How to: Open the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet Client from a Browser

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You can open Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client by using a browser from a device that has a network connection. Opening Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client in a browser can, for example, make it easier to test a tablet app during the design phase. To open Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client, you must know the name of the computer that is running the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Server components and the HTTP port that it is running on.

To open Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client in a browser

  1. Open the web browser.

  2. In the address box of the browser, type one of the following URLs.

    To open URL Example

    The Role Center for the default company

    http://ComputerName:Port/WebServerInstance/tablet.aspx

    Or (for multitenant deployments)

    http://ComputerName:Port/WebServerInstance/tablet.aspx?tenant=TenantID

    http://MyNAVWeb:8080/DynamicsNAV80/tablet.aspx

    The Role Center for a specific company

    http://ComputerName:Port/WebServerInstance/tablet.aspx?company=CompanyName

    Or

    http://ComputerName:Port/WebServerInstance/tablet.aspx?tenant=TenantID&company=CompanyName

    http://MyNAVWeb:8080/DynamicsNAV80/tablet.aspx?company=CRONUS%20International%20Ltd.

    A specific page

    http://ComputerName:Port/WebServerInstance/tablet.aspx?page=ID

    Or

    http://ComputerName:Port/WebServerInstance/tablet.aspx?tenant=TenantID&page=ID

    http://MyNAVWeb:8080/DynamicsNAV80/tablet.aspx?page=22

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    The page parameter is not supported when running the Microsoft Dynamics NAV app.

    A specific profile

    http://ComputerName:Port/WebServerInstance/tablet.aspx?profile=ID

    Or

    http://ComputerName:Port/WebServerInstance/tablet.aspx?tenant=TenantID&profile=ID

    http://MyNAVWeb:8080/DynamicsNAV80/tablet.aspx?profile=Small%20Business

    Substitute the following parameters:

    • http with https if SSL is configured for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client and the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Server is not configured to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS.

    • ComputerName with the name of the computer that is running the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Server components.

    • Port with the port number that you configured for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web Server components during installation.

    • WebServerInstance with the virtual directory alias under which the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client application exists on the web server. For more information, see How to: Install the Web Server Components.

    • TenantID with the name of the tenant that you want to connect to. This parameter is only required when Microsoft Dynamics NAV is deployed in a multitenant architecture. The tenant that you specify must be mounted on the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Server instance that the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Web client connects to. For more information, see Multitenant Deployment Architecture.

    • CompanyName with the name of the company in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Only needed if not connecting to the default company that is defined in the web config file.

    • ID with the ID that is assigned to the page or report object in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

See Also

Concepts

Developing for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet Client
Getting Started Developing for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet Client