Dynamics NAV 2018 web client without internet connection

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I've installed the demo env of NAV 2018 on my machine but the web client won't run offline as it tries to download 2/3 javascript files from Microsoft. I've found solutions for 2013 and 2015 but these won't work for 2018.
Does anyone know what I have to do to make NAV 2018 work offline? This would help me a lot to test stuff when I'm on the train.

I already have the javascript files locally, but the problem is that I don't know where to put them and which file I have to change to so that the local files are used in stead of the internet files.

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Stefano Demiliani 37,166 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Never tryed this, the work to do is the same for previous versions. You need to locate all the JS files and download locally. Check the paths on all your web client pages on IIS.

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Andrey Baludin 3,941 on at

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Which browser do you use? Have you tried it with Chrome or Mozilla?

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That's the problem, I don't know which files I have to change. As you can see in the link in my initial post, the solution for 2003R2 and 2005 is already completely different.

I don't think this is browser specific. The reference is in the header so I need to be able to change that. The only question is WHERE.

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Suresh Kulla 50,243 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Do you mean default.master in the old version is not available in the NAV 2018

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Suresh Kulla 50,243 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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I have just reviewed this with NAV 2017 and doesn't seem anything changed. Open your IIS and Select Sites -> Microsoft Dynamics NAV Site -> DynamicsNAV100 -> WebClient -> Resources Folder where you need copy those files and then on the WebClient Folder modify the Default File.

Send the screenshot of your IIS Manage and how it looks.

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mansoor mohomed 10 on at

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what do you mean offline ? To access web client no need to have internet connection , first check is your IIS service is running correctly.

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Look like a lot has changed in NAV2018 (see screenshot). I did find the Resources folder but in another location. When I load the page, in the header there's still the reference to the online javascript files.

I've tried this in chrome and it's the same result. With the dev tools in Chrome, I was able to find more about the possible location of these references.

I don't know anything about this "boot.js" file. Maybe someone knows how this works?

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Stefano Demiliani 37,166 Most Valuable Professional on at

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The url in red is the jQuery script on the Microsoft’s CDN Network. Downloading the script offline and changing the js file is an unsupported game :-)

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I'm not going to change the js file itself, I just want to change the link from ajax.microsoft.com to localhost.

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Stefano Demiliani 37,166 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Yes this is what I was talking. Obviously you can’t change the JS or all will crash.

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