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Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

By : Alexander Drogin
Book Image

Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

By: Alexander Drogin

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suite for organizations. The system offers specialized functionality for manufacturing, distribution, government, retail, and other industries. Its integrated development environment enables customizations with minimal disruption to business processes. The book starts explaining the new features of Dynamics NAV along with how to create and modify a simple module. Moving on, you will learn the importance of thinking beyond the boundaries of C/AL development and the possibilities opened by with it. Next, you will get to know how COM can be used to extend the functionalities of Dynamics NAV. You’ll find out how to extend the Dynamics NAV 2016 version using .NET interoperability and will see the steps required to subscribe to .NET events in order to extend Dynamics NAV. Finally, you’ll see the cmdlets available to manage extension packages. By the end of the book, you will have the knowledge needed to become more efficient in selecting the extending methods, developing and deploying them to the Dynamics NAV, and practicing the best practices.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Linking datasources in subpages


Subpages are used to present related information linked to the master record shown in the page. A document header displayed in the main page with linked lines in a subpage is a typical example.

Subpage always has a rule linking it to its master page, and it is always updated in response to any action in the master page. In NAV 2016 it is possible to update the master page after modifying data in a subpage.

How to do it...

In current recipe, we will create a subpage presenting the list of actions performed on a certificate.

  1. Create a new page in object designer.

  2. Set table 50012 Item Certificate Action as a source table for the new page.

  3. Choose the Create a page using a wizard option and select the ListPart page type.

  4. Select the following fields to be presented in the page:

    • Action Date

    • Action Type

    • Expiration Date

  5. Finish and save as page 50012 Item Certificate Subform.

  6. Design the page 50010 Item Certificate Card and add a line below the last field:

    • Type = Part

    • SubType...