Here is the solution that  might help for you. We can implement this by introducing new two functions in RDLC. Then you need to call these functions in the body area.

See the screen-shot bellow to get an idea.

Use bellow functions for PageNumber & TotalPages. You can call these functions in body section (Code.PageNumber() or Code.TotalPages()).

Public Function PageNumber() as String
Return Me.Report.Globals!PageNumber.ToString()
End Function

Public Function TotalPages() as String
Dim str as String
str = Me.Report.Globals!TotalPages.ToString()
Return str
End Function

 

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Let’s take an example and see. I need to enable true / false when page load or when do validation in a field. Suppose, when I enter Customer Name in Customer Card in Dynamics NAV, I need to enable few selected fields. So you can simply create few boolean variables as globule variables, Then you can assign it to Visible / Enable property in selected control (Page Level). But when you run the page you will get runtime error.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV
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The identifier ‘ShowVisibleBool’ could not be found.
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OK
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Anyway you might get this error or not as per the version that you are working. But keep in your mind if you get this kind of error what would be the solution. Solution is go to your boolean type variable, Then select Properties, You will find IncludeInDataSet property. By default it is <No> , But you have to turn it ‘Yes’.

Below guidelines as per the Microsoft MSDN

Sets whether the C/AL variable’s value is included in the dataset of the RoleTailored client.

Bellow picture shows you guide for the property.

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Today I am going to share very interesting topics on Dynamics NAV 2016. Since year 2012 I am looking try catch function in Dynamics NAV, I am sure all of Dynamics NAV developers are seeking same function in Dynamics NAV. I notice in Navision 2016 has introduced Try Function to handle errors. Let’s discuss Dynamics NAV error handling using Try Function.

Try functions in C/AL let you to handle errors that occur in the application during code execution. For instance, with try functions, you can provide user-friendly error messages to the end user than the ugly system messages. You can use try functions to catch exceptions that are thrown by  Dynamics NAV

Important thing you need to be remembered. It does requires that write transactions are committed to the database.

Try Function Behavior and Usage

Before start you should read NAV Design Patterns Try Function article in MSDN.

To explain this Try Function I will create new codeunit. Create a function called AddCustomer. Parameters should be CustomerNo and CustomerName. CustomerCode should be Code type variable and CustomerName should be Text type variable. Also you need to enable TryFucntion Yes.  Using simple steps you can enable it. Go to properties of AddCustomer function then you will find the TryFunction property.

After that you need to write few code inside the AddCustomer function and On Run trigger. Let’s have a look.

LOCAL [TryFunction] AddCustomer(CustomerNo : Code[30];CustomerName : Text[50])
Customer.INIT;
Customer.”No.” := CustomerNo;
Customer.Name := CustomerName;
Customer.INSERT;

On Run trigger you can call the AddCustomer function.

OnRun()
//Call AddCustomer Function
CLEARLASTERROR;
IF AddCustomer(‘C02511′,’Try Customer Name’) THEN
MESSAGE(‘Submitted’)
ELSE
MESSAGE(‘AddCustomer Function has return’ + GETLASTERRORCODE,GETLASTERRORTEXT);

When you run your codeunit. You will get your first message which is Submitted. All fine. When you run it again you will get proper message. Which is AddCustomer Function has return ERROR The Customer already exists. Identification fields and values: No.=’C02511′ – DB:RecordExists

Obiously you will get some confusions and you might get some questions. Hope you will post your queries and comments.

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You may wondering there is a in built function called ReportItems. Simple and  straightforward. The ReportItems  includes text boxes that are in the current scope of a page header, footer, or body. This will identify at run time by the report processor/report render.

You may find good example in Microsoft (MSDN) website. So same example I will show here.

• This expression, placed in a text box, displays the value of a ReportItem text box named Textbox1:

  =ReportItems!Textbox1.Value

• This expression, placed in a ReportItem text box Color property, displays the text in black when the value is > 0; otherwise, the value is displayed in red:=IIF(Me.Value > 0,"Black","Red")

• This expression, placed in a text box in the page header or page footer, displays the first value per page of the rendered report, for a text box named LastName:

  =First(ReportItems("LastName").Value)

  Simply use ReportItems then use the textbox value.

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With Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 you will get your favorite Role Tailor Dynamics NAV feature on Android tablets and Android phones.It is fresh and modern interface designed for mobile devices

Navision 2016  is a global business solution that simplify their supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. It is quick to implement and easy to use. Please refer my previous article for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 feature.

Make your decision anywhere , anytime with latest technology. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Android application will increase your productivity, efficiency and employees will motivate.

for  tablets, it requires access to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 or later version. For phones, it requires access to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 or later. Noted it Requires Android 4.4.3 or later.
Dynamics NAV has announced  with the release of Android 7, they will be discontinuing support for Android 4 in an upcoming update during early 2017.

Features
• Android App manage your finances, customers, vendors, inventory.
• Anywhere , Anytime you can approve or send documents for approval.
• You can get an overview of your business in the Home screen within few seconds.
• you can use your device camera to upload pictures. Example : Item picture

For your understanding please watch bellow video.

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Compare to Navision 2015, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 has good features both in Functionality wise and development wise. Navision ERP is business management solution which can be used in middle level organizations to automate their business process. Features wise it is more rich and adaptable. NAV 2016 let companies to manage their business smoothly. Navision 2016 includes Finance, Manufacturing, Sales, Shipping, Project Management, Services and more modules.  Regional wise companies can add related functionalities easily. Let’s talk whats new application changes Microsoft dynamics nav 2016.

Role Tailored interface which is feature of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016. It allows easy access to the Business roles. Navision 2016, as a business solution from Microsoft Corporation that is easy to implement, easy to use. Navision 2016 works

With CRM like natively also with Azure SQL. Some good feature has been introduced in to Dynamics NAV 2016 which is Workflow. Power BI, Document Management will be huge turning point of Navision 2016.

Introduced CRM connectivity enable an optimal experience for customers why because it is direct Microsoft Dynamics CRM connection.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 can be worked natively with Azure SQL.  Navision 2016 can be configured to use Azure SQL as a relational database. It will reduce the cost and reduce the maintenance.

Dynamics NAV 2016 has introduced Universal app for your all devices. Amazing feature which you can use Universal app on your mobile to manipulate your business process anytime, anywhere. Navision 2016 Universal App delivers a familiar role tailored experience.

Navision 2016 has significant enhancements of Web Client. As per the Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics NAV includes over 60 enhancements to the web client.

Some popular features such as cross-column search, collapsible fast tabs, freeze pane, Language selection, Change Company and much more.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 has Document Management feature which will enable you to manage your incoming documents. You can capture, store and search

Incoming documents. You can use document capture or an optical character recognition service which available at Lexmark.  Most impressive new feature is work flow. Approvals, Notification services, process automation to execute a process routine and automatically send email will be available with Dynamics NAV 2016 as work-flows.

Another worth feature available which is E-Everything.  As an instance, you can get currency exchange rates automatically from an exchange rate service.

Hope you would gained some information about Application Changes for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016.

Please refer MSDN for more information

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Let’e begin with basics, What is Automation data type ? Of course, it is complex data type in dynamics NAV, Also it  uses the Automation data type to reference an automation server. In order to use an automation server in C/SIDE. This kind of things falls under COM technologies. C/SIDE supports COM and it has two ways: using custom controls (OCXs) and as an automation controller.

Please note that we have some limitation when we use COM.

• Only non-visual controls are supported.A control cannot be used to add graphical elements to a C/SIDE object. For example, you cannot add a third-party control to a form. The control can, however, display information and interact with the user in a window of its own.

Let’s go bit deeper now. Let me create simple C# class to demonstrate how to create automation type object and register it and call inside Dynamics NAV.

I am assuming you are good at C# Programming.

• Create New Class Library Project (File -> New ->Project->Class Library)
• Name it as AutomationObj
• First of all we need to setup some properties
• Select Project->AutomationObj Properties
• Application Tab you will find Assemble Information option. Click on it.
• You will get new window at the bottom there is check box, Make assembly  COM- Visible. Tick that
• Select Build tab , at the bottom you will see check box called Register for COM interop. Tick that
• Select Signing Tab, there is a check box called, Sign the assemble. Tick that
• Also chose strong name key file by giving <New>
• All are done and you may close the setup window by saving all.
• You may need to add  the namespace for InteropServices. You can do it using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
• Now its time to declare the interfaces
• You need to declare [ComVisible(true)] , [Guid(“41E646B3-F65C-4d8e-8539-499FA56C7076″)] , [ProgId(“AutomationObj”)] ,[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
• So now your code similar to following,

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace AutomationObj
{
[ComVisible(true)]
[Guid(“41E646B3-F65C-4d8e-8539-499FA56C7076”)]
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
[ProgId(“AutomationObj”)]
public class AutomationObj
{

        }
}

• Now I will add simple function and with return type, Here how it looks like,

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace AutomationObj
{
[ComVisible(true)]
[Guid(“41E646B3-F65C-4d8e-8539-499FA56C7076”)]
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
[ProgId(“AutomationObj”)]
public class AutomationObj
{
//New function this will return String and use inside               Dynamics NAV
public String MyFunc(){
return “This is Return”;
}

}
}

We almost finish the C# program. Now we need to build the code, you can select Build then Build Solution.

Now we need to register AutomationObj.dll to use inside Dynamics NAV. You can use Developer Command Prompt to register .dll, Run the program as administrator and type the command as follows,

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe /codebase C:\Data\AutomationObj.dll

Let’s move to Dynamics NAV, Create new Codeunit and name it as Test-AutomationObj

Add new global variable named AutomationObj and Data Type is Automation, drill down and chose AutomationObj as Sub Type.

Inside On Run trigger you can write code as follows,

CREATE(AutomationObj);
MESSAGE(AutomationObj.MyFunc); // Call the function which we created

I would hope you have learned some new thing here, Please post your queries and suggestions.

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So may be you love if we have Try Catch statement to capture the errors. But we can have simple way to handle some error,

Mostly we are facing run time errors. For instance , you will have a calculation like  AvgAmt := LineAmt / TotalValue  ,What happens if TotalValue is zero ? Yes of course you will get an error which may you mostly familiar Divided by zero error.

So how we are going to handle these type of run time errors, Let me tell you some interesting thing, You can use IF condition to handle this type of errors, For instance, simply you can check if the Totavalue is 0 or not. If it is not 0 you can allow the calculation else you can  assign default value to the TotalValue. Here is the example,

IF TotalValue <> 0 THEN
    AvgAmt := LineAmt / TotalValue
ELSE
AvgAmt := 0;

Sometimes you may have used GET Function to retrieve values. You already know how to use  GET Function, But sometime you will get error, for instance, Customer “” does not exist  something smiler to this, So what we have to do is we need to keep the get function with IF condition.

IF NOT (Customer.GET(“C001”)) THEN CLEAR(Customer);

So now you know, using simple IF condition we can handle run time errors  in some area in Dynamics NAV.

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In the Dynamics Nav Job Queue Entries window, you need to add information about the job queue entry that you want to schedule, such as a report or codeunit for the object type, the name and object ID of the object that you want to run, recurrence, priority, and status. You can also add parameters to specify the behavior of the job queue entry.

Let’s setup NAS Server first , you can find NAS Server setup inside the dynamics nav setup cd. After installation completed, application server comes as windows service. But when you try to start the service, you cannot start it,it gives an error. So simple solution can be provided to resolve it.

Right click on Application Server for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Classic NAVISION-SQL and select properties then Select windows user and set password.

Then go to  regedit Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE then  SYSTEM then Services then NAVISION-CLASSIC (this depends if you install default settings only)

Set the company,Databse,Servername,servertype (0 to 64000),Setupparamerter(set as JOBQUEUE) .After all completed you ready to start the service.

Now we will create simple report to insert date and time to the table to test Dynamics Nav Job Queue. First of all create new table and it should include Enrty No, Date, Time as fields and save it as Job Queue Test

Now we will create the report as follows

you have almost completed ,now go to Job Queue Entries and fill the suitable details . I will share my details.

Set the job queue to Reset Status

 Go to job queue setup and tick the Job activate. In 2009 you have to run codeunit 448 manually. It is only for 1^st time. 

Hope you have gained knowledge and please comment for questions.

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