[Ronald McVicar]

We have NAV 2015 and have a need for a set of remote users to use the Web Client, so the question is does anyone have a Web Client Guide or Tips and Tricks to get Around guide or can you point me to one. With out the left hand Menu Set  and mostly the search. I thought there might be some basic navigation Web Client guides or Tips and Tricks.  Thank you in advance for helping out.

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Ronald McVicar, IT Software Mgr
NSP (Quality Meats)
nspproteins.com
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[Ben Baxter]

In 2015, the web client is going to look almost identical to the windows client.  The users should be right at home.  The two biggest things the Users might notice is the lack of personalization and the in-ability to print to a printer.

The personalization can be done in the Windows Client, which then shows up in the Web Client.  Printing is done to a PDF first, then a printer.  I’ve heard people force it to print to a printer, but just depends on the needs of the User.

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Ben Baxter
Consultant
Accent Software, Inc.
Carmel IN
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[Geovanny Fuentes]

Ronald take your time and absorb this information. I hope it helps, its for NAV 2016 and should be the same for 2015.
Good luck.

Why Switch to the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Web Client?

Did you know that with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 we’ve begun the journey of transforming the Web client into a first-class interface for desktop users?

The Web client now suits the needs of the majority of users with over 60 enhancements to simplicity, productivity, and performance. Being mindful of the Web client’s roots as a lightweight, browser-based interface for occasional use, the changes in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 represent a major step forward in usability and in the possibility of doing more in your browser.

Productivity and Navigation

• Cross-column search is available for all lists.
• Freeze Pane is shown so that your key columns remain in view as you scroll horizontally.
• Date Picker is now available on fields in lists.
• Show or Hide Columns on all lists as part of your personalization settings.
• Checkboxes will only show when you select more rows.
• Select All now possible in lists.
• Continuous scrolling gives a smooth scrolling experience.
• Multi-selection allows any rows to be selected.
• Load as you scroll, optimized to give a better experience for long lists.
• Lists are adaptive and make better use of the available space.
• FastTabs start as collapsed and can be expanded, showing any promoted fields, and remembers the last choice.
• Closing a page is simplified by just clicking the cross in the corner.
• Cards and documents are making better use of available space and the page caption is always visible.
• Nothing happens if you accidentally click around the field caption; only directly clicking on field caption brings up Help.
• Lookups are shown inline with the field that you are editing and they will search across columns as you type.
• You can collapse and expand the Navigation Pane to get more working space.
• The flow of Role Center parts is improved; when resizing the sequence of cues and tiles is kept and using the space is optimized.
• Cues are no longer automatically added to the Navigation Pane, which gives you fewer Navigation Pane actions.

Office Familiarity

• My Settings allows the user to change company, language, region, time zone, and work date.
• The ribbon is collapsed at the start, and the state is remembered.
• The Home button gives a quick access to the Role Center.
• The Navigation Pane stays when scrolling the content area.
• Activity buttons in the Navigation Pane have new icons and inline tooltips.
• Links to Help, Privacy, Legal, and Feedback are easily accessible.
• Shortcuts to all components are now prefixed with Dynamics NAV.

Improved Performance

• With its new fast and fluid interface, users benefit from improved performance when navigating pages and significantly shorter start-up time when launching the client.

 

 

 

The following table lists general features that are not fully supported by Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.

Feature	Level of support	Remarks
COM and Automation	Not supported.	If a Dynamics NAV object implements Automation (objects and servers), then an error occurs when the object is run in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.
Departments and MenuSuite	Not supported.	The Departments button does not appear in the navigation pane of Role Center in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client. Instead Page Search is available from an action in the navigation pane of the Role Center and on the top right corner of a page. MenuSuite is used to build the Departments page in Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client.
System Indicator	Not supported.	The Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client always shows the name of the company that it connects to.
Microsoft .NET Framework Interoperability	Partially supported.	Microsoft .NET Framework interoperability objects that are configured to run on the client are not supported; objects that run on Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server are supported. For more information, see How to: Set .NET Framework Types to Run on the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows Client or Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server Computers.
Configuring the user interface for a profile	Partially supported.	You cannot perform configuration using the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client. Instead, you use the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client. For more information, see Configuring the User Interface (UI) for Users.

 

The following object types are not supported by Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.

Feature	Level of support	Remarks
XMLport	Partially supported.	Request pages are not supported. If you try to run an XMLport with a request page from the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client, then you receive an error that the XMLport page type is not supported. To run an XMLport without using a request page, you can set the UseRequestPage Property of the XMLport in XML Designer to No. Or, if the XMLport is run from C/AL code by calling the RUN Function (XMLport), then you can set the ReqWindow parameter to false.

 

The following page features are not fully supported by Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.

Feature	Level of support	Remarks
GridLayout control for arranging page fields	Partially supported.	The RowSpan and ColumnSpan properties on fields in the grid layout are not supported. The Rows and Wide layouts on the grid control itself are not supported.

 

 

Page Properties

The following page properties are not supported or are partially supported by Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.

Control	Property	Level of support	Remarks
Group	ShowAsTree	Partially supported.	Columns will be indented but they will not be expandable or collapsible.
	IndentationControls	Partially supported.	Only supports indentation on one column. If you specify more than one column in the IndentationControls property, only the first column is used.
Field	ColumnSpan	Not supported.
	RowSpan	Not supported.
	AssistEdit	Partially supported.	The AssistEdit on a field when the page is in the view mode or if the field has the data type of Option appears as hyperlink instead of a button.
	DrillDown	Partially supported.	The drill-down on a field when the page is in the view mode or if the field has the data type of Option appears as hyperlink instead of a button.
	Lookup	Partially supported.	The Lookup property is not supported on a Repeater control when the page is in the view mode or if the field has the data type of Option. You can use the OnDrillDown trigger instead.
	QuickEntry	Partially supported.	Not supported in lists on a page.
Part	ChartPartID	Not supported.	If a page contains a Chart part, then the part is ignored and nothing appears for the part in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.
	SystemPartID	Partially supported.	Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client supports Notes and RecordLinks system parts, but not Outlook and MyNotes system parts. RecordLinks only supports access to URLs and resources on file shares; files that are stored locally on the user’s computer cannot be accessed.
	PartType	Partially supported.	The Chart option is not supported. If a page contains a Chart part or an unsupported System part, then the part is ignored and nothing appears for the part in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.

 

Report Features

The following table includes reports features that are not supported or are partially supported by Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.

Feature	Level of support	Remarks
Printing a report without using a request page by calling the Report.Run function	Partially supported.	If a report is run by calling the REPORT.RUN Function and the function call does not use a request page, then you must set up reports to print from Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server, otherwise you will get an error at runtime. Client-side printing is not supported in this scenario. For more information, see the following topics. – How to: Specify Printer Selection for Reports – STARTSESSION Function (Sessions) – Printing Reports from a Background Session
Filtering on request page of a report	Partially supported.	The only filters that are shown are filter fields that are set by the ReqFilterFields property or the SETRECFILTER function in C/AL code. If you rerun a report, any filter values must be reentered. Filter values are not saved when a report has been run in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client. There is a limit on the number of filters a user can set. The user can only specify one filter in addition to the number of filter fields that are set by the ReqFilterFields property.
Filter strings in a report URL	Not supported.	Unlike pages, you cannot filter a report by adding filter strings to the Internet address.
Document map in the report preview	Partially supported.	You can experience differences in the behavior between the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client and Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.

 

C/AL Triggers

This section lists the C/AL triggers that are not fully supported by Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client. Triggers that are not supported are not invoked on an object at runtime.

Page Triggers: The following page triggers are not fully supported by Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.

Triggers	Level of support	Remarks
OnClosePage	Partially supported.	The OnClosePage trigger is invoked only when the Dynamics NAV page is hosted in a modal popup dialog (MPO).
OnLookup	Partially supported.	On non-editable fields, the OnLookup trigger is not invoked. This means, the lookup will not render in a Repeater control in the view mode. In this case, you can use the OnDrillDown Trigger instead
OnQueryClosePage	Partially supported.	The OnQueryClosePage trigger is invoked only when the Dynamics NAV page is hosted in a modal popup dialog (MPO).

 

C/AL Functions

This section lists the C/AL functions that are not supported by Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client. Except when indicated otherwise, if you use a function that is not supported, you will receive an error at runtime.

Data type	Function	Level of support	Remarks
Debugger	ACTIVATE	Not supported.	An error occurs at runtime.
Dialog	UPDATE	Not supported.	The function is ignored.
Report	REPORT.RUN and REPORT.RUNMODAL	Partially supported.	If the ReqWindow parameter of the function is set to false, then you must set up reports to print from Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server, otherwise you will get an error at runtime. Client-side printing is not supported in this scenario. For more information, see How to: Specify Printer Selection for Reports and STARTSESSION Function (Sessions).
File	DOWNLOAD and DOWNLOADFROMSTREAM	Partially supported.	– The DialogTitle, ToFolder, and ToFilter parameters are not supported.
	UPLOAD and UPLOADINTOSTREAM	Partially supported.	– The DialogTitle, FromFolder, and FromFile parameters are not supported. – Not supported on devices that run on Apple iOS, such as iPad. When you try upload a file, the dialog box for uploading a file appears in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client, but it is disabled and you cannot select a file.

 

User Interface Features

The following end-user interface features are not supported by Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client.

Feature	Level of support	Remarks
Buffering of keyboard input for heads-down data entry	Not supported.
System actions are default actions in the Application menu and ribbon on pages and reports. System actions include the following: – Copy Link to Page – Recipient as Attachment – Microsoft Word – Print Page – Show as List – OneNote	Not supported.	The actions are not available in the user interface. Note: You can use the action Open in Excel on list places and transfer all data in the list to an Excel spreadsheet. You can use Internet Explorer functions to print a page and to create links on a page.
Actions related to a subpage in a part when the subpage is dynamically shown or hidden based on a user interaction	Partially supported.	The actions related to the subpage will always be present and active in the ribbon, even when the page is not shown. For an example, see page 5855.
FlowFilters on pages	Not supported.	Using Limit totals to is not supported.
Filter on column on FlowFields	Not supported.
Vertical resizing of controls	Not supported.	Vertical resizing of controls is not supported on the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client. A multiline textbox, for example, will not increase in vertical size when the user drags to increase the size of the page. This applies to all controls that can take advantage of vertical or horizontal resizing, such as charts, grids, multiline, textboxes, and control add-ins.

 

Geovanny’s links

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nav/2016/05/03/why-switch-to-the-microsoft-dynamics-nav-2016-web-client/

 

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=navision+windows+client+versus+web+client&qs=PF&cvid=23c9b59a4c8c42938d216c13c1a1196e&cc=US&setlang=en-US&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dnavision%2bwindows%2bclient%2bversus%2bweb%2bclient%26form%3dEDGEAR%26qs%3dPF%26cvid%3d23c9b59a4c8c42938d216c13c1a1196e%26cc%3dUS%26setlang%3den-US&view=detail&mmscn=vwrc&mid=1E24087EA419F5BBFFA51E24087EA419F5BBFFA5&FORM=WRVORC

 

https://www.dynamics-nav-training.com/listing/windows-vs-web-client/

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/feature-limitations-of-the-microsoft-dynamics-nav-web-client

 

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Geovanny Fuentes
San Diego CA
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