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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 - Third Edition

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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 - Third Edition

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 is a complete and robust ERP system that is accompanied by a comprehensive set of development tools. You will learn how to master these tools and tailor Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 to meet your customer's specific business needs."Programming Microsoft Dynamics® NAV 2013" will lead you from start to finish, teaching you how to use this incredible ERP software whilst simultaneously making you a more productive developer. You'll learn how to implement your solutions, as well as evaluating, managing and appraising Dynamics NAV 2013 productions and projects.You will be empowered with the skills and knowledge that you need to get the job done and exceed your client's expectations. Step by step, you will learn how to use NAV, master the C/AL programming language, as well as the construction and uses of each object type. Ultimately, you will be able to bring your NAV 2013 solution together with fantastic efficiency.Hands-on development examples and additional material teach you by example and uncover the insider knowledge that only years of experience can provide, truly unleashing your productivity and potential.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
Acknowledgements
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

About the Reviewers

Scott Barber, as a MS NAV Developer/Consultant for Tectura, is responsible for designing and the ERP systems to meet customer requirements. His responsibilities include system design and development, performing conversions, and supporting existing customers. Scott has been working with Navision since 1995 and has over 28 years of accounting software implementation experience.

Scott has worked with many of Tectura's customers in North America, as a result, he brings a depth of business knowledge to his development/consulting work. He is a skilled trainer and teaches courses in the classroom and on-site in all areas of Navision including the development environment.

Scott is currently implementing NAV in global environments in addition to working in the North American market.

Scott received his BS in Accounting at Utah State University.

Daniel Rimmelzwaan was born and raised in the Netherlands, and moved to the U.S. at the end of 1999 to be with his new American wife. In Holland he worked as a Microsoft Access and VBA developer. When looking for a job as a VB developer in the USA, he was introduced to Navision by a "VB Recruiter", and was intrigued by the simplicity of its development tools. He decided to accept a job offer as a Navision Developer, with the firm intention to continue looking for a "real" developer job.

More than 13 years later, having been involved in all aspects of NAV implementations, Daniel is still working with NAV. He currently owns his own business (RIS Plus), doing Business Analysis and Solution Design. He is enjoying his career more than ever.

Ever since he started working with NAV, Daniel has been an active member of the online communities, such as mibuso.com and dynamicsuser.net, and the online forums managed by Microsoft. For his contributions to these communities, Daniel received his first of eight consecutive Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Awards in July 2005, which was just the second year that the award existed for NAV. Microsoft gives the MVP Award to independent members of technology communities around the world, and recognizes people that share their knowledge with other members of the community.

Daniel has also served as a reviewer for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Application Design by Mark Brummel, and Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Professional Reporting by Steven Renders.

He lives with his wife and two kids in Michigan in the U.S.

Kamil Sáček (Kine) graduated from the Brno University of Technology in 2001. After that he began work as a Navision developer with NAVERTICA a.s. (formerly FUTURE Engineering a.s.), where he works to this day, now as Department Manager of Software Development.

Working with computers since his first Atari 800XE, mostly without any available literature regarding computer science, he learned everything by trial and error in his early years. From Basic, Pascal, Assembler, C, C++, C#, MS SQL, Windows, and Linux administration to VoIP gateway configuration. As a technical geek he enjoys playing with all new technologies which are of use to him. His 30 years of experience with different technologies has given him a wide knowledge base, allowing him to solve nearly any problem which he encounters.

Since 2005 he has been consecutively awarded MVP (Microsoft Most Valuable Professional) status in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, mostly for his activities on the mibuso.com forum, where you can read his regular posts under the alias Kine.

Luc Van Dyck is active as a software consultant and works for a Belgian Microsoft partner. He started working with Microsoft Dynamics NAV in 1997 (at that time it was called Navision Financials 1.10).

In the year 1999, he started the website http://myNavision.net to provide a forum and downloads for users of the Dynamics NAV ERP system. When Microsoft bought Navision Software A/S in 2002, the site was renamed to http://mibuso.com; mibuso.com is one of the largest online communities of Microsoft Dynamics professionals.

This online community gives users and developers of products from the Microsoft Dynamics family (NAV, AX, CRM, and so on) a place to exchange ideas and tools, and to find business partners and products. The website provides a forum where you can ask questions about the different Dynamics products. It also contains a large selection of downloads, in different categories (code examples, demo versions, webcasts, factsheets, tools, and so on). Microsoft partners can submit their company details to the Business Directory and publish their add-ons or factsheets in the Product Directory.

mibuso.com also organizes two-day technical conferences, called NAV TechDays, for all Microsoft Dynamics NAV developers.

Steven Renders is a Microsoft Certified Trainer with skills spanning business and technical domains, specialized in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft SQL Server.

He has more than 15 years of business and technical experience. He provides training and consultancy focused on Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft SQL Server, Business Intelligence Solutions, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, and Database Performance Tuning.

Furthermore he is also an expert in Microsoft Dynamics NAV on which he has already delivered many training sessions. Steven was an author of some of the official training materials on Dynamics NAV Reporting, SQL Server performance tuning and development.

Steven is the author of the book, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009: Professional Reporting and was also a reviewer of the book, Programming Microsoft® Dynamics NAV 2009.

Steven has presented at various Microsoft MSDN and TechNet evenings, conferences, communities, events and the Microsoft MCT Summit.

In 2011 Steven started his own company, think about IT, which specializes in training and consultancy, helping companies learn, implement, understand, and solve complex business requirements related to IT, in Belgium and abroad.

His specialties are:

  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV

  • Microsoft SQL Server

  • Business Intelligence and Reporting