File Service
The File Service enables you to work with local files from Business Central running in the cloud or a hosted environment.
In older versions of Business Central and Navision, you could access local files from AL/CAL code. This is no longer possible. You are now expected to use cloud storage, which can be difficult to handle or migrate to. On top of that, most cloud-based storage does not have a fixed cost structure and is expensive in large quantities.
Since we already had a direct print solution that communicates with resources on a local network, creating a solution for working with files was a logical next step.
Installation
The files service is installed with our installer and only takes a few minutes.
How to install the file service
When the installation is completed. You connect your local file service with your Business Central environment. This is done the same way as the print service.
You decide which folders are available to Business Central with the aliases in the configuration.
Demo Project
Once you have everything set up, you can try building the demo project extension. This will show you how to work with the file service.