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NAV2018 Extensions : No Server has been chosen

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Posted on by Y_NAV_1716 134

Hi all, 

I have been working on an extension for NAV2018. I have managed to create a new project in VSCode and generated the symbols. The issue is when I try to download symbols as I get an error simply stating "No Server has been chosen". 

I have specified the server's and the rest of the details in the launch.json as follows; 

{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "al",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Your own server",
"server": "http://localhost",
"serverInstance": "NAV2018",
"authentication": "Windows",
"startupObjectId": 22,
"port": 7049,
"schemaUpdateMode": "Synchronize"
}
]
}
When I try to download the symbols of the demo database that comes with the installation i.e. the "serverinstance" & "port" properties of the launch.json point to the NAV instance linked with the demo database, it gives no errors. Any ideas why such error could occur? 
Thanks in advance. 

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  • Y_NAV_1716 Profile Picture
    Y_NAV_1716 134 on at
    RE: NAV2018 Extensions : No Server has been chosen

    Had some time to check this out ... this solved it! thanks!

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    Community Member on at
    RE: NAV2018 Extensions : No Server has been chosen

    Hi,

    We also encountered this problem and in our case the cause was that we used workspaces in Visual Studio code. If the project was opened from the workspace, the error message was displayed, but when we opened it as a folder, it did not appear.
    The workspace did not contain any configuration changes. We did not find out what exactly the cause of the problem was, it looks like the AL extension has a general problem with workspaces.

    Chris

    Edited: typo

  • Y_NAV_1716 Profile Picture
    Y_NAV_1716 134 on at
    RE: NAV2018 Extensions : No Server has been chosen

    Hi, thanks for the links above. 

    I had already published the app and generated the symbols as explained in the article though :( 

    Any other ideas, any one? 

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    I Gusti Made Ari Profile Picture
    I Gusti Made Ari 3,594 on at
    RE: NAV2018 Extensions : No Server has been chosen

    Then issue could be due to your database . Please check from event viewer if any error.

    Is your NAV2018 database is upgraded one ?

    if that the case please do following first :

    blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/.../import-symbols-in-new-or-upgrade-databases-with-microsoft-dynamics-nav-2018

    Similar issue can be found on below :

    github.com/.../3641

  • Y_NAV_1716 Profile Picture
    Y_NAV_1716 134 on at
    RE: NAV2018 Extensions : No Server has been chosen

    Hi , thanks for your reply.

    Yes developer service is running and enable loading app. symbols at server startup are enabled. Also, yes i did generate the symbols, successfully, before trying to download them using the command you've mentioned.

    Any other ideas?

    Thanks!

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    I Gusti Made Ari Profile Picture
    I Gusti Made Ari 3,594 on at
    RE: NAV2018 Extensions : No Server has been chosen

    Hi , please make sure Developer Service is running and "Enable loading application symbols at server startup" is checked at the development tab at the service configuration.

    you also need to run below command first to generate symbol of your database before download symbol :

    sample :

    finsql.exe Command=generatesymbolreference, Database="Demo Database NAV (11-0)", ServerName=.\NAVDEMO

    Details :

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-running-cside-and-al-side-by-side

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