ExportTranslate
Exports UI text strings of objects from a specified Dynamics NAV database to a text file.
Syntax
finsql.exe command=exporttranslate, file=<exportfile>, [servername=<server>,] [database=<database>,] [filter=<filter>,] [logfile=<path and filename>,] [username=<username>,] [password=<password>,] [ntauthentication=<yes|no|1|0>]
Parameters
file
Specifies the path and name of the text file in which to export the text strings, for example C:\translatestrings.txt. This parameter is required.
servername
The name of the database server that hosts the Dynamics NAV database that contains the text strings to export. The format of this parameter is <computername>\<database server instance>.
If you do not specify both the servername and the database parameter, then the database server and database that are stored in the fin.zup file are used.
Note
When you first specify a database server and database to open, either from a command at a command prompt or from a client, the database server and database are stored in the fin.zup file. By default, the fin.zup file is located at C:\users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\.
If you do not specify the servername parameter but you do specify the database parameter, then the Open Database) window opens so that you can specify the database server name.
Tip
To view the name of the server on which the current database is stored, on the File menu, choose Database, and then choose Information. Use the value of the Database Server field for the servername parameter.
database
The Dynamics NAV database that contains the objects from which you want to export text strings.
If you do not specify both the servername and the database parameter, then the database server and database that are stored in the fin.zup file are used.
Note
When you first specify a database server and database to open, either from a command at a command prompt or from a client, the database server and database are stored in the fin.zup file. By default, the fin.zup file is located at C:\users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\.
If you do not specify the database parameter but you do specify the servername parameter, then the Open Database window opens so that you can specify the database name.
Tip
To view the name of the current database, on the File menu, choose Database, and then choose Information. Use the value of the Database Name field for the database parameter.
filter
Specifies a filter on the Object table. Use the filter parameter to specify which objects to export text strings for. For example, you can export text strings for a set of pages or reports. Use a semicolon to separate multiple filters. The only operator that you can use in the filter is '='. The following table shows the fields in the Object table on which you can filter.
| Object table field | Values | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Table, Codeunit, Page, Report, XMLport, Query | Type=Table|Page |
| ID | Integer or range of integers | ID=50000..50500 |
| Name | Any valid object name | "Name=Cost Entry" |
| Modified | yes, no, 1, 0 | Modified=yes |
| Compiled | yes, no, 1, 0 | Compiled=0 |
| Date | Date, in the numeric format determined by your regional settings | "Date=12/1/2012" |
| Time | Time, in the numeric format determined by your regional settings | "Time=12:00:00" |
| Version List | Any valid version | "Version List=NAVW17.00" |
| Caption | Any valid caption | "Caption=Company Information" |
| Locked | Yes, no, 1, 0 | Locked=1 |
| Locked By | Domain\username | "Locked By=CRONUS\viktor" |
If you do not specify a filter, then text strings from all objects in the Object table are exported.
logfile
The path and file name for the file that contains error messages that result from the command. If there are no errors, then a log file is not created.
By default, the file is named naverrorlog.txt and is located in the same location as finsql.exe.
The navcommandresult.txt file, which contains information about the success or failure of the command, is created in the folder that is specified by the logfile parameter.
When you run finsql.exe with a command, the previous log file and result file are deleted.
Note
If User Access Control (UAC) is turned on and you do not specify to run the command prompt window as Administrator, then the command prompt window runs as a standard user. In this case, if you do not specify the logfile parameter, then the command fails because the standard user cannot write to the default location of the log file.
username
The user name to use to authenticate to the database. The user name must exist in the database. If you do not specify a user name and password, then the command uses the Windows user name and password of the current user to authenticate to the database.
Note
If User Access Control (UAC) is turned on, and you do not specify to run the command prompt window as Administrator, then the command prompt window runs as a standard user. In this case, if you do not specify the username parameter, then even if the current Windows user is an Administrator, the command is run as the standard user.
If you specify the username parameter, then you must also specify the password parameter and the ntauthentication parameter must be no.
For more information about database users and permissions, see Setting Database Owner and Security Administration Permissions.
password
The password to use with the username parameter to authenticate to the database. If you do not specify a user name and password, then the command uses the Windows user name and password of the current user to authenticate to the database.
ntauthentication
Specifies whether to use NT authentication. The possible values are yes, no, 1, or 0. If you specify the username and password parameters, then you must specify ntauthentication=no or ntauthentication=0.
Remarks
You can use this command for translating text strings in multilanguage setup of Dynamics NAV. This command exports all text strings that are associated with objects, which includes text strings that are defined by for properties of the objects in all languages. For more information, see How to: Add Translated Strings By Importing and Exporting Multilanguage Files and Multilanguage Development.
Example
This example shows how to run the ExportTranslate command to export text strings from the Demo Database NAV (10-0) database to a .txt type file that has the path and file name C:\navtextstrings.txt.
finsql.exe command=exporttranslate, file=C:\navtextstrings.txt, servername=TestComputer01\NAVDEMO, database="Demo Database NAV (10-0)"
See Also
BuildVirtualMetadata
CreateDatabase
UpgradeDatabase
CreateLanguage
CompileObjects
Compiling Objects
DeleteObjects
DesignObject
ExportObjects
ImportObjects
ExportLangModule
ImportLangModule
ExportTranslate
ImportTranslate
Using the Development Environment from the Command Prompt