Registering and embedding a control add-in

After building and signing the assembly containing the control add-in, it must be registered in the NAV database. After registering the add-in can be used in NAV development environment.

How to do it...

This recipe describes the process of registering the control and integrating it into a NAV client user interface.

1. Navigate to your projects' build output directory. Copy the NavBrowserControl.dll library to the client add-ins folder, Add-ins, located under the role-tailored client installation path. The default location of the folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\90\RoleTailored Client\Add-ins.

2. Run the NAV role-tailored client and open the Control Add-ins page located under /Departments/Administration/IT Administration/General.

3. Click New and fill the page fields:

   • Add-in Name: NavWebBrowserControl

   • Public Key Token: Refer to the Signing the control add-in assembly recipe to learn how to sign the assembly and obtain the public key token...