Thanks to everyone who watched my live stream today! The audience wasn’t big, but it’s a very narrow topic, not of broad interest. Still, I am glad I got a few interesting questions that actually introduced my future topics quite nicely.
Tag Archives: C/SIDE
Uplift Data from C/Side objects to an AL extension
One of the biggest headaches right now, is the missing feature for move data from a C/AL table to an extension table without having to do export and import, RapidStart Packages or other funky operations. The idea behind my method is to avoid too much data copying and instead rely on a Rube Goldberg’sk series of SQL rename operations.
When and Why I Avoid WITH Statements in C/SIDE
On a regular basis (but not regular enough to remember all the subtleties involved), I need to explain to people why I think using the WITH statement in C/SIDE is potentially a bad idea. This blog post gives me something to refer them to, and to occasionally remind myself of my reasons.
Make your C/Side Code better with Extensions
Sorry for the click-bait title. But I have just tried out the new developer preview on one of our (Currently) C/Side ExtensionV1 based products. This article is not really about that, but about one of the positive side effects of going through the process.
Start Dynamics NAV Development Client (C/SIDE) from PowerShell
Now when we’re at it .. It might be interesting to also start a development client from PowerShell.
Why would it be?
Well, just suppose you’re creating a merge-script. And in case of conflicts, you want to:
-Set up a new database
-Import the merged objects, including conflicts
-Open the Development Environment to start solving conflicts
C/Side Integration Utilities
A set of .Net classes that act as a wrapper for communicating with running instances of Microsoft Dynamics Nav. This is accomplished via the COM running object table. The purpose of this wrapper is to simplify the workings of communicating with the running object table instances, so that anyone fluent in .Net programming can easily interact with running Dynamics Nav clients.
Walkthrough: Using Custom Controls from C/SIDE
Custom controls are also known as OLE controls and ActiveX controls. They have also been called OCXs because they often have the .ocx file name extension. In C/SIDE, the term custom control is used, for example, in the Tools menu.