XML Mapping Pane. The first time I heard that phrase it sounded a bit shady to me. A really daunting name for a rather simple tool if you ask me. If you want to develop Microsoft Word layouts for Business Central, you better use a shortcut for the XML Mapping Pane because it is the main tool to access your dataset. Usually you have to navigate to your developer tab in Microsoft Word and then click on the button “XML…
This is one of the shortest tutorials ever because it is a very easy thing to do. When it comes to designing Business Central Reports in Microsoft Word, you will need an additional “Developer” tab in Microsoft Word. This tab includes a feature called “XML Mapping” which you need in order to access your dataset in Microsoft word. Here is how you make it visible: I assume that you already have a Visual Studio Code Project and a layout. If…
Getting Changes from the RDLC Dataset When you design RDL(C) Layouts, you usually work with datasets. The dataset defines which data you can use in your report. When you worked with C/SIDE, there has always been a difference how changes in the RDLC dataset were handled by Visual Studio and Report Builder. Once you had Report Builder opened with a specific dataset, you could not change the dataset and reload the changes without reopening Report Builder. For Visual Studio on…
When it comes to designing RDL reports in Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Business Central, there are three different programs which you can use: Visual Studio Report Builder Word Especially as a beginner you will be confronted with a decision between these two fellas: Visual Studio 2017 or Report Builder 2016? Layouts created with Microsoft Word have the file extension .docx. They differ greatly from layouts generated by Microsoft Report Builder (.rdl) and Microsoft Visual Studio (.rdlc). For this reason, I…