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HTML and Rich Text Format in Dynamics NAV Reports

Using Reports ForNAV, you can add HTML and Rich Text Format (RTF) content to your reports. This means that you can write HTML and RTF directly in the Designer, or you can use content stored in your NAV database.   Editing HTML in the Designer You can add HTML to your reports by using the

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Reports ForNAV will fully support Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Last year, at Directions US in Orlando, FL, we showcased our solution for the Dynamics 365 online solution. With Microsoft’s recent launch of Dynamics 365 Business Central, we are happy to let you know that we are currently testing our reporting solution for Business Central, and we plan to release it later this year. We

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ForNAV and GDPR

ForNAV stores data about customers and contacts to be able to invoice and provide support to customers. This information is stored in Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics NAV in a Microsoft Azure environment. ForNAV employees only have access to this information as required to perform their daily tasks. Customers can, at any time, request

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What happens if a customer decides not to renew their yearly enhancement of ForNAV?

If the customer has a ForNAV perpetual license, they will no longer be eligible for any new versions of ForNAV or upgrade to the Cloud, or support on their existing version, nor to purchase any additional users or features to the license. They can continue to use the current ForNAV version they have; however, we

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Installing the Service Tier Add-in

To run the ForNAV reports, you must have the ForNAV DLL on your NAV service tier. The service tier is the machine that runs the NAV server process that users connect to. On a service tier machine, the NAV service is typically installed in your program files folder. The add-in folder is a subdirectory to

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Working with ForNAV reports in the Custom Report Layouts window

This Knowledge Base article is relevant when using Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Business Central and C/SIDE development environment only. To take full advantage of the ForNAV Converter and the ForNAV Designer, you must have a Microsoft Dynamics NAV developer license – either the “Application Builder” or the “Solution Developer”. This is due to restrictions in Microsoft licensing

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Directions ASIA 2018

This year ForNAV is once again a Gold sponsor and exhibitor at Directions ASIA 2018. Directions ASIA 2018 takes place on March 15 and 16 in Bangkok, Thailand. Join the Community of Dynamics SMB Focused Partners, network, and learn from other NAV people and from Microsoft. ForNAV will have two sessions during the conference and

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Announcing Reports ForNAV 3.1

We are happy to announce general availability of ForNAV 3.1, a significant update to ForNAV 3.0. With this new version of ForNAV, we have support for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018, and support for Windows 10 update 1709 Fall Creator Edition.   Updated standard reports Extended Fields Web Service The ForNAV Extended Fields Web Service “FieldsEx”

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Windows 10 build 1709 Fall Creators Update

When Microsoft released the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update in late 2017, the ForNAV Designer began to freeze occasionally when using the property window. The freeze typically happened when using properties with a drop-down value selector. A fix for this problem was introduced in Reports ForNAV version 3.0.0.1335. Keywords: fornav designer, freeze, hangs, crash  

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Using Device Fonts

Label printers or virtual printers (Fax, document capture, etc.) sometimes need text printed out with a special font that is not a real font, in order to control the printer. These fonts are called device fonts. To set a device font in a control in the ForNAV Designer: Add the statement CurrControl.DeviceFont = “<device font

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