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 […]
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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 […]
Enabling keys on the fly in Navision
In the earlier version of Navision it was not possible to enable keys on the fly. All you could do was either having fixed keys, using key groups or doing a “hack” with performing a […]
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 […]
Strings larger then 250 characters
In the early version of Navision it was only possible to handle string with a length up till 250 characters. This was often not enough and there was only a few ways to handle those […]
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.
No. Series – are they usable?
In Navision number series are used to handle invoices, credit memo’s, customers etc. – actually they are pretty widely used around in Navision. So how does number series work?
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.