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Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

By : Alexander Drogin
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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
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About the Author
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Preface

Exchanging data with XMLPort objects


XMLPort is a C/SIDE object used to exchange data with external applications in XML format or as plain text in CSV format. XMLPorts are easily configurable and allow us to execute more intricate logic in C/AL trigger. All these advantages make them a very handy tool when it comes to exporting reports in XML format or importing data from external sources.

How to do it...

Now we will create an XMLPort object to export a list of items with certificates in XML format.

  1. In the C/SIDE object designer, select XMLPort in the object types and click New. This opens the XMLPort Designer.

  2. Each line in the designer represents an XML node - either an element or an element's attribute.

  3. Insert a line in the designer to create the root element ItemCertificates:

    Node Name

    Node Type

    Source Type

    Data Source

    ItemCertificates

    Element

    Text

    <ItemCertificates>

    Text in angle brackets means default value assigned by the system. It can be left as-is, without changes...