Showing XML file in new browser tab when formbutton is clicked.

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Dear Dynamics-enthusiasts,

I'm currently working on a requirement where the client would like to see an xml opened when a button is clicked on a form.

The form (and its) button work fine, the xml can be collected from the form datasource, and used to call below code:

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I was under the impression that this was the needed solution.

However, after trying numerous things, I keep getting the same error:

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I was wondering whether anyone knows how to solve the error, or another way to satisfy the requirement (open xml in new browser tab after button click).

All feedback, suggestions and help are more than welcome, and appreciated!

Kind regards,

Adil

Junior D365 developer

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For reference, we discussed something related in Show xml in Dynamics 365 for Operations Browser tab.

What if you simply use File::SendStringAsFileToUser(reqLog.XML, 'XMLView22.xml')?

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Hi Martin. Thankyou for your answer.

I tried it, but it sends the file to the user (as the methodname literally says) so that the user can download it.

My requirement however is to immediately show the file in a new browser tab. The user does not need to download/click extra times. Just 1 click on an D365 form, and a new browserwindow should popup with the XML inside.

So in short: form button click -> new browser window with the xml on it. Anything short of that exact functionality is not what I'm looking for.

About the other post, I've read it and tried the suggestions there as well. Maybe this requirement just transcends AX's scope.

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Interesting requirement, your code just sends the file download URL to the browser object,

whereas the download has to already happen, and you have to pass the "..localpath\filename.." to the browser object (instead of download URL).

How exactly? I'm not sure, but will update here if I figure out.

I know for sure it is possible

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@Admin(s), this is for 365 Finance forum, btw. If one of you could kindly move?

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The web server doesn't know anything about features of certain browsers such as tabs and has no control over it. This is managed by the browser itself. For example, the thread How to force open links in Chrome not download them? explains how you can configure Chrome to open certain types of files directly instead of downloading them.

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Crispin John Augustine 37,081 on at

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That is very interesting to know.

Could that be also then a default browser setting like "Download files automatically"? or something similar.

My certainty was from a reporting tool, that opens a report in the browser.

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