Installation and Configuration of NavRepository
Explains in details the installation process and initial configuration of NavRepository
The installation process of NavRepository is pretty straight forward. All needed files and/or manuals could be found on: http://www.navutils.com/navrepo/download.html
Start the NavRepository installation by running the setup file NavRepositorySetup_XXX.msi, where XXX represents the actual version of the product. If you get the following message, press the button Run to continue.
If you get the following message, it means that you don’t have the required .Net Framework version 2.0 or higher installed on your PC. In this case press the button Yes to download and install the required .Net framework first. When the installation of .Net Framework completes, restart the NavRepository installation.
Continue the NavRepository installation until it finishes. After the installation completes the following icon will appear on your desktop. Double click on it in order to start NavRepository.
Next you would need to connect NavRepository to the Navision database you work with. Currently NavRepository supports only Navision databases based on MS SQL Server (Database Type). Enter or select the server name, and then specify the connection or authentication options. Enter the database login information – the user name and the password to be used while connecting to the database, in case you’re not using the windows authentication.
Next enter or select the Navision database name. You can use the button on the right of the Database field in order to select the database from a list instead of typing its name.
Finally select the company you work with. When the company is not selected, then the objects of all companies are synchronized. This is useful when there are table objects specific to that company.
Pay attention to the synchronization options:
Sync Unmodified Objects – when not checked only objects marked as Modified in the database are subject to synchronization. When checked – both modified and unmodified objects are subject to synchronization
Sync TableData Objects – when not checked the Table Data objects in the database are not subject to synchronization. When checked – the Table Data objects in the database are also synchronized. The Table Data objects are usually zero-length objects used only internally by Navision.
Sync Table Objects - when not checked the Table objects in the database are not subject to synchronization. When checked – the Table objects in the database are also subject to synchronization.
Sync Object Definitions (as Text) – this is the new option of NavRepository 2. When not checked only the BLOB-references of Navision objects are subject to synchronization. When checked both BLOB-references and the textual object definitions are subject to synchronization. The synchronization of textual object definitions makes possible the version-to-version comparisons of objects and the full utilization of external source control systems, such as SVN or CVS.
Finally press the button OK. If the entered database information is correct, the connection to the database will succeed, and the list of the Navision objects, subject to synchronization, will show up.