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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook - Second Edition

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook

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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.
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Acknowledgements
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Index

Using SHELL to run external applications


Opening an external program from NAV will not be a day-to-day activity for any NAV developer; however, this recipe can still be handy for a client with a special request to execute any other application from NAV. In the following recipe, we have taken Notepad as our external application.

How to do it...

  1. Create a new codeunit from Object Designer.

  2. Add the following global variables:

    Name

    Type

    SubType

    WshShell

    Automation

    'Windows Script Host Object Model'.WshShell

  3. Write the following code in the OnRun trigger of the codeunit:

    CREATE(WshShell,FALSE,TRUE);
    WshShell.Run('C:\Windows\notepad.exe');
  4. Save and close the codeunit.

How it works...

As the standard SHELL command is not compatible with NAV RoleTailored client, we are using the class WshShell of Windows Script Host Object Model library. It provides multiple commands that are close to the standard shell command.

After creating an instance of our automation on the client machine, we have used the...

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