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Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

By : Alexander Drogin
Book Image

Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

By: Alexander Drogin

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suite for organizations. The system offers specialized functionality for manufacturing, distribution, government, retail, and other industries. Its integrated development environment enables customizations with minimal disruption to business processes. The book starts explaining the new features of Dynamics NAV along with how to create and modify a simple module. Moving on, you will learn the importance of thinking beyond the boundaries of C/AL development and the possibilities opened by with it. Next, you will get to know how COM can be used to extend the functionalities of Dynamics NAV. You’ll find out how to extend the Dynamics NAV 2016 version using .NET interoperability and will see the steps required to subscribe to .NET events in order to extend Dynamics NAV. Finally, you’ll see the cmdlets available to manage extension packages. By the end of the book, you will have the knowledge needed to become more efficient in selecting the extending methods, developing and deploying them to the Dynamics NAV, and practicing the best practices.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface

Chapter 2. Advanced C/AL Development

In this chapter we will cover the following recipes:

  • Creating custom tables

  • Understanding database triggers

  • Implementing a user interface with pages

  • Linking datasources in subpages

  • Working with page triggers

  • Presenting related data in FactBoxes

  • Designing reusable code

  • Accessing temporary tables

  • Role-Tailored client and role centers

  • Assigning role centers to user profiles

  • Simplifying data access with queries

  • Improving performance with table indexes

  • Linking datasources with advanced queries

  • Exchanging data with XMLPort objects

  • Designing user menu

  • Referencing records and fields via RecordRef and FieldRef

  • Working with single instance codeunits

  • Running tasks in background sessions