New SEPA Whitepaper on PartnerSource and CustomerSource

I am happy to announce that due to popular demand, we have recently posted a whitepaper covering SEPA on PartnerSource and CustomerSource.  
To give you a little bit of background, in 2002, key European banks decided to create a standardized …

10 Things You Need Before You Write An Apple App

How do you go about writing an app? In fact, what do you need before you being app development? Well, that’s where this article will help. I’ll provide you with 7 things you need before you start writing your Apple app. Even if you’ve never developed content for a mobile device, or if you’re new to software development, you should know that learning iPhone development can be a fun and rewarding experience.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV/SQL Server Configuration Recommendations

Michael De Voe, a Senior Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft, has compiled a set of recommendations for SQL Server configuration to improve performance when running Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 and later versions with one of the following versions of SQL…

NAV 2009 Tips and Tricks: Customize the Navigation Pane

You can add and delete buttons and lists in the Navigation Pane.

1.  In the top right corner of the Role Center, click Customize button.
2.  Click Customize Navigation Pane.

3.  In the Customize Navigation Pane window, click New t…

Examine All HTTP/HTTPS Traffic on Windows with Fiddler2

I’m an HTTP geek. RFC 2616 is my best friend. This means two things. First, I need more friends. And second, I need a tool that’ll show me what my HTTP and HTTPS requests are doing under the covers. (After all, best friends shouldn’t have any secrets.) I can dig up this information in PHP [...]

Converting a VBA Macro to C# 4.0

I’ve talked a lot about improved COM interop in C# 4.0 and how much easier it is now to work with Office applications. This time I want to share some tips and tricks on how you can convert Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros to C# 4.0 by using O…

Converting a VBA Macro to C# 4.0

I’ve talked a lot about improved COM interop in C# 4.0 and how much easier it is now to work with Office applications. This time I want to share some tips and tricks on how you can convert Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros to C# 4.0 by using O…

Connecting an Access Database to Python

A quick guide to using the Access database with your python scraps. The python language allows far more sophisticated data manipulation then VBA, but does not offer a built in Database. By combing Access and python enables you to quickly produce powerful data manipulation tools.

Hosting Possibilities for Dynamics NAV 2009 R2

With the release of Dynamics NAV 2009 R2 we have spent some time trying to understand the issues related to hosting the product. Based on these discussions we have added some things to the R2 release and will be adding things to the next release as wel…

When OAuth Goes Wrong: Debugging Signature Mismatch Issues in PHP

OAuth is all the rage. Unfortunately, OAuth also produces a lot of rage. Even when you understand the basics of OAuth, getting it to work is a whole other matter. I recently tackled OAuth while writing API documentation for a client (can you see the scars?), and stumbled across some great tools and tricks that can make the ordeal a little less painful.