Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Table Of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: A Short Tour through NAV 2009
Chapter 2: Tables
Chapter 3: Data Types and Fields for Data Storage and Processing
Chapter 4: Pages—Tools for Data Display
Chapter 5: Reports
Chapter 6: Introduction to C/SIDE and C/AL
Chapter 7: Intermediate C/AL
Chapter 8: Advanced NAV Development Tools
Chapter 9: Extend, Integrate, and Design—into the Future
Answers
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: A Short Tour through NAV 2009
  • NAV 2009: An ERP system
    • Financial Management
    • Manufacturing
    • Supply Chain Management (SCM)
    • Business intelligence and reporting
    • Relationship Management (RM)
    • Human Resource management
    • Project management
  • Significant changes in NAV 2009
    • Two-tier versus three-tier
    • Role Tailored Client
    • SSRS-compatible report viewer
    • Web services
  • NAV 2009: A set of building blocks and development tools
    • NAV object types
  • The C/SIDE Integrated Development Environment
    • Object Designer tool icons
    • NAV object and system elements
    • NAV functional terminology
  • User interfaces
  • An introduction to development
    • Our scenario for development exercises
    • Getting started with application design
      • Application tables
      • Designing a simple table
      • Creating a simple table
      • Field numbering
      • Pages/Forms
      • Keyboard shortcuts
      • Run a table
      • Reports
      • Creating a List format report
  • Codeunits
  • MenuSuites
  • Dataports
  • XMLports
  • Integration tools
  • Backups and documentation
  • Summary
  • Review questions

• Chapter 2: Tables
  • Overview of tables
    • Components of a table
    • Table naming
    • Table numbering
    • Table properties
    • Table triggers
    • Keys
    • SumIndexFields
    • Field Groups
  • Expanding our sample application
    • Creating and modifying tables
      • Assigning a TableRelation property
      • Creating Forms for testing
    • Adding Secondary keys
    • Adding some activity-tracking tables
    • New tables
    • Keys and SumIndexFields in our examples
  • Types of tables
    • Wholly modifiable tables
      • Master
      • Journal
      • Template
      • Ledger
      • Reference
      • Register
      • Posted Document
      • Setup
      • Temporary
    • Content-modifiable tables
      • System
    • Read-Only tables
      • Virtual
  • Summary
  • Review questions

• Chapter 3: Data Types and Fields for Data Storage and Processing
  • Basic definitions
  • Fields
    • Field properties
    • Field numbering
      • Changing the data type of a field
    • Field triggers
    • Data structure examples
    • Variable naming
  • Data types
    • Fundamental data types
      • Numeric data
      • String data
      • Date/Time data
    • Complex data types
      • Data structure
      • Objects
      • Automation
      • Input/Output
      • DateFormula
      • References and other
    • Data type usage
  • FieldClass property options
  • Filtering
    • Defining filter syntax and values
      • Filtering on equality and inequality
      • Filtering by ranges
      • Filtering with Boolean operators
      • Filtering with wildcards
      • Filtering with combinations
      • Experimenting with filters
      • Accessing filter controls
  • Summary
  • Review questions

• Chapter 4: Pages—Tools for Data Display
  • What is a page?
    • Controls
    • Bound and unbound
  • Pages—a stroll through the gallery
    • A sample RoleTailored Client page
  • Types of pages
    • List page
    • Card page
    • Document page
      • FastTab
    • List+ page
    • Journal/Worksheet page
    • Confirmation (Dialog) page
    • Request page
    • Navigate page
    • Departments page
    • Role Center page
    • Page parts
      • FactBoxes
    • Page names
    • Accessing the Page Designer
    • What makes up a page?
      • Page properties
  • Types of page controls
    • Inheritance
    • Page control details
      • Container controls
      • Group controls
      • Field controls
    • Using page controls in a Card page
    • Page Part controls
      • Creating a Card Part FactBox
      • Page Control triggers
  • Adding more List pages to our ICAN application
    • Creating a simple list page
    • Creating related List and Card pages
  • Learning more about pages
    • UX (User Experience) Guidelines
    • Creative plagiarism
  • Experimenting with page controls and control properties
    • Help searching
    • Experimentation
    • Testing
    • Design
  • Summary
  • Review questions

• Chapter 5: Reports
  • What is a report?
  • Two NAV report designers
    • A hybrid report designer
  • NAV report—look and feel
  • NAV report types
    • Report types summarized
  • Report naming
  • Report components overview
    • The components of a report description
  • Report Data Flow
  • The elements of a report
    • Report properties
    • Report triggers
    • Data Items
    • Data item properties
    • Data item triggers
    • Data item Sections
    • Creating RTC reports via the Classic Report Wizard
      • Learn by experimentation
      • Runtime formatting
      • Inheritance
    • Other ways to create RTC reports
    • Modify an existing RTC report
      • The Visual Studio Report Designer layout screen
      • Report Items
      • Make the report changes
    • Request Page
  • Processing-Only reports
    • Creating a report from scratch
  • Creative report plagiarism

• Summary
• Review questions

• Chapter 6: Introduction to C/SIDE and C/AL
  • Essential navigation
    • Object Designer
      • Starting a new object
      • Some designer navigation pointers
      • Exporting objects
      • Importing objects
      • Text objects
    • Object number licensing
    • Some useful practices
    • Changing data definitions
    • Saving and compiling
    • Some C/AL naming conventions
    • Variables
      • Global identifiers
      • Local identifiers
      • Special working storage variables
    • A definition of programming in C/SIDE
    • Functions
    • Basic C/AL syntax
      • Assignment and punctuation
      • Wildcards
      • Expressions
      • Operators
  • Some basic C/AL
    • MESSAGE, ERROR, CONFIRM, and STRMENU functions
      • MESSAGE function
      • ERROR function
      • CONFIRM function
      • STRMENU function
    • SETCURRENTKEY function
    • SETRANGE function
    • GET function
    • FIND
      • FIND ([Which]) options and the SQL Server alternates
    • BEGIN–END compound statement
    • IF–THEN–ELSE statement
    • Indenting code
  • Some simple coding modifications
    • Adding a validation to a table
    • Adding code to enhance a report
  • Summary
  • Review questions

• Chapter 7: Intermediate C/AL
  • Some C/AL development tools
    • C/AL Symbol Menu
    • Internal documentation
  • Computation and Validation utility functions
    • TESTFIELD
    • FIELDERROR
    • VALIDATE
    • ROUND
    • TODAY, TIME, and CURRENTDATETIME functions
    • WORKDATE function
  • Data conversion functions
    • FORMAT function
    • EVALUATE function
  • DATE functions
    • DATE2DMY function
    • DATE2DWY function
    • DMY2DATE and DWY2DATE functions
    • CALCDATE function
  • FlowField-SumIndexField functions
    • CALCFIELDS function
    • CALCSUMS function
  • CALCFIELDS and CALCSUMS comparison
  • Flow control
    • REPEAT–UNTIL control structure
    • WHILE–DO control structure
    • CASE–ELSE statement
    • WITH–DO statement
    • QUIT, BREAK, EXIT, SKIP, and SHOWOUTPUT functions
      • QUIT function
      • BREAK function
      • EXIT function
      • SKIP function
      • SHOWOUTPUT function
  • Input and Output functions
    • NEXT function with FIND or FINDSET
    • INSERT function
    • MODIFY function
      • Rec and xRec
    • DELETE function
    • MODIFYALL function
    • DELETEALL function
  • Filtering
    • SETRANGE function
    • SETFILTER function
    • COPYFILTER and COPYFILTERS functions
    • GETFILTER and GETFILTERS functions
    • MARK function
    • CLEARMARKS function
    • MARKEDONLY function
    • RESET function
      • Filter Groups
  • InterObject communication
    • Communication via data
    • Communication through function parameters
    • Communication via object calls
  • Using the new knowledge
    • A development challenge for you
      • Creating more ICAN test data
      • Developing the Donor Recognition Status report
  • Summary
  • Review questions

• Chapter 8: Advanced NAV Development Tools
  • NAV process flow
    • Data preparation
    • Transactions entry
    • Testing and Posting the Journal batch
    • Accessing the data
    • Ongoing maintenance
  • Role Center pages
    • Role Center structure
      • Role Center activities page
      • Cue Groups and Cues
      • Cue source table
      • Cue Group Actions
    • System Part
    • Page Part
    • Navigation Pane and Action Menus
    • Departments
      • MenuSuite levels
    • MenuSuite structure
      • MenuSuite development
      • MenuSuite transformation
      • Configuration and personalization
  • Creating new C/AL routines
  • Callable functions
    • Codeunit 358 – Date Filter-Calc
    • Codeunit 359 – Period Form Management
    • Codeunit 365 – Format Address
    • Codeunit 396 – NoSeriesManagement
    • Codeunit 397 – Mail
    • Codeunit 408 – Dimension Management
    • Codeunit 412 – Common Dialog Management
  • Sampling of function models to review
    • Codeunit 228 – Test Report-Print
    • Codeunit 229 – print documents
    • Other objects to review
    • Management codeunits
  • Documenting modifications
  • Multi-language system
  • Multi-currency system
  • Code analysis and debugging tools
    • Developer's Toolkit
      • Relations to Tables
      • Relations from Objects
      • Source Access
      • Where Used
      • Trying it out
    • Working in exported text code
    • Using Navigate
      • Testing with Navigate
    • The C/SIDE Debugger
    • The C/SIDE Code Coverage tool
    • Client Monitor
    • Debugging NAV in Visual Studio
    • Dialog function debugging techniques
      • Debugging with MESSAGE
      • Debugging with CONFIRM
      • Debugging with DIALOG
      • Debugging with text output
      • Debugging with ERROR
    • C/SIDE test driven development
  • Summary
  • Review questions

• Chapter 9: Extend, Integrate, and Design—into the Future
  • Interfaces
  • XMLports
    • XMLport components
      • XMLport properties
      • XMLport triggers
      • XMLport data lines
      • XMLport line properties
      • Element or attribute
      • XMLport line triggers
      • XMLport Request Page
  • Advanced interface tools
    • Automation Controller
    • NAV Communication Component
    • Linked Server Data Sources
    • C/OCX
    • C/FRONT
    • NAV Application Server (NAS)
  • Client Add-ins
    • Client Add-in definition
    • Client Add-in construction
    • Client Add-in comments
  • Web services
    • Exposing a web service
    • Publishing a web service
    • Determining what was published
  • Customizing Help
  • NAV development projects
    • Knowledge is key
    • Different approaches for different scopes
    • Advantages of designing new functionality
    • Modifying an existing functional area
    • NAV development time planning
  • Data-focused design
    • Determining the data needs
    • Defining the needed data views
    • Designing the data tables
    • Designing the user data access interface
    • Designing the data validation
    • Data design review and revision
    • Designing the Posting processes
    • Designing the supporting processes
    • Double-check everything
  • Design for efficiency
    • Disk I/O
    • Locking
  • Design for updating
    • Customization project recommendations
      • One change at a time
      • Testing thoroughly
  • Plan for upgrading
    • Benefits of upgrading
    • Coding considerations
      • Careful naming
      • Good documentation
      • Low-impact coding
    • The upgrade process
      • Upgrade executables only
      • Full upgrade
  • Supporting material
    • Sure Step
    • RIM
    • Other reference material
  • Into the future...
  • Summary
  • Review questions

• Answers
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9

• Index

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