Field Length Increment

RS8
RS8 Member Posts: 121
edited 2009-09-05 in NAV/Navision Classic Client
Hi all,

I need to increase the field width of "Description" in Item Table to 50, using developer toolkit we can find where all these field gets affected. I want to know whether there is any tool available so that we can increase automatically using the tool or we have to increase manually.

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  • ara3n
    ara3n Member Posts: 9,258
    Don't Do it. Instead ask the client to upgrade to 5.0 or 2009 classic.

    Search the forum, there are plenty of warnings on this subject.
    Ahmed Rashed Amini
    Independent Consultant/Developer


    blog: https://dynamicsuser.net/nav/b/ara3n
  • RS8
    RS8 Member Posts: 121
    its 2009 only..
  • ssingla
    ssingla Member Posts: 2,973
    You have description and Description 2 having 30 char each.
    CA Sandeep Singla
    http://ssdynamics.co.in
  • Savatage
    Savatage Member Posts: 7,142
    ssingla wrote:
    You have description and Description 2 having 30 char each.

    exactly what we use. you add them to the forms & reports you need.

    item.Description+' '+item."Description 2" and your length is now 60
    Harry Ruiz
    http://www.BiloBeauty.com
    http://www.autismspeaks.org
  • ara3n
    ara3n Member Posts: 9,258
    If it's just Item table, then it's ok to increase it to 50. Almost all the description fields are 50 already.
    It shouldn't be a large task. You can use Dev toolkit Where used option to find where it is referenced.
    Ahmed Rashed Amini
    Independent Consultant/Developer


    blog: https://dynamicsuser.net/nav/b/ara3n
  • RS8
    RS8 Member Posts: 121
    is there any tool available to change field width automatically through out Navision.
  • garak
    garak Member Posts: 3,263
    no. but you know the text export function and you know wordpad or notepad.
    And you know how carfull u must work.
    Do you make it right, it works too!
  • David_Singleton
    David_Singleton Member Posts: 5,479
    What can one say. Go for it.... here is my current view on this topic:

    Increasing field lengths in Navision
    One of the very first things that most new developers try to do when they start with Navision development is to increase the lengths of certain fields. Typically Item Description or Customer Name and Address fields.
    David Singleton
  • Sumit
    Sumit Member Posts: 58
    Have you tried with Item Card>Related Information>Extended Texts to capture your Descriptions ??
    My friend is "Search the Forum"

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