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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition

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

Summary

You should now be relatively comfortable in the navigation of NAV and with the use of the Object Designer. You should be able to use the Page Wizard as an advanced beginner. If you have taken full advantage of the various opportunities to create tables and pages, both with our guidance and experimentally on your own, you are beginning to become a NAV Developer.

We have reviewed different types of pages and worked with some of them. We have reviewed all of the controls that can be used in pages and have worked with several of them. We also lightly reviewed page and control triggers. We've had a good introduction to Page Designer and a significant insight into the structure of some types of pages. With the knowledge gained, we have expanded our WDTU application system, enhancing our pages for data maintenance and inquiry.

In the next chapter, we will learn our way around the NAV Query and Report Designers...