ForNAV does NOT use Log4j
There has been some publicity recently about the vulnerability reported in the Log4j logging library for Java. We would like to reassure you that ForNAV is a 100% .NET product and we do not use any...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022
Thank you for your support in 2021 We’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to all our customers, partners, vendors, friends, and other stakeholders for your continued and strong support in 2021,...
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The object with ID 6189100 does not have a number with this ID
After a Business Central tenant has been upgraded to a new version of the Customizable Report Pack, a runtime error containing “The object with ID 6189100 does not have a number with this ID” can occur...
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ForNAV email body layouts
This article is relevant for ForNAV 6.2 and later versions. The ForNAV Customizable Report Pack now comes with a set of email body layouts. If you do not select an email body layout when you select a...
View ArticleUpgrading ForNAV OnPrem reports to a newer version
Re-conversion of reports no longer needed Until now, it has been necessary to re-convert ForNAV reports to enable them to run on a newer version of Business Central and NAV. This is due to ForNAV...
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Working with drag-and-drop in the ForNAV Designer
Single select Dragging fields or other values from the Field List is the easiest way to create new controls in the ForNAV Designer. For example, dragging the Name field from a Customer data item to an...
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Print to Excel and Print to Excel dataset
With Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 19, the ForNAV Customizable Report Pack also can print to Microsoft Excel. In OnPrem, after you click Send to on the request page, you see the following:...
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Printing ForNAV, RDLC and Word reports directly to a server printer
This article is relevant for Business Central OnPrem customers only Before reading this article, please make sure you have familiarized yourself with the ForNAV Direct Print overview:...
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ForNAV Direct Print Service – Getting Started
Before reading this article, please make sure you have familiarized yourself with the ForNAV Direct Print overview: https://www.fornav.com/direct-print/. This step-by-step guide helps you to quickly...
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Installing the ForNAV Direct Print Client
To install the ForNAV Direct Print Client, you use the regular Reports ForNAV setup program. You can download this here: www.fornav.com/download When you install Reports ForNAV in Development mode, the...
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Direct Printer Definitions
Before reading this article, please make sure you have familiarized yourself with the ForNAV Direct Print overview: https://www.fornav.com/direct-print/, and installed and configured the ForNAV Direct...
View ArticleMicrosoft Universal Code Initiative and ForNAV
Microsoft recently announced the Business Central Universal Code initiative. Universal Code is about encouraging partners to develop and resell Business Central Universal Code offerings. Universal Code...
View ArticleAnnouncing ForNAV 6.2
We are happy to announce general availability of ForNAV 6.2 (6.2.0.2213). The main features in ForNAV 6.2 include: Support for Microsoft Dynamics Business Central 19 Significantly improved ForNAV...
View ArticleSigning PDFs
To sign a PDF, you can use the following JavaScript: CurrReport.PrinterSettings.Sign.Certificate = ForNAVFileStorage.Data; // the value must be a blob field containing the certificate....
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Changes to the Cloud ForNAV layout and custom layout format
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 20 (2022 release wave 1), Microsoft is starting to move the Word rendering subsystem from being open for modification to a proprietary and closed system. As a...
View ArticleCalculating sums in JavaScript
Sometimes it is useful to be able to calculate the total of a field across a table without running through all the records like the Rec.Calcsum() function does in AL. To do this, you can simply use the...
View ArticleNew prices for ForNAV OnPrem and ForNAV Cloud
In the last three years, we have significantly increased the functionality and features in ForNAV. You can now take advantage of our improved Report Pack, Direct Print (including RDLC and Word...
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Support for multiple languages
Out-of-the-box, ForNAV supports multiple languages. However, by default, Business Central is installed with the local language and US English. To enable additional languages, you must install...
View ArticleIncorrect formatting of dates and decimal numbers on Business Central 20 Cloud
Due to a locale issue in Business Central 20 Cloud, the formatting of dates and decimal numbers in ForNAV reports is incorrect if the locale is different than US-EN (local 1033). This means that dates...
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ForNAV prints blank output after upgrading to Business Central 20 Cloud
By mistake, Microsoft has enabled a new feature in Business Central that defaults to a new Word rendering engine and the result is that ForNAV reports produce blank output. To fix this, you can either...
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