XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a standard for encoding documents and is used to structure data for storage and transport. XML files are just plain text files that use custom tags to describe the structure and features of the document. Many describe the file’s structure as self-descriptive and intended to be both human and machine-readable.
Tag Archives: XML
Working with SOAP API and XML in AL. Generic API codeunit.
The purpose of this post is to learn the basics of working with XML and SOAP in AL. Besides, we’ll look at my suggestion of the generic API method SendRequest(), which fits most APIs without authorization. The authorization itself is not difficult to add to the general logic, but in the post, they are not considered due to their large number and often unique logic
Export SQL data to CSV or XML File via Powershell
Sometimes it may be useful or necessary to use powershell to read data from SQL Server to export it to other formats This can also be used with older versions of Dynamics NAV which do not have access to the integrated powershell. Using standard powershell commands it is possible for example to read an SQL view and export it to CSV or XML file.
Report Inspector 2.0 – How to export your report dataset as Excel, XML or Windows client style
Today’s post covers some programming that is not of my own making. My colleague Andreas Rascher has built a damn cool functionality that allows you to export the dataset of RDLC reports in different formats. Since we think the functionality is extremely useful, we didn’t want to keep it from you.
How to add XML comments in AL Code :- Business Central
With the release of Business Central Wave 1 2020 XML comments is available in AL code.
If you would like to add documentation to your code then you can use XML documentation .The documentation comment must immediately before the object such as codeunit,table,functions etc.
Process large XML without an XMLPort
In this video, I show, not one, not two, but three different ways to process XML data without using an XMLPort. AL now has native XML data types and all three methods use the new data types.
Web Service and Working with XML in NAV/D365 Business Central
In this post I demonstrate how you can get XML data from a Web Service and then process the XML in NAV in order insert the needed values into a table.
I made the example using a service provided by the National Bank of Romania. This Web Service, gives Exchange Rates in XML format and I think it’s a good example for learning/practice purposes because it does not require a key and the XML is not too complex: