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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook - Second Edition

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 is a business management solution that helps simplify and streamline highly specialized business processes. Learning NAV programing in NAV 7 gives you the full inside view of an ERP system. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook covers topics that span a wide range of areas such as integrating the NAV system with other software applications including Microsoft Office, and creating reports to present information from multiple areas of the system,. We will not only learn the essentials of NAV programming, you will also be exposed to the technologies that surround NAV including.NET programming, SQL Server and NAV system administration. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook is written in a direct, to-the-point style to help you get what you need and continue working in NAV. The first half of the cookbook will help programmers using NAV for the first time, by walking them through the building blocks of writing code and creating objects such as tables, pages, 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 such as Microsoft Office or even custom programs. You will learn everything you need to know for developing all types of NAV CSIDE objects, as well as how to integrate and maintain a NAV system.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Acknowledgements
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating a FactBox page


In RTC, we can see small boxes on the right-hand side of the pages, which display brief information about the current record. To maintain the standard NAV GUI in customized pages, it is suggested to add FactBox related to the pages. In this recipe, we will create a FactBox page based on Item table and add it on the default Item List page.

How to do it...

  1. Create a new page from Object Designer.

  2. Leave the Table Name field blank and choose the Create Blank Page option to design a page from scratch.

  3. From the Page Designer window, set the following page properties (Shift + F4):

    Property

    Value

    PageType

    CardPart

    SourceTable

    Item

  4. Add the following variables in the Page Designer window:

    Type

    SubType

    SourceExpr

    Name

    Container

    ContentArea

     

    MainContainer

    Field

     

    "No."

    <No.>

    Field

     

    Description

    <Description>

    Field

     

    Inventory

    <Inventory>

  5. The indented Page Designer window will look similar to the following screenshot:

  6. Save and...