Upgrading tools
There are several tools that help us in the upgrading process. Some of them must be used at some point in the upgrade process (such as the text format upgrade tool). Others can be used to help us in the upgrade process, but are not mandatory (such as MergeTool). In this section, we will explain them all.
Note
MergeTool is a great product that was published several years ago but is still updated. Today, it's mainly recommended for merging with Microsoft Dynamics NAV. For more information, you can visit http://www.mergetool.com.
Upgrade ToolKit
Upgrade ToolKit is included in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 installation media.
For the Microsoft Dynamics NAV W1 version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013, Upgrade ToolKit only includes two folders: Data Conversion Tools
and Object Change Tools
. For country versions, it also includes an extra folder: Local Objects
.
In both the Data Conversion Tools
and Local Objects
folders, there are two .fob
files that have to be used in the data upgrade...