A Virtual PC image of Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 is available for partners on Microsoft Partner Source! This image is already loaded with a number of cool Add-ins.
Recently I was giving a presentation about Client Add-ins and it turned out that the audience had already seen all available material about Add-ins. So what could I show instead? Live programming of a new Add-in was what I came up with.
Some may have seen this Add-In somewhere already as it has been around for some time. This is a high level explanation to how it was actually done.
First thing to mention here is that the base for this Add-In is a publicly available sample of Presence Controls intended for Office Communicator 2007.
With NAV 2009 it’s possible to use Client Add-Ins, this means a whole new world opens up for us NAV Developers. I decided to try and make a drag and drop system in NAV 2009, in particular to create contacts using my business cards in Outlook by dragging them to my NAV client.
You know the hoops you have to jump before you got Visual Studio setup for creating a RTC add-in. Well look no further Christian Abeln published a couple of great templates to use in Visual Studio, that will help you create your add-ins much faster and easier.
The following walkthrough demonstrates how to develop a RoleTailored client add-in and use it on a RoleTailored client page. Add-ins are Microsoft .NET assemblies that allow you to add custom functionality to the RoleTailored client. An application programming interface (API) lets you develop add-ins without having to access the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 source code.
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