Displaying a .NET add-in on a page

The NAV Page Designer is limited in what it can do and what data it can display. By creating a visual .NET add-in and adding it to a page, you can display your data in the same formats available in .NET Windows Forms.

Getting ready

Download and install the client add-in tool from Christian Abeln.

http://www.cooldudette.net/BlogFiles/AddInImporter.zip

How to do it...

1. Create a new class library project in Visual Studio.

2. Add the following references to the project:

   System.Windows.Forms
   Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.UI.Extensibility
   

3. The latter can be found in the NAV installation directory under the RoleTailored client folder.

4. Add the following code to the program:

   using System.Xml;
   using System.Data;
   using System.Windows.Forms;
   using Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.UI.Extensibility;
   using Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.UI.Extensibility.WinForms;
   namespace RSSReader
   {
   [ControlAddInExport("NAV_RSS")]
   public class RSSReaderAddIn : WinFormsControlAddInBase
   {
   private DataGridView...