Allocate monthly amounts considering a Start and End Date – NAV Example

Let’s suppose that you have the following entries and what you need is an algorithm that will calculate the number of periods (months) between the End Date and Start Date and allocate the amounts equally for each period. Given: Result needed: How would you do this ? In this post I present 2 ideas about…

DotNet List in NAV 2016

How to use a DotNet List to display a multi-column Report in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

Many times when creating processing reports in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, after the report processes all desired data, you might want to display for the user a log with what happened or with the errors that occurred. You can use for example IF Not ExampleCodeunit.Run THEN store the errors (with the help of function GETLASTERRORTEXT) in a DotNet list, process…

The Document Pattern and the link between Header and Lines in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

In this post I will present some important information about the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Document Pattern. A document in NAV contains a Header with common data and one or more Lines. Each line is linked to the header. Let’s have a look for example at a Purchase Order. As you can see in the bellow image, a…

How to implement trial period or protection for your Excel Add-ins or workbooks using Excel VBA

There might be situations when you would like to set a trial period for your Excel applications: maybe you want to prevent employees take the applications and use them forever in other places after they leave your company or you simply need to provide to a client a trial that can be tested only a limited…