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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

Where have you seen similar behavior?


After looking at the requirements in the previous screenshot, and assuming you have looked through and spent a few moments clicking around in the system, where have you seen a similar area that allows you to do the following?

  • Allows you to have a unique identifying number for the document

  • Allows you to enter a customer/vendor number

  • Allows you to enter multiple items and quantities

You don't even need to know Dynamics NAV to know this, because every ERP system will have this. The answer is, of course, the sales order and/or the purchase order screens.

The sales and purchase order screens allow you to obtain the order ID to uniquely identify the order of your customer or vendor. It has an area that allows the customer/vendor ID to indicate who the order is for. It also has an area that allows you to enter as many lines of items that you want as well as the associated quantities.

Why are we mentioning this? Well, part of being a great developer is being able...