.NET
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How to replace DotNet in AL
A lot of us still have a ton of C/AL code sitting around in existing databases that sooner or later will have to be moved into AL. A lot of us also have a ton…
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C/AL internals: Some more invalid object states
If you have followed the posts about how C/AL really executes in NAV, you know that C# and C/AL can sometimes be in a state where C/AL compiles, but C# does…
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From C/AL to executable: how NAV runs your C/AL code
A lot of folks write C/AL and never worry about what happens then. C/AL is written, NAV execute is, the story ends. The same way the story ends when you flush…
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Dynamically loading assemblies at runtime
When you spend more time in C# than C/AL, and you still tell yourself and the world around you that you are developing for NAV, then this post is for you. I…
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Database deployment of add-ins in NAV 2016 is broken, big time
If you are developing .NET assemblies for use with NAV, then sooner or later you’ll figure out that the new database deployment of add-ins in NAV 2016 is…
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Getting out of the DateTime mess, or how to get Utc DateTime in C/AL
Today at work I was trying to untangle one big bowl of spaghetti called DateTime. It’s the C/AL DateTime I am talking about, not System.DateTime from .NET. The…
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Sorting out the DLL hell, Part 3: The Code
[Update, February 8, 2016: there is a new version of code from this post. Please check https://vjeko.com/dynamically-loading-assemblies-at-runtime%5D Okay here…
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Sorting out the DLL hell, Part 2: The Solution
Deploying .NET assemblies to clients and servers in need is no simple affair. In my last post I have explained the problem, and announced the solution. As…
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Sorting out the DLL hell, Part 1: The Problem
Let me tell you right away if you need to read this post at all. If you never wrote a single .NET class library intended to be used as a .NET interoperability…
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Client Extensibility Demos
On Monday, June 15th I have delivered another session in Microsoft’s Road to Repeatability series of online demos about technical NAV features, this time…