Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Model.Tools

The Business Central Development Shell includes cmdlets for merging and modifying application object files. These cmdlets are included in the Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Model.Tools module that is installed as part of the Business Central Development Shell when you install the Business Central Development Environment.

Note

Also included in the Business Central Development Shell are cmdlets for working with objects and creating extension packages. For more information about these cmdlets, see Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Ide and Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Apps.Tools.

Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Model.Tools

Compare-NAVApplicationObject

Compares text files with Business Central application objects and then calculates the delta between the two versions. The result of the comparison is a number of text files with the calculated delta. The deltas can later be applied to a third version by using the Update-NAVApplicationObject cmdlet.

Export-NAVApplicationObjectLanguage

Exports captions from the specified text files with Business Central application objects. The captions are exported to text files.

Get-NAVApplicationObjectProperty

Gets Business Central application object properties from the specified application object text files.

Import-NAVApplicationObjectLanguage

Imports strings in the specified language into text files that contain Business Central application objects.

Join-NAVApplicationObjectFile

Combines multiple application object files into one text file.

Join-NAVApplicationObjectLanguageFile

Combines multiple text files with captions for Business Central application objects into one text file.

Merge-NAVApplicationObject

Compares the changes that have been made to application objects between two versions of Business Central, and applies the difference to a third set of application objects. The result of the merge is a number of text files with the merged application objects. Any conflicts that the cmdlet cannot merge are identified in conflict files.

New-NAVCrmTable

Creates Business Central table objects that are based on Dynamics 365 for Sales entities. The table objects are saved as .txt files.

Remove-NAVApplicationObjectLanguage

Deletes captions in the specified language from Business Central application objects.

Set-NAVApplicationObjectProperty

Sets Business Central application object properties in the specified application object text files.

Split-NAVApplicationObjectFile

Splits a text file that contains two or more application objects into separate text files for each application object.

Split-NAVApplicationObjectLanguageFile

Splits a text file that contains multilanguage captions for two or more application objects into separate text files for each application object.

Test-NAVApplicationObjectLanguage

Tests captions in Business Central application objects to test to validate if they have translated strings for the specified languages.

Test-NAVApplicationTable

Tests changes in Business Central application table objects to validate whether the changes are breaking or destructive.

Update-NAVApplicationObject

Applies a set of deltas to the specified application objects. The files that describe the delta are generated by the Compare-NAVApplicationObject cmdlet.