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Unable to save the file from web client in required directory.

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Posted on by Sulav Thapaliya 12

Hello All,
I am trying to export the invoice file in xml format through XMLPORT. I have written the code to export the xmlport in C:\XmlData directory.  I have already created the folder with name XmlData in C drive. The code executes when the post and print action is clicked on sales order card page. It works fine for RTC but when I am trying to do it from web client then I get the error about folder not being accessible.

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    Stefano Demiliani Profile Picture
    Stefano Demiliani 37,166 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Unable to save the file from web client in required directory.

    From web client, the C drive is on the server. You cannot access the C for sure. The best practice is to save the file to the temporary folder or to a folder where the user has permissions.

  • Sulav Thapaliya Profile Picture
    Sulav Thapaliya 12 on at
    RE: Unable to save the file from web client in required directory.

    The user type is a NavUser. Is it possible to give permission to NavUser for the folder.

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    Stefano Demiliani Profile Picture
    Stefano Demiliani 37,166 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Unable to save the file from web client in required directory.

    The folder cannot be C:\ (root of the C drive) because this location cannot be written for security reasons.

    Create a custom folder under C: and give it the appropriate permissions for the web user (service account under which the NAV service tier runs).

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    Sulav Thapaliya 12 on at
    RE: Unable to save the file from web client in required directory.

    The user credential type is NavUserPassword. The client that are accessing the web client are not in a network domain. Is there any other way I can do in C/AL code so that I do not need to add the user in every clients folder.

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    Stefano Demiliani 37,166 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: Unable to save the file from web client in required directory.

    No need to give all user the permissions to that folder. Just give the permission to IIS_IUSR (IIS worker role) and to the service account under which NAV service runs.

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