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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition

By : Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
Book Image

Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition

By: Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a full business solution suite, and a complete ERP solution that contains a robust set of development tools to support customization and enhancement. These tools provide greater control over financials and can simplify supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. This book will take you from an introduction to Dynamics NAV and its integrated development tools to being a productive developer in the Dynamics NAV Development Environment. You will find this book very useful if you want to evaluate the product's development capabilities or need to manage Dynamics NAV based projects. It will teach you about the NAV application structure, the C/SIDE development environment, the C/AL language paired with the improved editor, the construction and uses of each object type, and how it all fits together to build universal applications. With this new edition, you will be able to understand how to design and develop using Patterns and new features such as Extensions and Events.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

Types of pages

Let's review the types of pages available for use in an application. Then, we will create several examples for our WDTU Radio Station system.

Each time we work on an application design, we will carefully need to consider which page type is best to use for the functionality we are creating. Types of pages available include Role Center, List, Card, List Part, Card Part, List Plus, Document, Worksheet, Navigate Page, Confirmation Dialog, and Standard Dialog. Pages can be created and modified by the developer and can be personalized by the administrator, super user, or user.

Role Center page

Users are each assigned a Role Center page as their home page in NAV--the page where they land when first logging into NAV 2017. The purpose of a Role Center...