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From the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Blogs: Alternative NAV 2009 SP1 Installation; Locking and Unlocking Objects in Designer; NAV Speaks Customer Names

by Jared Berezin
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An Alternative, Faster Way to Install NAV 2009: The MS Dynamics NAV Team Blog provides the necessary steps for an alternative, "fast" NAV 2009 SP1 3-tier setup in an empty Windows 2003/2008 server: "I'm talking about simplest setup: Database + NAV Service Tier + Classic client/Role Tailored client; there is nothing about other NAV components/integrations - just NAV... sometimes we just need to have working environment."

Locking and Unlocking Objects in Objects Designer: Veerendra Chundru's MIDYNAV blog touts the ability to lock and unlock objects in NAV: "In Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 R2, you can lock an object in Object Designer using Lock option. Along with Lock we have other options like Unlock and Force Unlock. Along with these features you can automatically lock an object while opening the object in design mode. This option is available in the Tools->Options->Auto-Lock on Design. Even though you can lock objects, it is still possible for developers to have concurrency issues, as shown in the following examples:

  • A developer opens an object in the designer but does not lock it. The developer makes several changes to the object and saves the changes periodically. At the same time, a second developer locks the object, and the first developer cannot save design changes to the object. The first developer gets an error message that the object is locked by the second developer.
  • A developer locks ...

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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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