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Generating applications
vg2809
Member Posts: 14
I am new to Navision . Just learning the ropes .
Could anybody inform how a small application is generated as a separate
executable . I find in downloads section, executable applications are
available . How they are created, once the programming is over in say
dataport object .How such executable applications are made available in
web for others to fetch and execute?
Could anybody inform how a small application is generated as a separate
executable . I find in downloads section, executable applications are
available . How they are created, once the programming is over in say
dataport object .How such executable applications are made available in
web for others to fetch and execute?
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First of all, navision applications cannot be .exe files. Instead they are objects (table/form/codeunit/dataport/report) but they rely on fin.exe for execution.
The .exe (and .dll and .ocx) files you find in the download section most often are tools or an extension of the technical functionality of navision.
These programs are created by 4GL development languages such as Visual Basic, C-Sharp or Visual C++ or Delphi.
If you want to create your own programs and don't have 4GL experience then i would reccomend using Visual Basic 6. VB6 is easy to learn and you can write programs quickly.
If I have developed an application for Navision users, how I can enable others to download from web and use ? You mentioned that "the .exe (and .dll and .ocx) files you find in the download section most often are tools or an extension of the technical functionality of navision." . If so, could you please explain how the extension is done using say VB6 . I just want only a bird's eye view of the whole scenario .
To create programs I sugest you buy a book. If you want to create a DLL look in the chapter where the book discusses "ActiveX DLL". These type of DLL's are usable for navision. A DLL gives you more flexibility then a EXE.
When you find this chapter learn how to:
- create functions
- create properties
- create events
To use this "ActiveX DLL" in navision consult the navision C/Side help. I beleive there is an article about automation.