Release notes for the Lasernet Connector Business Central

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Every quarter there is a new version of the Lasernet Connector for Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Here, you'll find a list over the new features, fixes and enhancements of a release.

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The Lasernet Connector for Dynamics Business Central version 4.1.1.0 has been released!

Release date: 05-01-2023 

New Features and Enhancements in the Lasernet Connector BC

#211735 – Resend from Archive

From BC20.1 and later, you now have to option resend the exact PDF version that was originally produced - this counts regardless of if it was printed, email or etc.

If you want to use this features, you go directly to Lasernet Archive. From here, you choose the Resend PDF button from the top menu and you will see the email dialog.

After the resend, Lasernet will create a new record in the archive and mark it as Resend.

#304459 - Document Layout Filter improvement

With placeholders, we introduced a light version of filtering on the data we want to get from BC, so we have implemented the same functionality on Document Layout. It is now possible to do three types of filtering.

1. Field Value: This filter makes you able to select a Field from a table
2. Filter String: This filter makes you able to type in a manual Filter
3. Filter String (Placeholders): This filter makes you able to use a System Value as Filter

These new Document Layout Filters is a valuable feature for you, who would like to add only one type of item attributes or bank accounts that are not blocked or is filter by CurrencyCode.

In general, Document Layouts are now looking similar to Placeholders that are used for Email Templates.

The Lasernet Connector for Business Central roadmap 2023 is here!

Release date: 04-01-2023 

The roadmap for the Lasernet Connector for the BC is now available to download.

In 2023 you can look forward to:

• Service Management reports: Support for Service Invoice and Service Order reports.
  The key benefits of these reports are that you will be able to distribute these with Lasernet and make codeless reports customization
• Email distribution improvements: Multiple language support for BC.
  The key benefit from this improvement is that the Lasernet Connector Extension supports other languages than English.

Click on the roadmap to download it and see what 2023 has to offer.

Please note: The roadmap is only indicative and is subject to change.

The Lasernet Connector for Dynamics Business Central version 4.1.0.0 has been released!

Release date: 04-11-2022

New Features and Enhancements in the Lasernet Connector BC

#208988 – Support for Attachments from BC

The attachment functionality has been improved so it includes the option to send emails through both BC and Lasernet. It is now possible to specify the desired attachment and which report you wish to add it to.

#204460 – Define email body and subject

You can now specify your own email body and subject in different languages and use placeholders as variable fields/words in an email template to personalize the email for a customer or vendor.

You first need to specify the placeholders. Placeholders are the fields from a table that you wish to use in an email template, such as Customer Name, Document Number, or Username.

Next, you must create the email template. You can use and import an HTML email or create your own with our tool. You can also specify the language desired by the customers and vendors.

#323241 – Limited number of records in custom field filtering (Document Layout)

There has been added a new setting to Lasernet Setup, so you can control the maximum number of records that should be retrieved from the database when custom fields are added using Document layout. The default is 10000 records, and zero would produce unlimited records.

#310568 – Translations are missing in the XML footer

Some nodes were missing translations.

Before:

Now:

On some reports like Sales Order, if there was not any language specified then it returned to the Lasernet Connector Setup default language settings. This caused the report to show the wrong data format in the XML file.

#307297 – Customer/Vendor No. is added to Lasernet Archive

There has been added a new column to give a better overview of Customers and Vendors.

There has been added support for Job Queue executions from code. We are still waiting for Microsoft to add Post and Print hooks via Job Queue. They have informed that it will be fixed in BC 21.47191.xxxx

Using Post and Print Warehouse Shipment, Lasernet did not look for Marked Only shipments and printed all Shipments. This has now been corrected.

If you combine Warehouse Shipments from multiple Sales Orders, only one of the Sales Shipments was printed rather than all of them. This has now been corrected.

There has been added Item Attributes to the Lasernet report. The attributes were already on the report but were missing on the second node in the XML file.

This can now be added to the report layout using the Lasernet Developer Tool.

There has been added VAT specifications to the Lasernet report. This can now be added to the report layout using the Lasernet Developer Tool.

On the Customer Statement report, a currency section was always added even though it resulted in open entries in Detail Customer ledger entries.

If your Customer Statement had an entry within a specific currency, this section was always added. This has now been corrected.

When a Document Layout validated the Field No. it did not always suggest a Description.

The activation and deactivation of Use Distribution were not previously addressed. If you had a record within the Distribution settings, then the email was taken from this record despite Use Distribution being deactivated.

The MailBody node in the XML file has been renamed to MailBodyHTML to support the new Email Template feature.

Please remember to change your XML Transformer Engine so it now looks for this node name instead of the old name.

The priority of formats of custom fields from Document Layout is taken in the following order:

• Format String (only for System Value field type)
• If empty (for System Value field type), then look for the Field Format ID for the selected language
• If not found, then look for the Field Format ID for empty language
• If not found, then look for the Usage Format ID for the selected language
• If not found, then look for the Usage Format ID for the empty language
• If not found, then the XML format is taken (<Standard Format,9>)

There has been added a shortcut to Translation within Document Layout.

The Lasernet Connector for Dynamics Business Central version 4.0.1.3 has been released!

Release date: 12-04-2022

New Features and Enhancements in the Lasernet Connector BC

#283216 – Added more information to Lasernet Archive

More information is displayed about the job in the Lasernet archive, e.g. Mail Subject/body, email address, etc. 

This is displayed in a new infobox:

#286226 – Adding totals to Sales Blanket Report

There has been added the totals into the XML file.

#288625 – Error Message: "The length of the string is xx, it must be less than or equal to 20 characters"

When trying to print multiple documents at the same time, the following error message is displayed:

"The length of the string is xx, it must be less than or equal to 20 characters"

This is now fixed.

#288871 – All Lines are now included on all reports (including empty reports)

Some lines were removed on the Lasernet reports, e.g. the Sales order BC was adding rounding or prepayment as a separate line or comments. Now you can include all lines related to the document independent of their type and contents. We have added a new option to the Lasernet Report Setup menu. Enabling this option will include all lines.

#291278 – Sales Finance Charge report can not add custom fields via Document Layout

The top table on the Sales Finance Charge was wrong causing problems when adding Custom Fields via Document Layout. This is now fixed.

#291525 – Document Layout generates incorrect data when set in certain conditions

Document Layout custom field can generate a wrong Line No. for filtering in specific cases. 

For example, this can happen when a Sales Document has Sales Lines 10000, 20000 and 40000 (30000 was deleted before posting). 

During the posting, Sales Shipment Line or Posted Warehouse Shipment Line has Line Nos 10000, 20000 and 30000, with relation to 10000, 20000 and 40000 respectfully. 

When the top-level is starting from Sales/Posted Warehouse Shipment Line and has a sub-item Sales Line with a specified relation, the code was incorrectly assigned a Line No. for displaying 10000, 20000 and 40000. As a result, data that is required for the original line 30000 was filtered out.  This is now fixed.

#291528 – Inventory report takes the wrong email address

If you change the email address or email body on the Request page on the following reports, the email from Inventory Setup was used instead: 

• Item Label

• Transfer Order

• Warehouse Picking List

• Warehouse Shipment

#291846 – Issued Fin. Charge Memo selects incorrect Email

SourceNo in Print Request was set the same as the Document No. so a proper Email cannot be found (the search was based on SourceNo field). This is now fixed.

#293042 – [OnPrem] Some reports generate error "Supplied field number '1' cannot be found" upon print

You could see this error if you use the On-prem version of Lasernet BC. 

This could happen on the following reports: 

• Purchase Credit Memo

• Purchase Invoice

• Sales Credit Memo

• Sales Invoice

• Sales Shipment

• Sales Return Order

This is now fixed.

#293597 – Attachment does not work when sending email

There was a bug in version 4.0.1.2 where attachments were not added to the email form. This is now fixed.

#293729 – Printing multiple reports in one selection will result in a faulty XML file

We now support multiple previews. You can select more than one record to print or preview.

Note: All records are treated individually, so if you choose email, it will look for each customer and try to find an email address.

The following numbers 1-4 represent Sales Orders:

#293793 – Description on Document Layout Field is now mandatory

The description field is now mandatory as it is used for naming the node in the XML file:

#293799 – Item label report added Translations to Custom Fields

The translation for Custom Fields is now added.

#294020 – Updated archive to the value from setup upon validating Print Option on the request page

The Archive button now changes depending on the Lasernet Method that the user selects on the request page. Before it only used the default method from the Customer or Vendor card, setting the Archive Document option once upon opening the request page.

#294116 – Transfer order report takes the wrong email adress

When adding email to the Inventory Setup and using Send E-mail as default,  the email address on the Transfer Order request page was not shown. This is now fixed.

#294137 – Error Message: "The Warehouse Activity Header does not exist. Identification fields and values: Type=' ',No."

When trying to email the Warehouse picking list, the following error message is displayed:

"The Warehouse Activity Header does not exist. Identification fields and values: Type=' ',No."

This is now fixed.

#294275 – Error Message: "The FPL Report setup does not exist. Identification fields and values: Document Type = Item Label"

The above error message was shown when there is no Report Setup record found for Item Label and the user opens the Items List. 

This is now fixed.

#294321 – System generated lines do not show up on report

System-generated lines that BC is generating such as Prepayments lines on an invoice or roundings were not displayed on the Lasernet report. 

This is now fixed.

Connector Business Central version 4.0.1.2 has been released!

Release date: 15-02-2022

New Features and Enhancements in the Lasernet Connector BC

#285841 – Support for Attach PDF

Now we support the Attach PDF function. Before this feature, you got a Microsoft report, and now you get a Lasernet report.

When selecting the function it will add the Lasernet report within the attachment on Business Central.

#284542 – Add environment information to PrintControl section

We have added the environment name into the XML file.

#283825 – New report - Sales Return Order

We have added the Sales Return Order report to our list.

#279672 – Sales Order - email handling use standard hooks

We have changed our code so we use standard hooks.

#282806 – Show request page for every Post & Send / Print option

With Lasernet, you don't get a dialog box on all types of reports with the option to choose where you want to print to, when functions start prints in the background.

With this new feature, you can now select if you want to show a Lasernet request page when there is a print action in the background. For example, when you issue a Reminder or Posting a Sales Return Order (this will trigger the Sales Shipment and Invoice report).

#286218– Document Layout - Customer Statement - Adding data on line level does not show up in XML file

Adding a new field via Document Layout didn’t add the field to the XML file. Now fixed.

#281049– Customer Statement - Add translation handling for predefined descriptions of Detailed Cust. Ledger Entry Types.

The right translation on the statement for some fields was not added. This is now corrected.

#281048 – Customer Statement - Description and DocumentNumber nodes have incorrect values

This is now corrected and will show up correctly on the report.

#279671– Rework subscribers for email, auto print

We have improved our code. We have rewritten the code for all reports.

#285282 – File Path Setup is exported/imported incorrectly (Onprem)

We had the wrong node name in the XML file when exporting. This is now corrected.

#281050 – Error when printing Warehouse Shipment

The following errors have been fixed

Error: Record (7320) is not compatible with Codeunit Run (record(5766)).

"FPL Whse-Shipment"(Report 12060800).OnPreReport(Trigger) line 29 - Lasernet Connector by Formpipe Software AB

"Report Selection Warehouse"(Table 7355).PrintDocuments line 11 - Base Application by Microsoft

"Report Selection Warehouse"(Table 7355).PrintWhseShipmentHeader line 2 - Base Application by Microsoft

"Warehouse Document-Print"(CodeUnit 5776).PrintShptHeader line 11 - Base Application by Microsoft

"Warehouse Shipment"(Page 7335)."&Print - OnAction"(Trigger) line 2 - Base Application by Microsoft

#283667 – Import error: Media object cannot be imported because the InStream object is empty

This error was shown when importing an archive. This is now corrected.

#280911 – Some publishers with IsHandled that is not passed by reference

This only occurs if you add your own customized report. (For developers).

#280810 – Introduced interface FPL Connector Interface v2 with new method HandleFileName

This only occurs if you add your own customized report. (For developers).

#280930 – Introduced new interface FPL Print Archive v2 with updated method OpenArchivePage that allows handling separate documents

This only occurs if you add your own customized report. (For developers).

The Lasernet Connector for Business Central roadmap 2022 is here!

Release date: 14-01-2022

We are pleased to announce that the latest roadmap for the Lasernet Connector for the BC product is now available to download.

2022 will be with a focus on improvements for the BC Connector and support.

Click on the roadmap to download it and see what 2022 has to offer.

Please note: The roadmap is only indicative and is subject to change.

The Lasernet Connector Business Central version 4.0.1.1 has been released

Release date: 28-12-2021

New Features and Enhancements in the Lasernet Connector BC

#275111 – Issue Reminder does not archive the PDF

The PDF was not archived when issuing a Reminder. If printed from Posted Issued Reminders, then it was archived.

#275110 – Wrong total on Reminder report 

The total did not calculate the additional fee. 

#278252 – Added more publishers in the code for Lines filtering handling 

Developers can control the filtering of the lines via events.

#277143 – Proforma Invoice report missing lines 

Example: One line with item no. 1001, quantity of 10 and nothing shipped and “Qty. To Invoice” is 0. Line is not included in the XML that is sent to Lasernet.

Now all lines are present and we have added two new fields to the report / xml. "qty to Invoice" and "qty Invoiced".

#279491 – Customer statement wrong sorting when having multiple currencies 

When having multiple currencies then sorting of the lines is wrong. It should be sorted on the Posting date.

 

#279490 – Customer statement wrong starting amount on multiple currencies 

When having multiple currencies, the starting amount is the same across all currencies.

#279492 – Customer statement mix email adresses when sending more than one statement to multiple cuustomers 

We have found a major issue when emailing customer statements from the main menu. If you send statements via email to more than one customer, then it uses the email from the first customer on all customers resulting in customers receiving statements from other customers.

New Features and Enhancements in the Lasernet Connector BC

#258773 – Purchase Credit Memo report support

Together, with the new Purchase Credit Memo, Lasernet Connector for Business Central now supports 22 reports.

#258770 – Purchase Invoice report support 

Along with the new Purchase Invoice, Lasernet Connector for Business Central now supports 22 reports. 

#267139 – Import Archive data 

The Export / Import module has been improved and it's now possible to import Archive data that was exported from Lasernet Connector for Business Central v3.0.2.0 when making an upgrade to v4.0.1.0 smoother.

#270411 – Update Report Setup 

When updating the report list with newly added reports, the Reset Setup feature was used. Although this worked very well, it deactivated all the reports on the list.

Now, when using the Update Report Setup feature, newly added reports will appear on the report list with a simple click. All existing reports will stay active. 

 

#271390 – Published events improvements 

Published events provide a hook-up point. In this version, there are several improvements such as adding published events to all reports and obtaining Custom Fields records.

#267035 – Missing permission on the Translation Target table issue

Translation Target table was not added to default permissions. This has now been fixed. 

#263563 – Copy Document issue in Document Layout 

Copy Document function returned “The given key was not present in the dictionary” error. This has now been fixed. 

#204478 – Import issue 

Before if we export data and then import it into a client that is configured to use another language – the import would fail. This has now been fixed.

New Features and Enhancements in the Lasernet Connector BC

#267139 – Export data from Archive 

The Export module has been improved and now it's possible to export Archive data. Archive data then can be imported to Lasernet Connector for Business Central v4. making an upgrade to the new version smoother.

#258764 – Support Text and Code fields with length more than 250 symbols 

Document Layout now supports fields with a length of more than 250 symbols. 

#227673 – Interest Rate translation issue in Sales Finance Charge report 

Interest Rate translation displayed incorrectly in the Sales Finance Charge report. This has now been fixed. 

#227674 – Assembly Line Quantity translation issue in Pick Instruction report 

Assembly Line Quantity translation displayed incorrectly in the Pick Instruction report. This has now been fixed. 

#227675 – Posting Date translation issue in Warehouse Shipment report 

Posting Date translation displayed incorrectly in Warehouse Shipment report. This has now been fixed. 

#234250 – Filter issue on Customer Statement report request page 

A filter warning message was displayed incorrectly on the Customer Statement report request page. This has now been fixed. 

#236626 – Sales Unit of Measure translation issue in Lasernet Item Label report 

Sales Unit of Measure translation displayed incorrectly in the Lasernet Item Label report. This has now been fixed. 

#241784 – Transfer-to Bin Code issue in Transfer Order report 

Bin Code value was wrong in Transfer Order report XML. This has now been fixed. 

#228683 – Distribution Settings import does not pick up Template Code 

Distribution Settings import does not pick up Template Code. This has now been fixed. 

#234252 – Repeat statement issue during Report Selection Warehouse export 

Incorrect repeat statement from Report Selection Warehouse table was used to generate output XML during Export. This has now been fixed. 

#259433 – Connection String import issue 

Connection String could not be imported if the length exceeded 250 symbols. This has now been fixed. 

New Features and Enhancements in the Lasernet Connector BC

#204472 - Published events support 

Lasernet Connector for Business Central now supports published events that provide a hook-up point in the application. They make it possible for customers, partners and third-party developers to adjust the functionality of Lasernet Connector without the necessity to change program code or asking for making specific tweaks.

Published events also provide capabilities for developers to create custom reports on their own without the necessity to contact Tabellae. These reports distribution can be handled with many different output channels in which Lasernet supports (paper, e-mail, fax, XML, UBL, PDF, etc.).

#204489 - Document Translation improvements

Document Translation has significant improvements. The new user interface makes it simple to set translation – select a label from the list and add as many translations as needed. The Languages Covered section will automatically display the number of created translations for a label that allows seeing missed records without any difficulty.

Adding multiple translations has never been so easy – the Copy Language feature will copy all or selected only translations from an existing language to a new one. It’s only a way to save some clicks, and copied translations can be changed to any value later.

#204463 - Report Templates is now replaced with Report Setup

Managing reports has never been simpler. All the new Report Setup management area, (which replaced Report Templates) allows keeping reports configuration at your fingertips. Activation of a report could be done with a single click.

#231920 - Sales Draft Invoice report support

Together with the new Sales Draft Invoice, the Lasernet Connector for Business Central now supports 20 reports.

#259584 - Preview documents within the Business Central user interface

The Documents preview functionality has been extended. Users can now select if they either want to preview documents within the Business Central user interface or open documents in separate tabs.

#259591 - Automatically add document attachments to an email in Business Central email confirmation

Document attachments would be automatically added to an email with setup via the Lasernet Connector settings. No coding or rebuilding is needed.

#259714 - Pass all descriptions independent of Item Line type for the Issued Reminder report

In previous versions of the Lasernet Connector for Business Central, the Customer Ledger Entry item line description was passed to the Issued Reminder report as an empty value. Now if a Customer Ledger Entry item line description is not empty in Business Central, it would be displayed in the Issued Reminder report.

#221117 - Lasernet Connector available on the Microsoft AppSource

Lasernet Connector for Business Central is now available on the Microsoft AppSource – an online store providing cloud-based applications that enterprises can use with Dynamics 365, Azure, Microsoft 365 and Power Platform. AppSource fulfills a market need and connects business customers with SaaS applications and integration services, and it’s already become a thriving ecosystem that gives business users one place to discover and trial apps.

Lasernet Connector for Business Central is ideally suited for the Microsoft AppSource. The product provides capabilities to create and redesign business documents in a fast and easy manner. It allows users to change logos, incorporate marketing messages and update the general look and feel of business documents so that they send a strong message about your business vision to the market.

The Microsoft AppSource is an online market for buying and selling cloud solutions certified to run on Microsoft’s cloud services. It connects companies who seek innovative, cloud-based solutions with partners that already developed ready-to-use solutions. The availability of Lasernet Connector for Business Central on AppSource will make it easier for customers to purchase and use this effective tool for creating reports and designing business documents in a way that reflects positively on their company brand.

New Features and Fixes in the Lasernet Connector BC

#204471 - New email option in BC18.

Microsoft have depricated the old email function, so now we support the new function. Please note this is only in BC18, they others still works fine.

But the new email function also support a more smoth change of the email subject and body and on top of that it also supports attachment both from attachments from the report but also manually in the email dialog.

This new email function has a better user interface and it supports attachment with the possibility of adding even more attachments as well.

#215251 - Warning on Requestpages of reports. Now check if Distribution list are active.

Before we only check if there was an email or not. Now we also check to see if it’s active or not.

#218360 - Pick Instruction report Request page wrong warning message "Sales Order xxx not found!"

When you try to print a Pick Instruction from a Sales Order, you can get a warning that the Sales Order is not found. We have removed our check that was introduced in version 3.0.0.12.

#223098 - Include all customers with a balance option on Customer Statement.

We had added another option on the Customer Statement request page called Include all customers with a balance.

Before this function was added it didn’t print the Customer Statement when customer has Ledger Entries but a 0.00 balance. Now with this function you can send your customer a statement showing all the Ledger Entries from a given period also when the balance is 0.00

#223184 - Sales Reminder - LanguageCode was not correct.

The Language Code in the XML file / data was wrong, so now this is corrected.

#224034 - JobInfo NoOfCopies is now changed to Copies in the XML file.

In order to support number of copies on the print output we have changes the JobInfo NoOfCopies to Copies, so you don’t have to do that your self manually. With Copies, Lasernet now know that it need to print more than one copy base on the amount you enter on the request page.

#226849 - Language Code on Sales order page was there twice in BC18.

Lasernet has it own Language Code and that is renamed BC18 in order not to conflict with Microsoft’s Language Code added from BC18.

#227123 - Remove extra quick search entries, leaving only necessary options.

When using the Search option in BC, before we had more than 40 hits. Now we only show the important ones.

#227199 - Adjust Azure Blob Container List and Service Bus Queue List to have same principle of selecting entry.

When selection a Container with Lasernet Setup / Azure Storage, we have changed the list to use less fields but also to use a tmp table instead of a normal table. The same goes for the Azure Service Bus queue.

New Features and Fixes in the Lasernet Connector BC

The purpose of this section is to outline the new features and fixes of Lasernet Version 3.0.0.9:

• #664 Communicate via file/folders between the connector and Lasernet Server.
  • Only Business Central On-premise supports this.
• #712 More options when exporting / Importing.
• #714 The value of COPYSTR parameter 2 is outside of the permitted range.
• #718 Only Open Entries options are added to the Customer Statement request page.

• #721 Timeout option is added to the Lasernet Setup page.
• #726 Use Connection String instead of URL and user/password on Azure Service Bus settings.
• #728 We have added Tooltips to the Timeout fields in Lasernet Setup.
• #731 Renaming or deleting Document Layout will cause export/import to fail.
• #732 OutputFilePath, OutputFilename and RequiredInterface JobInfos are added to the XML in order to support a file exchange.
• #736 Added extra fields to Sales Order report - Field 24 (DueDate), 60 (Amount Including VAT) and 61 (Amount).
• #738 Sales Blanket Order - There is no Sales Header within the filter.