Challenges of Upgrading to NAV 2013

karuchua

Steps
1) Export all customized objects from base database except forms and data ports as .txt file.
(say oldobj.txt)

2) Run Command Prompt as administrator and navigate to folder where the TextFormatUpgrade2013.exe .

2) Run Command Prompt as administrator and navigate to folder where the TextFormatUpgrade2013.exe

3) Run the Command TextFormatUpgrade2013.exe "C:\Upgrade 1\oldobj.exe"
where c:\Upgrade 1\ is the folder where i stored the text file from step 1.

4) The tool will update the references and will create folder inside same folder named as Converted which will contain the updated text file.
5) Now we can directly import the updated text file to the target (NAV 2013) Database.


My Challenges:

1. When i run the TextFormatUpgrade2013.exe,it just pops and dissapears,hence no action performed,how do i avoid this?

lvanvugt

karuchua wrote:

3) Run the Command TextFormatUpgrade2013.exe "C:\Upgrade 1\oldobj.exe"

Maybe stupid, but is the typo (bolded) only on this post or also when you typed the cmd command? I.e. "exe" should be "txt".

karuchua

@lvanvugt,am not yet to step three,and am referencing the steps from this blog http://saurav-nav.blogspot.in/2012/11/nav-2013-upgrade-part-i.html, am at step 2.

lvanvugt

OK. Then: are you trying to run the TextFormatUpgrade2013.exe by double clicking it in Windows Explorer or are you performing the "cd directory" in the command promp where directory is the windows path to where the TextFormatUpgrade2013.exe is to be found?

karuchua

double clicking the windows explorer

mohana_cse06

You can also drop the txt file directly on TextFormatUpgrade2013.exe

lvanvugt

karuchua wrote:

double clicking the windows explorer

OK, this is not what was meant with "2) Run Command Prompt as administrator and navigate to folder where the TextFormatUpgrade2013.exe ."
You have to use the cd command in the command prompt get to the right directory.

Anod of course mohanna's suggestions is working fine.

karuchua

thank you,it works now.