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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

WDTU Page Enhancement – part 1


Before we move on to learn about controls and actions, let's do some basic enhancement work on our WDTU Radio Show application. Back in Chapter 1, An Introduction to NAV 2013, we created some minimal pages, then later added new fields to our Radio Show master table (Table 50000). We'll now enhance the Radio Show List and Card to include those added fields.

Because our previous page development work resulted in simple pages, we have the opportunity to decide whether we want to start with the New Page Wizard and replace our original pages or use the Page Designer to modify the original pages. If we had done any significant work on these pages previously in the Page Designer, the choice to go right to the Page Designer would be easy. Let's do a quick evaluation to help us make our decision. First, let's take a look at the existing Radio Show List page in the following screenshot:

We want to compare the list of fields that exist in the source table (Radio Show –...