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Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

By : Alexander Drogin
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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
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Preface

Installing and using JavaScript control add-ins


The process of installing a JavaScript control mostly follows the installation of a .Net add-in, but it has its own specifics determined by the necessity of including a bunch of script files and style sheets into an installation along with the .NET assembly file.

How to do it...

The current recipe covers installation of a JavaScript control add-in and its subsequent usage in application development.

  1. Copy the NavCustomTable.dll assembly file developed in the JavaScript in web, phone, and tablet clients recipe, into the NAV client add-ins folder.

  2. Pack the Manifest.xml file along with both Script and StyleSheet folders in a .zip archive, NavCustomTable.zip. The archive should have the following structure:

  3. Run the NAV client and open the Control Add-ins page located under Departments | Administration | IT Administration | General.

  4. In the Control Add-ins list, click New and fill the control add-in parameters:

    • Name: CustomTableControl

    Note

    The name of...