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Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

You're reading from   Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook Extend Dynamics NAV 2016 to win the business world

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786460608
Length 458 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Writing Basic C/AL Code FREE CHAPTER 2. Advanced C/AL Development 3. Reporting and Data Analysis 4. .NET Interoperability in C/AL 5. Extending C/AL with COM Components 6. SharePoint Integration 7. Control Add-ins 8. Web Services 9. Events and Extension Packages 10. PowerShell

Developing Word layout for RDLC reports

Besides an RDLC layout, a report can have a layout designed in MS Word specifically for the task of exporting the report into a Word document. A NAV report object can have two built-in layouts: one RDLC, and one Word layout.

Getting ready

The file name in the source files is REP50070_ItemSalesWordLayout.txt.

The Word layout for the report is in Report50070Layout.docx.

How to do it...

Now we will add a Word layout to the report created in the previous recipe.

  1. Open report 50010 in the Report Designer, then save it as a new report 50070 Item Sales Word Layout.
  2. Create the built-in Word layout for the report: in the main menu, click Tools | Word Layout | New.
  3. Export the layout into a Word file: click Tools | Word Layout | Export, then choose a file name for the layout file.
  4. Open the file you saved in Step 3 in Microsoft Word.
  5. To edit the Word report template, you will need access to the Developer ribbon tab. By default, it is hidden, so you'll need to...
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