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Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development

By : Alex Chow
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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

Summary


In this chapter, we've described the differences between the Windows Client and the Development Environment. The WC is the main interface where the end users enter and retrieve data for their day-to-day operations. The Development Environment is the main interface where the Dynamics NAV developers make changes to the interface, to the table structure, and to the RTC.

Understanding how to navigate within the interface will help us as we go through the development of the application because we will know exactly where to go to make these changes appear for the end users. In addition, being familiar with the interface allows us to "copy and paste" similar functions that we want to replicate.

If you would like more information on the Dynamics NAV Windows Client user interface design, and on the different pages that are available, visit this site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj128065(v=nav.70).aspx

In the next chapter, we will take a closer look at the data structure of Dynamics...