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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Programming Cookbook

By : Matthew Traxinger
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Programming Cookbook

By: Matthew Traxinger

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 is a business management solution that helps simplify and streamline highly specialized business processes such as finance, manufacturing, customer relationship management, supply chains, analytics, and electronic commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises. ERP systems like NAV thus become the center of a company's day-to-day operations. When you learn to program in an environment like this it opens up doors to many other exciting areas like .NET programming, SQL Server, and Web Services.Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Programming Cookbook will take you through interesting topics that span a wide range of areas such as integrating the NAV system with other software applications like Microsoft Office, creating reports to present information from multiple areas of the system, and so on. You will not only learn the basics of NAV programming, but you will also be exposed to the technologies that surround the NAV system such as .NET programming, SQL Server, and Web Services.The first half of the cookbook will help programmers coming to NAV for the first time by walking them through the building blocks of writing code and creating objects like tables, forms, and reports. The second half focuses on using the technologies surrounding NAV to build better solutions. You will learn how to write .NET code that works with the NAV system and how to integrate the system with other software applications like Microsoft Office or even custom programs. You will also discover some of the features of the Role Tailored Client including creating Pages and custom add-ins.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Programming Cookbook
Credits
About the author
About the reviewer
Preface
Index

Creating a page using the Page Generation Wizard


Pages are the objects that display data in the RoleTailored client. They are similar to forms in the Classic client. This recipe will show you how to design a basic page.

How to do it...

  1. Create a new page from Object Designer.

  2. Enter Customer for Table.

  3. Select Create a page using a wizard.

  4. Select Card.

  5. Click OK.

  6. Add a line for a new FastTab called Communication.

  7. Click on Next.

  8. Add the No., Name, Address, City, and County fields to the General tab.

  9. Add the Phone No. and E-mail fields to the Communication tab.

  10. Click Finish.

  11. The source of your page will look like the following screenshot:

  12. Compile, save, and close the page.

  13. In NAV 2009 SP1 you can run the page directly from Object Designer. It will look like the following screenshot:

How it works...

Pages are the way the new RoleTailored client displays data. They are similar to forms in functionality, but different in their design. Currently, there is no visual page designer. Until one becomes available, the...