Handling application objects
In previous examples of this chapter, we used PowerShell cmdlets available via the NAV Administration shell. These are commands intended to automate administration tasks.
Another set of cmdlets is accessible in the NAV 2016 Development Shell and aimed for application developers to help them in their routine work with application objects. In the current recipe, we will illustrate several basic scripts for application objects manipulation.
How to do it...
In this recipe, you will learn how to export, import, compile, and run application objects from the PowerShell command line.
- Start Dynamics NAV 2016 Development Shell. To do it, open the Start menu and start typing the application name.
- One of the typical tasks for a NAV application developer is to export application objects from C/SIDE and store them in separate text files in a source control system. This is easily done in NAV Development Shell. Export custom application objects into a text file:
Export-NAVApplicationObject...
