FORNAV
Knowledge Base
Knowledge base articles (or “KB articles”) are your go-to resource for detailed feature insights and practical tips on using FORNAV. They’re filled with essential knowledge to address almost any question you might have.
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Legal company information in ZUGFeRD
In Germany, businesses must include not only tax-related information but also legal company details on invoices, even when sent in electronic formats like ZUGFeRD. This includes things like the commercial register, registration number, and names of managing directors. These details have to be part of the XML file that is sent with the invoice. Because…
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Setting the hotfix endpoint
If you encounter issues with report rendering and are not using the latest FORNAV extensions, the problem might be due to using an older version of the FORNAV report rendering endpoint. You can easily verify if your issue is resolved in the latest version, by switching to the hotfix endpoint. To set the hotfix endpoint:…
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Sending ZUGFeRD invoices to selected customers
If you only want to send ZUGFeRD invoices to specific customers, you can now manage this directly in the FORNAV setup using the new Enable per Customer option. After you select the Enable per Customer option, the Add ZUGFeRD Attachment to PDF option automatically appears on the customer card in the invoicing section. This setting…
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Direct printer name overlap
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Direct printer name overlap
Error: English: “The data provided by the extension for a printer’s setup is invalid. Please contact the developer of the extension for further assistance.“ German: “Die Daten, die von der Erweiterung für die Einrichtung eines Druckers bereitgestellt werden, sind ungültig. Wenden Sie sich an den Entwickler der Erweiterung, um weitere Unterstützung zu erhalten.“ Applies to…
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FORNAV installer and hashes for antivirus allowlisting
From version 8.0.0.2646 and later, the FORNAV installer includes a file named hashes.json. This file is designed to assist users and IT administrators to configure antivirus software to allow FORNAV executable files to run without being blocked. Why this is important Some antivirus programs might block FORNAV executables due to their security policies, especially when…
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Adding a table layout using multi-selection
In the Field List in the FORNAV Designer, you can select multiple fields by holding the control button down when you click a field: Then, you can add a table with those fields to a section. To do this, you drag and drop the fields from the field list to the section: Alternatively, you can…
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File attachment via the File Service throughout Business Central
In FORNAV, we have “re-implemented” the option to attach files to, for instance, Customers, Items, or Orders, using the File Service feature. These files are attached as a link to a local or network drive, so they don’t take up database space in your Business Central solution. This allows for people outside of Business Central…
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The FORNAV application upgrade stops with an error
In some FORNAV releases, we need to upgrade the report layouts in your system. There might be cases where you have an empty or invalid layout in your system and this can cause two problems. Either you get the following error message: “Media object cannot be imported because the InStream object is empty.”, or the…
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Controlling the layout syntax in AL-code
With the depreciation of the “WordLayout” syntax in AL, FORNAV is migrating to use the new “rendering” layout syntax. This means that, moving forward, the syntax is changed from, for example: To the new rendering syntax, for example: In this process, the FORNAV Layout format will also be moved to use the layout type “Custom”,…