Is it Possible to marge two Reports in Navision

You have the merge reports manually. There's no automatic way of doing it.

kolaboy wrote:

most likely, the database version you used to restore the toolkit FBK into is not matching the version the NDT is expecting. You can find the appropriate database version in the NDT documentation.

Not to forget: this database version doesn't necessarily relate to the production database you are using (where you retrieve the reports from).

I am using Navision 4.0 and am also using the native database not the SQL option.
Which right marge tool is suitable for my version of navision?
Thanks.

when I use a NDT 2.00.291 SP3, I'll have to use a 4.0SP3 database. If I use a 4.0SP2 I get exactly the same error as you indicated.

I'd recommend the following:

a.) Get NDT 2.00.291 SP3
b.) Create a new 4.0SP3 database and restore the devtool.fbk

kolaboy wrote:

I have exported the two reports in text form and compared them. i have done the copy and paste. Now i want to change it back to Navision Object File so that io can import it to the database. Any ideas of how to do this?
Thanks

if you work with text files, you have to keep the exact layout, namely spaces, if you "destroy" the layout/hierarchy of controls etc., Navision will not be able to import the file at all.

Once you finished, import the file like you import a *.fob, simply change the file filter in the open dialog to *.txt. After importing, select the object line in the object designer and press F11 to compile. This should not give you any error. If so, you can edit the object inside Navision an then recompile/save

Using Araxis Merge I seldom make mistakes. I even manually copy over text to the right sometimes...

kolaboy wrote:

I am using 'beyong Compare 2' tool. It opens the two reports side by side and i just copy and past the difference from one side to the other.

When i was done i save it and discarded the one i don't need. the one i need is not importing.[/u]

the error message you get should tell you the line number where it fails. Verify the layout for this line, modify and re-import. You should pass that line now and in case you get a new error, it should be another (higher) line number and the same procedure begins...

Also, what you could try to do: import into NDT, maybe it is a little bit more format tolerant, after that, export and re-import it in Navision.

Yes, merging navision objects is nice, especially when containing objects of several different ISV-solutions with different permissions/licenses :whistle:

kolaboy wrote:

You have to open both reports in Design mode and do copy and paste. There's no easy way to go about it.
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What am i going to Copy and paste in the design mode Please?

you can copy what has been changed, e.g. buttons or text from the menus, code in the OnPush Trigger etc.

What he means is: you can use the file comparison to get an overview about the changes and then you will start an interactive copy - paste session Open both reports at the same time (or in 2 clients), then you can select from source and paste into the target report. But beware: pasting most likely does not work if you use 2 clients and they are of different versions

e.g. if you see there is a button missing, select it in the report where it's available by copying and pasting it into the new report. Then you have to adjust position etc. This will work for buttons (controls) in general, even with the code behind in the triggers, but not on a menu item level. If you need to copy a menu item either create the entry manually in the new and adjust the properties or bei copy-paste of every individual property. This can be a pain. And: do not forget to copy the code behind the menu entries.