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Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development

By : Alex Chow
Book Image

Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development

By: Alex Chow

Overview of this book

So, your company has made the wise decision to use Dynamics NAV as its main business software for all its enterprise resource planning. Dive in and learn the ins and outs of the software from a development standpoint and unlock the software's full potential.The book will walk you through creating an application from start to finish. Once you know how to create a working application that users can access, you will have the knowledge and the resources needed to create other applications based on the tutorials covered in this guide.You will start by obtaining a free trial version of Dynamics NAV and then be introduced to the world of analyzing and deriving user problems into a requirements list. Finally, you will be shown how to use the software to knock out these requirements. You will learn everything you need in order to begin creating your own applications, from translating the user's requirements to creating and modifying your system applications. Use Dynamics NAV's capability to create an application and address the user's needs, while also learning best practices and simple solutions. "Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development" will help you on your way to becoming a great developer!
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 8. Extending Our Application

"If there's a trick to it, the UI is broken."

– Douglas Anderson

We've created a pretty good framework with our application. We created the necessary tables and pages to hold and display the data. We will perform a test with our application to see what other functionality should be added to add to the overall user experience.

As we work with our application, there will be some areas that are not on the task list, but they should still be tweaked so our application is more user friendly. We will extend the functionality of our application with the use of the C/AL code and by changing the property of table fields.

Note that in this chapter, we will be accessing the code behind objects. You will not be able to access the C/AL codes without using an end user license with the Application Builder granule or a Solution Developer license.

If you do not have access to the end user license with the Application Builder on your license and you would like to follow...