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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)

Data conversion and formatting functions

Some data type conversions are handled in the normal process flow by NAV without any particular attention on part of the Developer, such as Code to Text and Char to Text. Some data type conversions can only be handled through C/AL functions. Formatting is included because it can also include a data type conversion. Rounding does not do a data type conversion, but it does result in a change in format (the number of decimal places). Let's review the following functions:

  • The ROUND function
  • The FORMAT function
  • The EVALUATE function

ROUND function

The ROUND function allows us to control the rounding precision for a decimal expression. The syntax for the ROUND function is as follows:

DecimalResult := ROUND (Number [, Precision...