Article

From the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Blogs: Workflow Template; Studio Not Displaying Layout; Assembly Naming, Versioning; Print Any Doc Extension

by Linda Rosencrance
Contributing Writer, MSDW

A selection of the latest insight from the Microsoft Dynamics NAV blogs:

  • How-To Create a Workflow Template
  • Visual Studio Not Displaying NAV Report Layout Properly
  • A Few Thoughts Around Assembly Naming and Versioning for NAV
  • Print Any Document (Any Extension)

How-To Create a Workflow Template

On his Van Vugt's dynamiXs blog, Luc van Vugt said noted that one of the major additions to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 is Workflow, which makes use of the new eventing mechanism and replaces the document approval feature.

van Vugt explores the various resources that will help you create new workflows (functionally) and show you how to add new workflow events and responses (technically). But, he points out, there is still a lack of explanation on creating new workflow templates.

Clearly, with CRONUS we get a number of readily setup templates, but how do you create a new template? How to accomplish this (1) manually or (2) by code as part of your add-on?

You can find out how to do it here.

Visual Studio Not Displaying NAV Report Layout Properly

On Interdyn BMI's Let'sTalkNAV blog, AJ Ansari noted that he found an issue when he was using Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition with NAV 2016:

When you're designing a report object from the NAV development client and you're viewing the layout in Visual Studio, Report.rdlc is rendered as an XML file instead of ...

FREE Membership Required to View Full Content:

Joining MSDynamicsWorld.com gives you free, unlimited access to news, analysis, white papers, case studies, product brochures, and more. You can also receive periodic email newsletters with the latest relevant articles and content updates.
Learn more about us here

Get full access
Business Central Dynamics 365 Dynamics NAV Manufacturing NAV 2016 Workflow Management
About Linda Rosencrance

Linda Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor in the Boston area. Rosencrance has over 25 years experience as an reporter/investigative reporter, writing for many newspapers in the metropolitan Boston area. Rosencrance has been writing about information technology for the past 16 years.

She has covered a variety of IT subjects, including Microsoft Dynamics, mobile security issues such as data loss prevention, network management, secure mobile app development, privacy, cloud computing, BI, big data, analytics, HR, CRM, ERP, and enterprise IT.

Rosencrance is the author of six true crime books for Kensington Publishing Corp.

More about Linda Rosencrance