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Passing strongly typed data to a JavaScript control add-in

Post author:Vjeko
Post published:December 30, 2014
Post category:Control Add-ins
Post comments:11 Comments

Many cool things often go undocumented. I’ve just stumbled upon one of those, and it comes in handy to close this year of blogging.

Imagine this situation: you have a server-side .NET object, that you want to pass on to the client. With the .NET System.Windows.Forms-based objects, you have to make the object serializable, deploy the object to the client-side Add-in folder, and then set the RunOnClient property on the C/AL variable to Yes.

However, if the client is not .NET-based, if it is a cross-client JavaScript-based one. You may think that it’s not possible to pass the custom object on to JavaScript code. And you may be wrong.

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Mystery laptop: the conclusion

Post author:Vjeko
Post published:June 14, 2008
Post category:Dynamics Dynamics NAV ERP Navision Technology
Post comments:19 Comments

I never really expected that my post about my laptop outperforming an 8-headed dragon of a server would draw that much attention: record number of first-day reads of any blog post on my blog ever (134), and record number of comments (11 comments, by 5 people, me included). Not a big deal, but I believe you deserve a conclusion, to know how it all ended.

To be honest, it didn’t.

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