Release Notes Scribe Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics NAV

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1 Release Notes Scribe Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Requirements Version 1.3 Release Date September 24,2009 Scribe Insight 6.5 or later. Microsoft Dynamics NAV version 6.0/2009, 5.0, 5.0 Service Pack 1, or 4.0 Service Pack 3. A dedicated NAS license for each company to be integrated. One or more C/FRONT licenses for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Microsoft Dynamics NAV provides C/FRONT libraries for communication. Microsoft does not certify that those libraries are compatible with 64 bit operating systems. Therefore, Scribe Insight may or may not work properly when installed on a 64 bit operating system and connecting to a Dynamics NAV system. If you are connecting to a Dynamics NAV system, you should install Scribe on a 32 bit operating system to ensure that you are running in a supported configuration. If you are using integration templates provided by Scribe, always check to verify that your template is compatible with this updated adapter. You can verify this information by reading the release notes for your template. You can also check release information in OpenMind for up-to-date information. Please review the Knowledge Base article at for information about Dynamics NAV 2009 SP Scribe Software Corporation Revision A / 15-Mar-10 1

2 What s new in version 1.3 Features Version 1.3 of the Scribe Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics NAV adds the following features. Import/Export Field Validation Rules: Field validation rules allow you to define logic (such as field validation) that should be executed automatically when records are updating within the Dynamics system. Previous to version 1.3, field validation rules had to be manually entered via the Dynamics NAV UI, and there was no provision to export such rules. Version 1.3 adds both an import and an export capability. Execute Steps to Execute Pre-defined Code Units: Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics NAV provides a set of pre-defined actions focused in the area of sales processing: converting a sales quote to sales order, releasing a sales order, reopening a sales order, and posting a sales order. Execute Steps to Execute Custom Code Units: When defining your step control in your DTS with version 1.3 of the Adapter for Dynamics NAV, you can now utilize execute steps in addition to the standard CRUD operations. Execute steps can call custom logic inside Microsoft Dynamics NAV - users can now develop and create custom actions for different business processes. Menu and Screens for Managing Scribe Meta Data: Version 1.3 adds a Scribe Integration menu to Microsoft Dynamics NAV for importing and managing validation rules and publisher settings and creating default custom actions. Maintenance of these data can now be easily performed from the forms and dialog boxes created in the new Scribe Integration menu. Upgrade Considerations If you are upgrading from a previous version of the Scribe Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics NAV, it is important to refer to the Reference topic for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2

3 Upgrade check list in the AdapterForDynamicsNAV Help document (located under Program Files\Scribe) for changes you will need to make. Fixes Ticket Number Description When publishing sales orders, the header amount did not always contain a value. See KB for more information. Known issues Case Number Description The Scribe Adapter for Microsoft Dynamics NAV installation program, Scribe Adapter NAV NAS.msi, does not verify that the computer on which the adapter is being installed has the correct version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV installed on it. If the computer does not have the correct version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV installed, the adapter will not work. It is up to you to verify that the computer on which you are installing the adapter has a supported version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV installed on it. Supported versions of Microsoft Dynamics NAV are listed above in the Requirements section of this document. Publisher fails to process messages with problem XML chars in its keys. This issue will be considered for a future release. When the NAV Adapter attempts to delete records from the Scribe Publisher Queue table, an error is logged in the Event Viewer ( Error: The Scribe Publisher Queue table cannot be changed because it is locked by another user. ); and the records will not be removed. This will result in those messages re-used over and over again; creating more traffic than is necessary. Review the OpenMind knowledge base article for more for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 3

4 , When using NAV adapter, system looks to hang. Looking in the task manager, the Scribe.NavAdapter.NAVCFrontHost.exe is consuming more and more memory and eventually maxes out system resources. This is an issue with the Dynamics NAV product. Microsoft Dynamics NAV team has a hot fix for this issue. Refer to the OpenMind knowledge base article for more Messages from the Microsoft Dynamics NAV publisher with a filter associated do not work if you change the filter definition. As a workaround, before changing the filter definition for an integration using Microsoft Dynamics NAV, first ensure there are no outstanding messages in the related Microsoft Dynamics NAV PubIn queue and then make changes to the filter definition. After executing the custom action ConvertSalesQuote against a NAV 6.0 system, the following error is raised in the NAV client when attempting to enter quotes: The Sales Header does not exist. Identification fields and values: Document Type ='Quote', No.= 'xxx' Document Type: Quote, No.: xxx. Refer to the OpenMind knowledge base article for more Getting Help Scribe is dedicated to providing information as quickly as possible to those who need it. To that end, Scribe has created a Knowledge Base in the Scribe OpenMind community. Scribe customers and partners can engage with other Scribe users as well as Scribe employees through these forums to share information and ask questions about Scribe products. You can access the Dynamics NAV Knowledge Base at for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 4

5 Additionally, Scribe users can contact Scribe support for further assistance. Feedback Scribe is very interested in hearing about your experiences with our products and documentation. We welcome your suggestions for improvement and encourage you to use the Scribe OpenMind community at to provide feedback. OpenMind also lets you see information on upcoming product releases and engage in online discussions with Scribe product management and other Scribe users. Request a logon at end for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5