Word / Office Automation Alternatives

seff_yohanson
seff_yohanson Member Posts: 23
edited 2013-03-11 in NAV Three Tier
Hi guys,

I know server side office automation is not supported and discouraged, so Iam looking for an alternative.

I have done alot of reading around on forums but would like to ask your opinions and advice for the best way to create word and Excel documents (including saving word files as a PDF) without using automation. Is open XML the best way to go? Can this be done with C/AL code?

Lastly, how do the Export to Word/Excel buttons on the toolbar function as I notice when you select 'save as...' they want to save as XML files - is it possible to replicate this?

Many thanks in advance

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  • seff_yohanson
    seff_yohanson Member Posts: 23
    I have done some more research and can see in 2013 that the Excel buffer table now uses .NET variables. There doesnt seem to be any similar variables for Word though - can anyone clarify? :?:

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