You can use uniform resource locators (URL) to open elements in
the Classic client. URLs have the following syntax:
navision://client/run?name1=value1&name2=value2...&name
n &value
n
The syntax of each argument is <name>=<value>. Arguments are separated by the
"&" character. A name is case
insensitive and may contain any alphanumeric character. A
value is a case sensitive string
that can contain any character. You can provide any number of
arguments in any order. Unknown arguments are ignored.
Valid name characters: [A..z] and [0..9]
Valid value characters: all
If a value contains the "&" character, then you must use
another "&" character as an escape character to indicate that
& is part of the value. For example, if the company name is
City Power & Light, then the following URL opens this company
and runs the Customer List form:
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navision://client/run?company=City Power && Light&target=form Customer List
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Arguments
The following table shows URL arguments.
| Argument name |
Argument value |
Applies to |
Description |
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servername
|
Server name
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Forms and reports
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Indicates which database server to which the Classic client or
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server connects.
 Note |
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Use either "servername" or "database" as the argument.
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database
|
File name
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Forms and reports
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Indicates which database file to access.
| Note |
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Use either "server" or "database" as the argument.
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company
|
Company name
|
Forms and reports
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Indicates which company to open.
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target
|
Object
|
Forms and reports
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Indicates which object to run. Valid argument values are the
following:
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form xxx
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formxxx
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Form xxx
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Formxxx
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report xxx
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reportxxx
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Report xxx
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Reportxxx
Where xxx is either the object number or object name.
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view
|
View description
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Forms and reports
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Indicates which filter to set. The format is the same as for the
SourceTableView
Property on a form.
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position
|
Record description
|
Forms
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Indicates which record to select. The format is the same as for
the SourceTablePlacement
Property on a form.
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servertype
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MSSQL or NAVISION
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Forms and reports
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Indicates which server to connect to.
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requestform
|
Yes or no
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Reports
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Indicates whether a report should display its request form. The
default value is no.
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forcenewinstance
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Yes or no
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Forms and reports
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Indicates whether a new instance of the Classic client should be
started regardless of whether a suitable instance is running. The
default value is no.
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If you choose a running client as the target for the URL, the
values are ignored for the server, the database, and the company
because they have been used to select the particular running
client.
If you choose a new client as the target for the URL, the
default values are stored for the server, the database, and the
company in the .zup file.
You must only use URLs without a specified server, database, or
company when you link to program functionality, such as the
customer card, and not when you link to data in the program, such
as a view of a customer on a customer card.
Example
The following strings are examples of internal URLs.
C/AL code cannot handle external URLs because of undefined escape
characters. The only defined escape character is the "&&"
character.
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navision://client/run?servertype=NAVISION&database=c:\database.fdb&company=dot.com&target=Form991&forcenewinstance=yes
// The following example contains a URL with field names:
navision://client/run?servername=navi_srv1&company=CRONUS International Ltd.&target=Form Account Schedule&view=SORTING(Schedule Name,Line No.)&position=Schedule Name=CONST(),Line No.=CONST(0)&servertype=MSSQL
// The following example contains a URL with field numbers:
navision://client/run?servername=navi_srv1&company=CRONUS International Ltd.&target=Form 104&view=SORTING(Field1,Field2)&position=Field1=0(),Field2=0(0)&servertype=MSSQL
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