Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition
by Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
Automation Controller
One option for NAV interfacing is by connection to COM Automation servers. A key group of Automation servers are the Microsoft Office products. Automation components can be instantiated, accessed, and manipulated from within NAV objects using C/AL code. Data can be transferred back and forth between the NAV database and COM Automation components.
Only non-visual controls are supported through this interface; this doesn't mean we can't figure out a work-around, just that they aren't supported by Microsoft. The Client Add-in feature, discussed later in this chapter, provides visual interface capability through another integration approach.
We cannot use an Automation Controller defined COM component as a control on an ...
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