How to configure navision developer toolkit for nav 5.0

shorif2000

I have dynamics nav client 5.0 with sql server 2012. I have download the developer toolkit v3.01

I am trying to connect to the database, it says to upgrade and when i click on OK it errors with 52017 see images.

vaprog

Please see this post by Luc Van Dyck and replace "Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1" with whatever Version you want to work with.

Please also note that the version of your toolkit database does not need to match the NAV version you intend to analyze. It must match the version of the toolkit database, though. If you need to create a new toolkit database, you therefore need a NAV client that matches the C/FRONT version your devtoolkit is configured to use.

For best results make sure, the developer's toolkit is installed to a local disk, not a network share.

ta5

Hi
What version of nav client did you use to create the database and the company for the toolkit? What version of toolkit client do you use?
Regards
Thomas

shorif2000

ta5 wrote:

Hi
What version of nav client did you use to create the database and the company for the toolkit? What version of toolkit client do you use?
Regards
Thomas

Initially probably older than nav 4.0 but we are using nav 5.0 now.
What do you mean by company of the toolkit?

I downloaded the latest toolkit from this site.

I recently upgraded MS SQL Server from 2000 to 2012

shorif2000

It must match the version of the toolkit database, though. If you need to create a new toolkit database, you therefore need a NAV client that matches the C/FRONT version your devtoolkit is configured to use

How do I do this?

vaprog

The instructions quoted by Luc tell you

3. Create the Developer’s Toolkit database following the instructions in the Developer’s Toolkit manual

Since there is never a printed manual with Dynamics NAV related products from Microsoft, look out for .pdf or .chm files. In this case simply open help; click the Index tab; enter database as search term; select creating a Developpers Toolkit Database.

shorif2000

vaprog wrote:

The instructions quoted by Luc tell you

3. Create the Developer’s Toolkit database following the instructions in the Developer’s Toolkit manual

Since there is never a printed manual with Dynamics NAV related products from Microsoft, look out for .pdf or .chm files. In this case simply open help; click the Index tab; enter database as search term; select creating a Developpers Toolkit Database.

The PDF manual says I need dynamics nav 2009 or higher but I am using nav client 5.0. So what shall I do now?

Chapter 2 is setting up the developer toolkit, however I get the same error messages as above once i get to step 2.2, importing the objects etc..

vaprog

I know of no functionality that breaks when using 5.0. I have never used the merge functionality, though. And there might be a problem if the .fob file was updated and saved with 2009, because you cannot import 2009 .fob-files into 5.0. The version that can be downloaded from this site is good to go.
Is there a newer one than 3.01.410 somewhere?

shorif2000

vaprog wrote:

I know of no functionality that breaks when using 5.0. I have never used the merge functionality, though. And there might be a problem if the .fob file was updated and saved with 2009, because you cannot import 2009 .fob-files into 5.0. The version that can be downloaded from this site is good to go.
Is there a newer one than 3.01.410 somewhere?

We have never used nav 2009. latest copy we have is 5.0 which is being used with sql server 2012

vaprog

Don't make it so complicated. After all, this is just a tool to get your work done. If it breaks, find out why and restart (all you lost is some time for the new setup which you first saved by going ahead and not worrying so much in the beginning).

I don't know about SQL Server 2012, but I don't see any problem with that. The combination will not be supported by Microsoft, but that's valid concerning the DevToolkit in it's entirety anyway. (If this question is about a production database, the question is very justified though and you should research it and if not satisfied with the answers you found, ask in a thread on it's own). If still worried install another instance of SQL Server in a version you know will work. Express will do, but you probably will want to install SQL Server Management Studio along with it, unless you already have a version of the same installed that allows you to manage your databases.

Or just use a native database. Unless you need concurrent access to the toolkit database, using a local fdb is by far easiest and fastest (and actually what the help files "getting started" section suggests). If you need concurrent access just install a Dynamics NAV database server and use it with your toolkit database. It will be quicker to install and will require less resources and no maintenance compared to SQL Server.