Use the form transformation configuration file, Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Tools.FormTransformation.exe.config, for the following purposes:

If you have saved your files to the default locations and if you want to use the default scope of logging, then you do not need to modify the Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Tools.FormTransformation.exe.config file.

File Locations

By default, the location of the input and output files is the same as the location of the tool. The configuration file contains the following lines, which specify the names and locations for input and output files.

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<configuration>
  <appSettings>
	<add key="FormsFile" value=".\Forms.xml"/>
	<add key="PagesFile" value=".\Pages.xml" />
	<add key="IgnorePages" value=".\IgnorePages.xml"/>
	<add key="MovePages" value=".\MovePages.xml"/>
	<add key="TransformPages" value=".\TransformPages.xml"/>
	<add key="DeletePageElements" value=".\DeleteElements.xml"/>
	<add key="MovePageElements" value=".\MoveElements.xml"/>
	<add key="CodeRules" value=".\coderules.txt"/>
	<add key="TranslationFile" value=".\PageTranslations.txt"/>
	<add key="SchemasPathLocation" value =".\"/>

You can change this information in the configuration file if you want to use input files from a different folder or if you change the names of the input or output files.

Scope of Logging

You can control the size and focus of your log file by including only the exceptions in which you are most interested. The following table describes the exception message types.

Message Type Description

ChangeCodeManually

Transformation of a specified control or property could not be completed. Additional, typically manual, change or input is required to address the exception that is associated with this message.

CheckInputFile

There is an inconsistency in an input file.

CodeCannotBeTransformed

Code cannot be transformed automatically. Manual change to the form itself is needed.

Error

Any error. Typically, the transformation tool cannot recover after such an error.

General Information

Any information. Typically, no action is required.

IgnoreForms

Specified form was excluded from the transformation and no matching page was created.

IgnoreWarning

Verify that there is not an issue, and then ignore this warning.

InputInformation

Information about input files.

RemoveControls

Specified control on the form was not mapped to a matching control on a page.

ValidateManually

Specified control or code has been changed during transformation. The change requires manual validation.

Warning

Any warning. Requires manual validation.

To configure which type of messages to include in the log file and the degree of message details, you assign a value code to each message type in the Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Tools.FormTransformation.exe.config file, and then set the TraceLevelSwitch value to specify the logging level.

The following example from the configuration file shows the default value code assignments for each message type.

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	<add name="Error" value="1" />
	<add name="CodeCannotBeTransformed" value="1" />
	<add name="Warning" value="2" />
	<add name="GeneralInformation" value="4" />
	<add name="IgnoreForms" value="3" />
	<add name="IgnoreWarning" value="2" />
	<add name="InputInformation" value="1" />
	<add name="RemoveControls" value="3" />
	<add name="ChangeCodeManualy" value="2" />
	<add name="ValidateManualy" value="3" />
	<add name="CheckInputFile" value="1" />

Based on the preceding value codes, the default logging levels can be described as follows:

  • 1   Logs error messages and required information

  • 2   Logs errors and warnings

  • 3   Logs detailed error information

  • 4   Logs verbose information

  • 0   Logging is turned off

To specify the level of logging, you set the TraceLevelSwitch value. For example, in the following code, the logging level is set to 1, log error messages and required information.

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	<add name="TraceLevelSwitch" value="1" />

You can modify the level of logging or the value code for each message type in the Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Tools.FormTransformation.exe.config file.

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