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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
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Preface

Exposing and consuming OData web services


The SOAP protocol serves well when you need a standardized interface for an object's methods. If you need to read and update table data, the OData (Open Data) protocol can be a better alternative. It is especially efficient in providing APIs that are open for querying.

NAV Page and Query objects can be published as OData services, providing access to underlying table data to consuming applications.

How to do it...

Now we will publish a page object as an OData web service and read the records from an external application in C#.

  1. Start the NAV client and open the page Web Services from Departments | Administration | IT Administration | Services.

  2. Click New to create a web service. Select Page in the Object Type field, then choose the page 7012 Purchase Prices in the Object ID field.

  3. Assign a name to the web service to identify it. In the field Service Name, enter the name PurchasePrice.

  4. Set the checkmark in the field Published. This will publish the web service...