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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By : Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
Book Image

Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By: Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a full ERP business solution suite with a robust set of development tools to support customization and enhancement. These tools can be used to tailor Business Central's in-built applications to support complete management functions for finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. Using a case study approach, this book will introduce you to Dynamics 365 Business Central and Visual Studio Code development tools to help you become a productive Business Central developer. You'll also learn how to evaluate a product's development capabilities and manage Business Central-based development and implementation. You'll explore application structure, the construction of and uses for each object type, and how it all fits together to build apps that meet special business requirements. By the end of this book, you'll understand how to design and develop high-quality software using the Visual Studio Code development environment, the AL language paired with the improved editor, patterns, and features.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Successful Conclusions

Page action types and subtypes

Page action entries can have one of three types: area, group, or action. At this time, separators don't seem to have any effect in the rendered pages. A page action type uses the following indented hierarchical structure:

Action types

Description

area

Primary action grouping

group

Secondary action grouping

action

Action

group

Secondary groups can be set up within an action list for drop-down menus of actions (a tertiary level)

action

The indentation indicates this is part of a drop-down menu

action

Action

 

An area action line type can have one of four subtype values, as shown in the following screenshot:

Those action options display in different sections of the ribbon as follows:

  • Actions in ReportsSubType will appear on the ribbon in a Reports tab
  • Actions in NavigationSubType will appear on the ribbon in a Navigate tab
  • Actions in ProcessingSubType will appear on the ribbon in a Process...