client.exe -disablepersonalization...For more information about how to ...

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Jared Berezin serves as a contributing writer to MSDynamicsWorld.com. With combined interests in technology and science, Jared previously served as a writer for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, drafting scientific narrative reports on the latest advancements in cancer research. Jared has also served as associate marketing specialist for International Data Corporation (IDC), a market research firm. In this position, he planned and executed strategic marketing initiatives for IDC's software and services research programs, and wrote outbound communications to the press, existing clients, and prospects. Jared also has experience working for several local newspapers in eastern Massachusetts. Jared graduated with honors from Colby College with a BA in English and creative writing.
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