Comparing two version of a ForNAV report
p.small {line-height: 1.3;} The ForNAV cmdlet (http://www.fornav.com/knowledge-base/powershell-cmdlet/) has been extended to support Diff and Patch of the ForNAV report layout To support this, the...
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Intelligent word wrapping (soft hyphens)
ForNAV now supports intelligent word wrapping (soft hyphens) of captions and date recognition Most of the standard Microsoft Dynamics NAV reports are developed using English captions that generally...
View ArticleAnnouncing Reports ForNAV 3.2
We are happy to announce general availability of ForNAV 3.2 (3.2.0.1492). This new version of ForNAV includes support for HTML and (Rich Text Format) RTF; an option to compare two versions of a ForNAV...
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Changing watermark based on the page number
If you want to change the watermark depending on the page number it would be intuitive to place the code in a pre-section trigger on the first header section on the page. However, watermarks are...
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Multiple Footers
This post will explain how you can have multiple footers, which are shown based on a condition. The required space for each footer in your report is always reserved. This is also the case if your...
View ArticleUse the ForNAV designer to work on RDLC reports
In case you want to start working with an RDLC report in ForNAV, you have different strategies to choose from. All of wich require that you convert your RDLC report to ForNAV. Use the converted layout...
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Dynamic control of color and font in text boxes
You can use the OnPrint text box property to control the formatting and color of text dynamically, using JavaScript. Â In the following example, if the line amount is negative, the forecolor is set to...
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Not enough storage is available
In situations when you are printing both RDLC reports and ForNAV reports, the following message can occur under heavy load: “A call to ForNav.Report failed with this message: Not enough storage is...
View ArticleThe ForNAV Modern Object Explorer for Business Central
The ForNAV Modern Object Explorer – A way to manage Visual Studio AL-code from within NAV By Michael Nielsen, Partner, ForNAV Read more about the ForNAV Modern Object Explorer here:...
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NAV TechDays 2018
ForNAV is a platinum sponsor and exhibitor at NAV TechDays 2018. NAV TechDays 2018 will take place November 22 and 23, 2018 in Antwerp, Belgium. You can meet the ForNAV team both days throughout the...
View ArticleHow licensing works in ForNAV
You can download ForNAV for free here: www.fornav.com/download This version has full functionality for both converting and designing reports, but will print a watermark saying “Reports ForNAV Trial...
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Using the Can Grow property
Some of the controls in the Designer have a property named Can Grow. This feature can make the control change the size to match the content. It is commonly used with the Text Box and Address controls...
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Rotating a Text Box
The text box and the label controls both have an Angle property that controls the rotation of the control. This means that you can rotate the text in both positive and negative directions. Getting the...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Thank you to all our customers, partners, vendors, friends and other stakeholders for a great 2018. We wish you all a Merry Christmas, and a happy and prosperous New Year. We look forward to...
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Inspecting the dataset when running ForNAV reports
Sometimes when running a report there is no output, records are missing from the output, or sections are not printed as you expected. Just like when running RDLC or a Word report, it is possible to get...
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Using the ForNAV Converter to convert txt to AL
The new version of the ForNAV Converter now supports conversion of any C/SIDE object to an AL extension, and you can even keep your reports in RDLC format if you are not ready to migrate to ForNAV...
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Layout changes are not saved
When you save directly to the NAV database from the ForNAV Designer, you might experience that it looks like your report changes are not saved, even though no error is displayed. The most likely...
View ArticleCustom Fonts
Using custom fonts in reports has always been tricky because you used to have to install the fonts on both the server and the client machines. With ForNAV, you can now use custom fonts in your reports...
View ArticleUpdated End User License Agreement (EULA)
We have updated our End User License Agreement (EULA), mainly to reflect our new offering based on a cloud service for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The new EULA takes effect from ForNAV...
View ArticleAnnouncing ForNAV 4.0
We are happy to announce general availability of ForNAV 4.0 (4.0.0.1596). This new version of ForNAV includes support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises and private cloud,...
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