Txt2al.exe Download

[Rubi Strycker]

Nowthat you have deltas, you can proceed to the conversion itself. To do the conversion, you can either use CMD or PowerShell, just remember to open them as an administrator. If you are using CMD, navigate file location where the txt2al.exe file is located. Then enter the command:

The Txt2Al conversion tool allows you to take C/AL objects, which were created in Dynamics NAV or Business Central Spring 2019 (version 14), and convert them into the new .al format. The .al format is used when developing extensions for Dynamics 365 Business Central. Converting the objects consists of following two steps:

The Txt2Al conversion tool (txt2al.exe) is only available with version 14, which is the last version to support C/AL. Use this version no matter what later version you may eventually be upgrading to. The AL objects created by the tool will be compatible with later versions.

You find the txt2al.exe on the installation media (DVD) in the "DVD\RoleTailoredClient\program files\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\140\RoleTailored Client" folder. Or, it's installed locally with Dynamics NAV Development Environment, for example, in the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central\140\RoleTailored Client" folder.

You can use the Dynamics NAV Development Shell cmdlet Export-NAVApplicationObject with the -ExportToNewSyntax flag set instead of using finsql. From the command prompt in the Dynamics NAV Development Shell, run Get-Help Export-NAVApplicationObject -full to see the full syntax.

I heard that only BC 14 has the txt2al tool. My situation is that, now we use the NAV 2016 W1 and we would like to upgrade to BC 19 on-premises. Is it possible to use the tool txt2al to speed up the customization program transfer from the old NAV 2016 to the latest BC 19.

The following documentation explains that the Txt2Al conversion tool (txt2al.exe) is only available with version 14, which is the last version to support C/AL. Use this version no matter what later version you may eventually be upgrading to. The AL objects created by the tool will be compatible with later versions. This conversion tool works with C/AL objects created in Dynamics NAV or BC 14.x :

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