The installation of Dynamics NAV Classic components remains more or less similar to the Dynamics NAV 5.0 version. Thus, in this article, we have used the NAV 5.0 version for installation of Dynamics NAV Classic components and the Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 version for installation of RTC and the other new components introduced after the release of NAV 2009.
Classic client installation, also called a C/SIDE client, is more or less the same for all the versions of Navision Financials, Navision, Microsoft Business Solutions—Navision, or Dynamics NAV.
We have illustrated an example of 5.0 SP1 Dynamics NAV C/SIDE client installations as follows:
Starting with the startup screen of the installation disk, the process is fairly easy and well defined through the various installation stages. Click on C/SIDE Client for Microsoft Dynamics NAV under the Install section of the screen to run the installation wizard.
If we want to install multiple versions of NAV on the same machine, there is a work around to do that. Install the latest version and copy the client (C:program filesMicrosoft Dynamics NAV…) folder(s) for the rest of the versions that we want to use. Once we have copied the client files, use fin.exe or finsql.exe to run the appropriate version of Dynamics NAV; this is not supported by the standard product and must not be used in a client production environment.
The installation process takes us through the setup wizard. In a network installation, we would typically select Minimum as the Install option. This needs the least amount of disk space. We can also select this option if we need just the client executables.
If we select Custom, we will get a few options to select from the following:
There is also the option to change the installation path, by clicking on the Change… button at the bottom.
The following are some of the key program files and what they do:
The wonders of the ZUP file are as follows:
Upwards compatibility: It is recommended to upgrade the client executables to the latest version, if not the database. However, with NAV 2009 this may not be true.
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