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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV

By : David A. Studebaker
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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV

By: David A. Studebaker

Overview of this book

<p>Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly known as Navision) is a well established Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application, part of the Microsoft Dynamics family.</p> <p>Renowned for its challenging learning curve, Dynamics NAV is a complex piece of software with a unique design structure and, for developers learning to modify or enhance it for vital business purposes, the task can sometimes be overwhelming.</p> <p>This book will ease you through the complexities of NAV application development. You will learn the skills and develop the confidence to tackle your own critical NAV applications. This book will act as your experienced NAV programming mentor, helping you to become productive as a NAV developer much more quickly.</p> <p>From basic NAV terminology and concept definitions, through the essential building blocks of NAV data structure and objects, you will gain an understanding of the fundamental underlying concepts of NAV. You will learn practical details about NAV object construction and the tools available, including the Table, Form, and Report Designers. You will learn how to use NAV's tools to effectively navigate through the various features of objects, including properties, triggers, and C/AL code and receive practical guidance on ways to develop and test in the unique NAV C/SIDE development environment.</p> <p>A section on software design for NAV is provided along with tips for efficient design of a new NAV application or enhancing an existing application. With its comprehensive collection of NAV information, this book is not only designed to help you learn, but can act as a reference as well.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Programming Microsoft® Dynamics™ NAV
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface

Summary


At this point you should be feeling relatively comfortable in the navigation of NAV and with your own use of the Object Designer. You should be able to use the Form Wizard readily and Form Designer in an "advanced beginner" mode. Hopefully, you have taken full advantage of the various opportunities to create tables and forms both to our recipes and experimentally on your own.

In this chapter, we have covered a lot of ground. Our focus has been the interactive windows into NAV Forms.

We have also reviewed different types of forms and worked with them. We have reviewed all the controls that can be used in forms and we worked with several. We have also lightly reviewed form and control triggers, learned to use the Form Wizard, and acquired a good introduction to the Form Designer.

With the knowledge gained, we have expanded our C/ANDL system, creating a number of forms for data maintenance and inquiry, as well as studied the full Form Designer environment and tools.

In the next chapter...