Help upgrading NAV 2016 to 2017 - very minor field and page customization - stuck at compare/merge

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I am trying to upgrade from NAV 2016 to NAV 2017. We have a few small customizations in 2016, extending a couple field lengths and adding fields to reports and pages. When following the update process I got stuck at trying to export the application code as a text file for a compare/merge because I do not have a developer license. Is there another process or tool to update to NAV 2017 and keep our customizations?

We are a small company, with no special customizations and can't justify the cost nor feel the effort requires our partner's involvement to perform this update.

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Amol Salvi 18,696 on at

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RE: Help upgrading NAV 2016 to 2017 - very minor field and page customization - stuck at compare/merge

Best option you can hire Freelancer for upgrading the same.
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RE: Help upgrading NAV 2016 to 2017 - very minor field and page customization - stuck at compare/merge

I'm ticked off that we can't even upgrade software that we own AND we have not modified anything with a developer license! There has to be a way to upgrade without forcing me to get a consultant.

Our partner knows we have no more money to spend on them and thus they have no incentive to help us. It's been 2 business days with no response. I asked them:

"Can you please:

1. Let us know what it would cost for ****** to update us to 2017 and keep the modifications we have made such as table field length changes, additional report fields, and additional page fields

OR

2. Allow us to use a developer license so we can perform the 2017 update process ourselves."
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Maneesha 5,891 on at

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RE: Help upgrading NAV 2016 to 2017 - very minor field and page customization - stuck at compare/merge

yep is really not reasonable :) ,

dont worry about your modification , keeping touch your partner is the better way for you modifications .....

They will charge for it but no worries its might be very law cost :)
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Yogesh Kulkarni_ 1,762 on at

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Hi,

Instead of going for Development License, you can consider for local partner, as we are not having any rights to extract NAV object in .txt format without Developer License.

-Yogesh Kulkarni
Please verify, if you find answer helpful.
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RE: Help upgrading NAV 2016 to 2017 - very minor field and page customization - stuck at compare/merge

@Maneesha De Silva

$28,000USD + 16% annually because I extended item description field length... that is not reasonable
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Indikauk 1,759 on at

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RE: Help upgrading NAV 2016 to 2017 - very minor field and page customization - stuck at compare/merge

Hi Tj-Nav

During the Upgrade Process, you need to have the development License for Data upgrade.

so without involving the partner you will not be able to upgrade to Nav 2017 unless you have a developer license for your company.

Thanks

indika.
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Maneesha 5,891 on at

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RE: Help upgrading NAV 2016 to 2017 - very minor field and page customization - stuck at compare/merge

Dear TJ-NAV ,

Simple answer is you cant do this without having developer licences

Just purchase one for your company , its is might be helpful to you for your future customizations also
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Amol Salvi 18,696 on at

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RE: Help upgrading NAV 2016 to 2017 - very minor field and page customization - stuck at compare/merge

Agree with other members as without Developer licenses you can not export it to text file.
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RE: Help upgrading NAV 2016 to 2017 - very minor field and page customization - stuck at compare/merge

extending a couple field character lengths and adding fields to reports and pages
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Alexander Ermakov 28,094 on at

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RE: Help upgrading NAV 2016 to 2017 - very minor field and page customization - stuck at compare/merge

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of the way to achieve such export without the developer's license. There is also no "temporary" licensing solution. Have you done such customization changes that required the developer's license?