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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)

Enhancing the WDTU application

Now that we have some new tools with which to work, let's enhance our WDTU application. This time, our goal is to implement functionality to allow the Program Manager to plan the Playlist schedules for Radio Shows. The process, from the user's point of view, will essentially be as follows:

  1. Call up Playlist document page that displays Header, Details, and Factbox workspaces.
  2. Enter Playlist Header using the Radio Show table data.
  3. Enter Playlist Lines using the Resource table DJ data; the Radio Show table data for News, Weather, or Sports shows; and the Item table data for Music, PSAs, and Advertisements.
  4. The Factbox will display the Required program-element fields from Radio Show/Playlist Header. These will include News (Yes or No), Weather (Yes or No), Sports (Yes or No), and Number of required PSAs and Advertisements.
  5. The Factbox will also track each of the five possible...