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New Management Admin Cmdlets 

Windows PowerShell is becoming ever more used in the professional IT organization, and in Microsoft Dynamics NAV we are continuously extending and improving the set of administration management PowerShell cmdlets.
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Disassembly in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 Assembly Management 

Assembly Management was released as part of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013, and it includes a set of features designed for companies that supply products to their customers by combining components in simple processes, such as assembly, light manufacturing, and kitting.
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Reading and Writing Unicode Files using C/AL 

Hello, We have had some partner suggestion for adding Unicode capabilities to the existing Microsoft Dynamics NAV File functions. What we recommend is to use .NET Interop to achieve this functionality. For example, you can use an instance of the System.IO.StreamWriter class to write to an OutStream or the System.IO.StreamReader class to read from an InStream.
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Writing Unit Tests in C/AL 

What is a unit? A unit is any code that encapsulates an implementation. It could be one or a combination of individual functions or triggers. Thus, a unit could also refer to a local function.
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G/L Entry Table Locking Redesign in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 

Do you or your customers have peak hours when all the sales orders and invoices need to be posted at the same time? Or do you have large numbers of postings that need to be run without blocking other users? I bet the answer is yes.
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Use Open XML to Extend the Excel Buffer Functionality (Part 2 of 2) 

In Microsoft Dynamics NAV, there are several areas that enable the user to perform analysis in Microsoft Excel. Areas such as importing and exporting budgets, analysis by dimensions, and a number of selected reports all use Excel Buffer to export data to Microsoft Excel.
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Excel Buffer Using Open XML Instead of Excel Automation (Part 1 of 2) 

In Microsoft Dynamics NAV, there are several areas that enable the user to perform analysis in Microsoft Excel. Areas such as importing and exporting budgets, analysis by dimensions, and a number of selected reports all use Excel Buffer to export data to Microsoft Excel.
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 NAS Services User Credentials 

You might wonder what user credentials are used to run the NAS services on Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013. The NAS services start when Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server starts, unconditionally of any users logging in to Microsoft Dynamics NAV server.
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Example of How to use SQL Tracing Feature to Profile AL Code 

Enabling Tracing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 has a feature that allows you to see the AL call stack for a SQL commands. Here I am going to describe how it can be used to profile your application code. There are multiple steps required to start tracing.