This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1.
The 1st of the new functionality in the User experiences section is preview PDF attachments directly in web client.
By providing you a smooth and easy way to work with attachments, report outputs, or incoming documents, you remain productive and in the context of your work, which saves time and effort.
Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: –
General Availability: Apr 2025
Feature Details
This feature lets you open PDF attachments directly in the Business Central web client without downloading them first. Files are shown in preview mode in a specialized viewer experience, similar to the print preview feature, and you can always download a PDF file from there.
This feature works automatically across all areas of Business Central, including ISV code. However, it requires an uptake from extension developers because two new AL methods have been added to capture this new behavior, following the pattern of the File.Download method:
- File.ViewFromStream – for Business Central online
- File.View – for Business Central on-premises
This feature is now used in various areas of Business Central, such as document attachments and incoming documents.
My Opinion
I can see the benefit of this one both in ease of viewing and that PDFs aren’t downloaded onto whichever machine you’re working on when you viewed the file.