Expanding the FTP automation
In the previous post I have started the development of FTP automation. The first post did only include some basic functions such as download, upload and list. Now it’s time for some more functionality. So […]
Automations
Writing a FTP automation
Over some time I have been using a plain dos ftp from Navision. There is some advantages and some disadvantage combined with it. A advantage is, that this use does not require any third part […]
Importing Image from a non Navision table to a Navision blob field
In SQL it is possible to define tables with a column, which is of type image. This field type is not known by Navision or by ADO and can thereby not be extracted like other […]
HTML Scraping from Navision
Some times you are in the need of showing a web page an afterwards using the results or data from the web page in Navision. This can be done by using HTML Scraping. HTML Scraping […]
Execution of batch jobs and other programs from Navision
There are at least 2 ways of execution of external batch jobs and programs. One way is to use the SHELL command another way is to use WshShell. Lets start with looking at SHELL.
XML – SetAttribute can cause Navision to crash
There is an error in the XML DOM automation which can cause Navision to crash. This looks like a kind of memory leak and will therefore often occur in automated/scheduled jobs. The error occurs when […]
How to listen for a Port in Navision
Have you ever needed to make Web requests to Navision? Often you then would be using either NAS or a 3’rd part product to handle these requests. Why not build your own handler 😉 All […]
Is an application already running?
Sometimes you need to start applications from Navision. If an application already is running – you can use sendkeys as described previous to activate it, and thereby you don’t want to start it again.
MD5 encryption in Navision
Message-Digest algorithm 5 (MD5) encryption is a widely used cryptographic hash function. It is often used to encrypt passwords. Notice – this is a one way only encryption method.
Timer & Codeunits
Most of you properly already know the Timer functionality that exists on Navision Forms. Have you ever thought of using it on Codeunits? Some will say that this is not possible, because the Timer property […]