We are a modern company using modern technology like XML interfaces, but many of our customers want for example electronic invoices from us in an EDIFACT format like D96A.
No we cannot use already existing libraries, as they are not written in the C/AL programming language our Navision software uses.
So in order to parse it in C/AL I need to understand its specification. But it looks extremely difficult and complicated.
So can someone give me an overview how to interpret say D96A and how to parse it?
I know that this question is older, but I had to do a little research for a customer's project. There are several good add-ons for Dynamics NAV. Have for example a look at Anveo EDI Connect they implemented the import and export of EDIFACT (and many more formats) directly in NAV. Other solutions are available from BMI, Yaveon, Lanham and several other companies. There are also several service providers that process the data and you agree with them on a simple XML or file based structure.