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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV

By : David A. Studebaker
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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV

By: David A. Studebaker

Overview of this book

<p>Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly known as Navision) is a well established Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application, part of the Microsoft Dynamics family.</p> <p>Renowned for its challenging learning curve, Dynamics NAV is a complex piece of software with a unique design structure and, for developers learning to modify or enhance it for vital business purposes, the task can sometimes be overwhelming.</p> <p>This book will ease you through the complexities of NAV application development. You will learn the skills and develop the confidence to tackle your own critical NAV applications. This book will act as your experienced NAV programming mentor, helping you to become productive as a NAV developer much more quickly.</p> <p>From basic NAV terminology and concept definitions, through the essential building blocks of NAV data structure and objects, you will gain an understanding of the fundamental underlying concepts of NAV. You will learn practical details about NAV object construction and the tools available, including the Table, Form, and Report Designers. You will learn how to use NAV's tools to effectively navigate through the various features of objects, including properties, triggers, and C/AL code and receive practical guidance on ways to develop and test in the unique NAV C/SIDE development environment.</p> <p>A section on software design for NAV is provided along with tips for efficient design of a new NAV application or enhancing an existing application. With its comprehensive collection of NAV information, this book is not only designed to help you learn, but can act as a reference as well.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Programming Microsoft® Dynamics™ NAV
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface

Tips for Small Successes


The following are some tips for success:

Cache Settings for Development

Go to the Tools menu and click on the Options menu button. Select Option, and you will get the from in the following screenshot:

You can learn more about these Option fields through Help, but at least one or two of them are important to utilize. The first entry (Object Cache (KB)) controls the amount of memory on the client system that is allocated to hold objects in cache memory. A good figure to set is 40000. This will allocate 40 MB to the Object Cache and provide you with quicker responsiveness during your development testing.

In the special case of an environment where multiple developers are working within the same database, a useful technique is to set the parameter to zero. That way, every time an object is read, it is read directly from the database rather than from the cache. This ensures that each time a developer reads an object, they are getting the latest version.

The second entry...