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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

The AutoSplitKey property


Remember how our primary key on the lines ends with Line No.? Remember how we keep stating that the Line No. field is automatically generated by the system? Here's how we do this.

The way to do this is not at the table level, but at the page level. From Page Designer, move the cursor down until you are at a new line, then click on View | Properties:

On the property screen, find the AutoSplitKey property and set it to Yes. Another property you will need to set is the DelayedInsert property. Set this property to Yes as well:

The AutoSplitKey property can only be set if the last key on your primary key is an integer field. The purpose of AutoSplitKey is to have Dynamics NAV automatically assign a unique integer value to keep the record unique.

The AutoSplitKey and the DelayedInsert properties almost always go together. If you leave the DelayedInsert property as No (as it is by default), when you go to a new line, it will automatically insert a blank line; the reason...