Customizing and Extending Lasernet BC Connector

Note

This article’s intended audience is Business Central developers.

Introduction

This article describes possible ways to customize Lasernet BC Connector by adding custom reports as well as extending the functionality of the basic Lasernet Connector.

Note that:

• This article does not cover all possible use cases.

• The way your customization works will change according to the changes made in the Lasernet Connector application.

• These customizations will not be implemented immediately (only in case of drastic changes).

• Consistency is not guaranteed. If you find discrepancies in the code or would like to suggest ways to improve it, please notify Formpipe Support. We always appreciate your feedback.

Getting Started

To start customizing and extending your Lasernet BC Connector, follow these recommendations:

• Use the provided source code as a basis for developing your own extension, which will enable handling custom reports.

• Visual Studio Code is often preferred over an IDE for development.

• The minimum application version dependency is specified in app.json.

• The comments within the code explain the purpose of procedures and objects.

Extending your Lasernet Connector application is not only useful for adding custom reports, as it opens up several possibilities in the following areas, including but not limited to:

• Connector Interface — see Src >  NewFileConnectInterface in the attached file.

• Print Archive Interface — see Src >  NewArchive in the attached file.

• Document Layout Field Type Interface

• Footer Data Interface

• Print Method Interface

• FileNaming Interface

• FileNaming —  see Src >  FileNameHandlingSubscriber in the attached file.

• Path Selection Interface — see Src >  NewPathInterface in the attached file.

• Export/Import Handling — see Src > ExportImportExt in the attached file.

• Batch Printing — see Src > BatchPrint in the attached file.

• Other — see Src > LanguageFormatAddress in the attached file.

A number of available publishers can help you with customizing Lasernet BC Connector. For more information, refer to the LACPublishers.md file attached to this article.