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

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You can open the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client or the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Phone client by using a browser from a device that has a network connection. Opening the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client or the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Phone client in a browser can, for example, make it easier to test your solution during the design phase. 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 be able to open the client in a browser.

Important

In early versions of Internet Explorer 11, prior to and 11.0.9600.16476, an issue with hardware acceleration can occur when the browser zoom is not set to 100%. This can cause some elements of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client or Microsoft Dynamics NAV Phone client UI being rendered incorrectly. For example, the action pane appears displaced horizontally.

Important

The procedure in this article illustrates how you can open the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client in a browser. The syntax and options for opening Microsoft Dynamics NAV Phone client in a browser are the same; just replace tablet.aspx with phone.aspx in the examples later in this section.

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/DynamicsNAV90/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/DynamicsNAV90/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/DynamicsNAV90/tablet.aspx?page=22

    A specific report

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

    Or

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

    http://MyNAVWeb:8080/DynamicsNAV90/tablet.aspx?report=8

    A specific profile

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

    Or

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

    http://MyNAVWeb:8080/DynamicsNAV90/tablet.aspx?profile=Small%20Business

    Substitute the following parameters:

    • http with https if SSL is configured for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Tablet client or the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Phone 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 or the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Phone client 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. This parameter is optional and is only needed if you want to open a different company than the one specified in My Settings.

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

    • ProfileID with the ID that is assigned to the profile in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

See Also

Concepts

Developing for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Universal App
Introducing the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Universal App