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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

Enhancing our sample application


Now we can take our knowledge of tables and expand our WDTU application. Our base Radio Station table needs to be added to and modified. We also need to create and reference additional tables.

While we want to have a realistic design in our sample application, we will make changes that illustrate the main (and what we feel are the most important) features in NAV table design. If there are capabilities or functionality that you feel is missing, then feel free to add them. Adjust the examples as much as you wish to make them more meaningful to you.

Creating and modifying tables

In Chapter 1, An Introduction to NAV 2013, we created the Radio Show table for the WDTU application. At that time we had the minimum fields that allowed us to usefully define a master record. Now let's set properties on existing data fields, add more data fields, and create an additional data table to which the Radio Show table can refer.

Our new data fields are shown in the following table...