Hi,
Can anybody help on following integration issues:
1. How do Navision and Commerce Server 2002 interact with each other without BizTalk Server?
2. Can Commerce Server invoke C/FRONT API? (If Yes, What's the Architecture?)
3. Would there be any Navision Client to be installed on Commerce Server?
4. How does Commece Server 2002 business triggers activate Navision?
5. Does Navision Support Biztalk 2004 for interaction with CS2K?
Thanks
Vipul
VIPUL (NAVISION CONSULTANT)
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1. How do Navision and Commerce Server 2002 interact with each other without BizTalk Server?
All communication between Navision Attain, Microsoft Commerce Server and Microsoft SQL Server is done using Microsoft Message Queue Server
2. Can Commerce Server invoke C/FRONT API? (If Yes, What's the Architecture?)
I am sure you can, but if you wanted to customise Commerce Portal, stick to the design principle of the standard Commerce Portal architecture,i.e. using MSMQ to pass message to the Application Server, this way it will make debugging and upgrading easier.
3. Would there be any Navision Client to be installed on Commerce Server?
No, you do not have to install a Navision client on the Commerce Server machine.
4. How does Commece Server 2002 business triggers activate Navision?
The demontration website for Commerce Portal was built using ASP Pages to send and receive messages via MSMQ. In some instances, Navision has incorporated the use of the Product Catalogues and Pipelines in Commerce Server, but not all features of Commerce Server are used in the ASP Pages. You can off course extend the demo website to use any feature in Commerce Server you like, as long as you build the support for these features in botht the web pages as well as the Application Server.
5. Does Navision Support Biztalk 2004 for interaction with CS2K?
Do you still want to inegrate to Commerce Server via BizTalk? By design, Commerce Server does not use nor need BizTalk Server, so if you wanted to integrate to a Commerce Site using BizTalk, you will have to create you own "Commerce Site" and use the Standard Commerce Gateway (BizTalk Server) integration that is available in Navision.
Enjoy!
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