Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 is a business management solution that helps simplify and streamline highly specialized business processes. Learning NAV programing in NAV 7 gives you the full inside view of an ERP system. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook covers topics that span a wide range of areas such as integrating the NAV system with other software applications including Microsoft Office, and creating reports to present information from multiple areas of the system,. We will not only learn the essentials of NAV programming, you will also be exposed to the technologies that surround NAV including.NET programming, SQL Server and NAV system administration. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook is written in a direct, to-the-point style to help you get what you need and continue working in NAV. The first half of the cookbook will help programmers using NAV for the first time, by walking them through the building blocks of writing code and creating objects such as tables, pages, and reports. The second half focuses on using the technologies surrounding NAV to build better solutions. You will learn how to write .NET code that works with the NAV system and how to integrate the system with other software applications such as Microsoft Office or even custom programs. You will learn everything you need to know for developing all types of NAV CSIDE objects, as well as how to integrate and maintain a NAV system.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

Acknowledgements

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Free Chapter

String, Dates, and Other Data Types

Introduction

Retrieving the system date and time

Retrieving the work date

Determining the day, month, and year from a given date

Using the date formula to calculate dates

Converting a value to a formatted string

Creating an array

Creating an option variable

Converting a string to another data type

Manipulating string contents

General Development

Introduction

Displaying the progress bar and data in process

Repeating code using a loop

Checking for conditions using an IF statement

Using the CASE statement to test multiple conditions

Rounding decimal values

Creating functions

Passing parameters by reference

Referencing dynamic tables and fields

Using recursion

Working with Tables, Records, and Queries

Introduction

Creating a table

Adding a key to a table

Retrieving data using the FIND and GET statements

Advanced filtering

Adding a FlowField

Creating a SumIndexField

Retrieving data from FlowField and SumIndexField

Using a temporary table

Retrieving data from other companies

Using a query to extract data

Creating a query to link three tables

Working with queries in C/AL

Designing Pages

Introduction

Creating a page using a wizard

Using multiple options to run the page

Applying filters on the lookup page

Updating the subform page from a parent page

Creating a FactBox page

Creating a Queue page

Creating a Role Center page

Creating a wizard page

Displaying a .NET add-in on a page

Adding a chart to the page

Report Design

Introduction

Creating an RDLC report

Using multiple options to run a report

Adding custom filters to the Request Page

Setting filters when report is loaded

Creating reports to process data

Creating a link from report to page

Creating a link from report to report

Adding totals on decimal field

Adding interactive sorting on reports

Creating a matrix report

Diagnosing Code Problems

Introduction

Using the debugger

Setting breakpoints

Handling runtime errors

Using About This Page and About This Report

Finding errors while using NAS

Roles and Security

Introduction

Assigning a role to a user

Creating a new role

Using the FILTERGROUP function

Using security filters

Applying security filter modes

Field-level security

Assigning permission to use the About This Page function

Killing a user session

Leveraging Microsoft Office

Introduction

Sending data to Microsoft Word

Managing stylesheets

Sending an e-mail from NAV through SMTP

Exporting data using the Excel Buffer

Creating data connection from Excel to NAV

Showing data in Excel using PowerPivot

Creating an InfoPath form for the NAV data

Creating charts with Visio

OS Interaction

Introduction

Using HYPERLINK to open external files

Working with environmental variables

Using SHELL to run external applications

Browsing for a file

Browsing for a folder

Checking file and folder access permissions

Querying the registry

Zipping folders and files within NAV

Integration

Introduction

Sharing information through XMLports

Writing to and reading from a file using the C/AL code

Creating web services

Consuming web services

Sending data through FTP

Printing a report in a PDF, Excel, and Word format

Writing your own automation using C#

Using ADO to access outside data

Working with the SQL Server

Introduction

Creating a basic SQL query

Understanding SIFT

Using the SQL profiler

Displaying data from a SQL view in NAV

Identifying Blocked and Blocking sessions from SQL

Setting up a backup plan

Maintaining the transaction logfiles

NAV Server Administration

Introduction

Creating a NAV Server Instance

Configuring NAS to run Job Queue

Creating a user on NAV

Changing the NAV license

Creating a new database

Testing the NAV database

Index

Customer Reviews

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Acknowledgements

I want to thank everyone who helped me so that I could have the time and opportunity to work on this book. I've taken time away from the people I love in order to be able to accomplish this task. I wouldn't have been successful without the support from my family and friends who have always been there for me; and from my colleagues who have given me endless help and motivation. A very special thank you to my loving wife, Carolina, for her unconditional support on this journey. While I spent many nights working away from my loved ones, she took care of our two beautiful daughters on her own and made it all possible. I would be nowhere without her and I can only hope that in time I can repay her for the time I took away from us.

I would like to give my gratitude to Rakesh Raul (the author of this book), and Anila Vincent (Lead Technical Editor) for giving me the opportunity to work on this cookbook project.

Big thanks to my grandfather who gave me strong roots and good moral values to live a positive life filled with love. Much love to my mom and dad who I wish could be here today to see this. Big thanks to my Brother and Tia Magaly for believing in me always and showing me the right path. Thanks again to all my friends and family who have been with us for so many years and to those who have supported me throughout the review of this book. Thanks to my friend, Chuck Luciano, for always giving me moral support; thanks to Jan Verleur, John Byrne, David Diaz, Steve Bloch, Stacy Racca, Sowmya Sridhar, Brett Boullion, Lurleen Cloud, Kim Parker, Craig Sanders, and Elizabeth Peña for teaching me, keeping faith in my abilities, and giving me some of the most important opportunities in the early years of my career.

For every night that I have not been able to kiss you goodnight, this work is dedicated to the two most beautiful and brightest lights in my world, Sofia and Valentina.

Live, Learn, Create, Teach, and Love.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook - Second Edition

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