Launching Navision automatically

bjc
bjc Member Posts: 2
edited 2001-03-05 in Navision Financials
Launching Navision automatically.

We need to automatically launch Navision from another application at a particular Customer, maybe using an ocx.

Has anybody got any ideas?

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  • mfabian
    mfabian Member Posts: 187
    No way before release of NF 3.0. The old 2.x Versions are not able to react on triggers fired by OCX's.

    One quick-and-dirty workaround is a program like MSTest which simulates keystrokes and mouse-movements. You could use this program to simulate e.g. an automated Backup.

    Marcus
    With best regards from Switzerland

    Marcus Fabian
  • Dave_Cox
    Dave_Cox Member Posts: 83
    How would your 3rd party software call navision?

    you can open Navision with a command line string, have a look in the installation notes!.

    just use the system shell from your other program.
    MindSource (UK) Limited
    Navision Service Partner

    david@mindsource.co.uk
    info@mindsource.co.uk
  • Skeeve
    Skeeve Member Posts: 33
    <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by fabian:
    No way before release of NF 3.0. The old 2.x Versions are not able to react on triggers fired by OCX's.

    One quick-and-dirty workaround is a program like MSTest which simulates keystrokes and mouse-movements. You could use this program to simulate e.g. an automated Backup.

    Marcus

    <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


    In fact, we have a little tool developed in C/FRONT which automatically starts Navision and does a login. You can start any Object within Navision. I don't know how this exactly works because I didn't develop it. In addition it's not free. We sell this tool to our customers i.e. for making backups automatically.

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    Skeeve
    Navision Developer

    [This message has been edited by Skeeve (edited 02-03-2001).]
  • mfabian
    mfabian Member Posts: 187
    One mayor drawback on C/Front is that afaik it's not able to fire triggers defined on the table, making it quite unreliable.

    Example: Inserting amount and price on a sales order line doesn't calculate the amount and setting the itemno. doesnt look up posting groups etc.

    Marcus
    With best regards from Switzerland

    Marcus Fabian

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