Comparing .NET values
When comparing .NET variables, including Enums, you cannot use C/AL comparison operators. To compare .NET variables, you must use the Equals method (of the System.Object type) that all .NET types implement…
Careful with Microsoft.Dynamics.NAV JavaScript object
Make sure that you don't access the Microsoft.Dynamics.NAV JavaScript object before the document ready event fires. If you do so, you might experience problems on Chrome when the user refreshes…
Automatically Confirm cmdlets
Some NAV PowerShell cmdlets (such as Import-NAVApplicationObject) don’t have the -Force switch, and always ask for confirmation regardless of whether you include the -Confirm switch or not. To work around…
Formatting for XML
When you have to format C/AL variables (numbers, dates/times, booleans) for exchange with other apps, call FORMAT(variable,0,9) instead of simply FORMAT(variable). The format 9 formats the variable according to XML…
Do you have a value, Mr. BLOB?
To check if a BLOB field has a value, you call its HASVALUE function. For example: IF Item.Picture.HASVALUE THEN; In older versions, earlier than NAV 2009, you had to call…