Control add-in deployment

To use a control add-in on NAV, we need to perform the following steps:

1. You first to need to sign the control add-in assembly. Open the Visual Studio Command Prompt and go to the directory where you have the compiled control add-in DLL (usually it's in the BIN directory on your project's folder).

   Here you have to launch this command:

   SN.exe -T <NameOfYourDLLAddinFile>
   

   <NameOfYourDLLAddinFile> is the control add-in DLL file.

   Visual Studio signs the assembly and returns a public key token (a 16-character key):

   

2. Now we have to copy the control add-in files (DLLs) in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows client add-ins folder, which is usually located here:

           C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\
           <NAVVersionNumber>\RoleTailored Client\Add-ins 
   

   <NAVVersionNumber> is the number corresponding to the NAV Version (90 = NAV 2016 and so on).

3. In our solution, we have created a subfolder called Buttons on our Add-ins folder:

   

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