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Hint: this is a post for developers, and mostly junior developers, those who are still learning how to code properly. I know, I promised not to blog about stuff like this, but I simply couldn’t help this time. A friend of mine has asked me for help. “There is this C/AL function I had to rewrite, now I end up with 106 BEGINs, and only 105 ENDs.

[Updated] I had to update this post a little bit, see below for the details, but the killer feature had to go 🙁 [/Updated] Remeber that tool “ Automated Version Management ” that I published here and on Mibuso five months ago? It has just got an update: version 2.0.

I’ve just got a call for help from a partner, about their customer who has decided to move from basic inventory management to full-scale warehouse management system. The question was how to post the opening balances for existing inventory quantities in flat locations to warehouse-managed ones.

This post has no category. It may be irrelevant to you; it won’t provide any value to you or your business. But to me, personally, it’s the most relevant so far. This is a tribute to a man who changed my life, who is responsible for much of what I am today.

A few days back, while prototyping a new solution for a customer, one of the key users said: “But in our old software it didn’t work like that.” I was about to try to explain why the change, but then the user’s boss said: – We aren’t implementing a new solution so that everything can stay the way it was.

A blog reader has asked me for help about an allegedly strange behavior of items with serial number tracking. They had a customer who had serial number tracking switched on for an item with FIFO costing method. Whenever they posted a sales transaction, they chose the serial number manually.

I hate it when I don’t have time to blog. I’d like if I could tell you what I’ve been doing, but let’s leave it at this: I am enjoying my vacation, away from my office, my job, my projects, my customers, my partners, and obviously – my blog. You should take a vacation, too – great stuff!

A new version of Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step methodology was released yesterday and is available for download to all Microsoft Dynamics partners enrolled in a service plan. If you were a partner, and thought you had no reason to enroll in one before, now there is a compelling reason to do so.

I was involved with three go-lives this month. Not all of them required the same level of engagement, that was the major survival factor for me, but nevertheless I got into an interesting discussion with a colleague. – So it was three projects this month, huh? All of the NAV? – she asked.

I promised to myself not to post technical stuff on this blog. But as Seth Godin said not that long ago, never’s not such a long time . And also, why shouldn’t I share a piece of useful advice if I have it. So here it goes. Have you ever started a lengthy NAV batch job, and then wondered how much longer it is really going to take?