Navision coupled to other applications(non windows)

Calimero

Hello,
I'm new on this site because I just begin to work with Navision.
I'm in charge of testing if we can use Navision as our legal and analytique accounting package coupled to our new business application.

Our business application(in house builded)don't run under Windows but Unix/Linux platform.
We will use Navision as accounting, so we must send to it some files (customer, accounts,... in XML format) to put it in the accounts AND to have a response for example the "OK/Not OK" and "the reference id of the accounting" coming from Navision.
Is there anybody in the same situation ?
As affirmative , the dialog is in batch of real-tiem mode ?
What is the architecture solution?
Is there a standard XML layout in Navision to send this information ?

Thank you very much for your time !

Waldo

Working together is no problem. I've made links with Linux/Unix and AS/400 systems in the past.

Some tips:
- Use NAS (Navision Application Server) to handle automatic interfacing.
- Use XMLPorts to import and export data.
- Import the data into a temporary table in Navision, and let the NAS handle the wanted functionality (importing sales invoices, importing customers, ...).
- Create mapping tables if necessary.

Interfacing is no problem at all, as long as the servers are in one network
\:D/

Calimero

Thank you to Waldo for your response.

1. Architecture .
So in resume :
- I have my own application on unix/linux serveur which create XML file containing my specific demands (Create a customer, getting data on the account of a customer, create an entry in the accounting related to an invoice)
- I have an NAS
- I have an SQL Server database server with Navision DB
- I need the MSMQ technology ? Out of the box???

The XML files are send to the NAS with some parameters saying" what to run with this file"; it's like running a web service ? This file is transmitted with the MSMQ system?
So in back, Navison send me an other XML file to me; This last take the same way to go to my application. Is it possible to use this MSMQ technology between unix and windows server ?

Costs ?
Licence costs ? NAS + navision fincanicals + SQL Server + MSMQ ?

2. XML contents
How can I know wat is mandatory for Navision for creating a customer, an accounting,... If I don't give the customer number when creating new one, Navision attribute this automatically ?
The accountings are going directly in the accounts with/without (option?)validation ;


As you see I have MANY MANY question.

Thank you very much for your responses

Waldo

Personally, I never worked with MSMQ ... . I know it works (CG works with MSMQ), but I don't use it.

All I do is create some kind of file handling system on a shared folder, which handles the XML files that are created by both systems to import/export data.

An extra function in the NAS handles the imported data, and import it from the importtable in the corresponding Navision tables.

DenSter

MSMQ is a windows component, it comes for free with Windows server products, and some editions of client OSs. I don't know if it is possible to use it between Windows and Unix, you should search google for that or something, I really doubt you will find an answer here.