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Home > Business & Other > Enterprise Resource Planning > Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Create, modify, and maintain applications in NAV 5.0, the latest version of the ERP application formerly known as Navision

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Course Oct 2007 1235 pages 1st Edition
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Key benefits

  • For experienced programmers with little or no previous knowledge of NAV development
  • Learn as quickly as possible to create, modify, and maintain NAV applications
  • Written for version 5.0 of NAV; applicable for all versions

Description

Microsoft‚® Dynamics‚„¢ NAV (formerly known as Navision) is a well established Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application, part of the Microsoft‚® Dynamics‚„¢ family.Renowned for its challenging learning curve, Dynamics NAV is a complex piece of software with a unique design structure and, for developers learning to modify or enhance it for vital business purposes, the task can sometimes be overwhelming. This book will ease you through the complexities of NAV application development. You will learn the skills and develop the confidence to tackle your own critical NAV applications. This book will act as your experienced NAV programming mentor, helping you to become productive as a NAV developer much more quickly.From basic NAV terminology and concept definitions, through the essential building blocks of NAV data structure and objects, you will gain an understanding of the fundamental underlying concepts of NAV. You will learn practical details about NAV object construction and the tools available, including the Table, Form, and Report Designers. You will learn how to use NAV's tools to effectively navigate through the various features of objects, including properties, triggers, and C/AL code and receive practical guidance on ways to develop and test in the unique NAV C/SIDE development environment. A section on software design for NAV is provided along with tips for efficient design of a new NAV application or enhancing an existing application. With its comprehensive collection of NAV information, this book is not only designed to help you learn, but can act as a reference as well.

Who is this book for?

The business applications software designer/developer who: Wants to become productive in NAV C/SIDE ‚€“ C/AL development as quickly as possible Understands business applications and the associated software Has significant programming experience Has access to NAV including at least the Designer granules, preferably a full development license and a standard Cronus demo database Is willing to do the exercises to get hands-on experience The Reseller manager or executive who wants a concise, in depth view of NAV's development environment and tool set The technically knowledgeable manager or executive of a firm using NAV that is about to embark on a significant NAV enhancement project The technically knowledgeable manager or executive of a firm considering purchase of NAV as a highly customizable business applications platform The reader of this book: Does not need to be expert in object-oriented programming Does not need to have previous experience with NAV

What you will learn

  • Become confident with basic NAV definitions and conventions
  • Understand the design and development process of a NAV application
  • Understand the unique aspects of the NAV data and process flows
  • Data Types, Tables, Forms, Reports, and Codeunits
  • C/SIDE and C/AL basics ‚€“ essential navigation, object construction, numbering, basic syntax, naming rules, SIFT technology, string operators and functions, numeric operators and functions, logical and relational operators and functions
  • Control Logic and Flow ‚€“ Conditional statements, I/O statements, sorting, filtering, data flow, FlowFields, process logic flow, creating new functions, documentation, testing
  • Advanced C/AL ‚€“ modifying existing functions, creating new objects, finding code models, advanced debugging techniques
  • Chapter 1 covers basic definitions as they pertain to NAV and C/SIDE. It also provides an introduction to seven types of NAV objects, Form and Report Creation Wizards, and tools that we use to integrate NAV with external entities, and ends with a brief discussion of how different types of backups and documentation are handled in C/SIDE.Chapter 2 focuses on the top level of NAV data structure, tables and their structures. You will work your way through hands-on creation of a number of tables in support of an example application. You will review most types of tables found in the out-of-the-box NAV application.In Chapter 3, you will learn about the basic building blocks of NAV data structure, fields and their attributes, data fields that are available and field structure elements (properties, triggers) for each type of field. This chapter covers the broad range of Data Type options as well as Field Classes, shows you one of the date calculation tools that gives C/AL an edge in business, and discusses the concept of filtering and how it can be considered as you design your database structure.In Chapter 4, you will review different types of forms and work with some of them, and review all the controls that can be used in forms. You will learn to use the Form Wizard and have a good introduction to the Form Designer. You will expand your example system, creating a number of forms for data maintenance and inquiry.In Chapter 5, you will learn about on the structural and layout aspects of NAV Report objects. Also, you will experiment with some of the tools and continue to expand your example application.Chapter 6 will help you learn about the General Object Designer Navigation as well as more specific navigation of individual (Table, Form, Report) Designers. This chapter also covers variables of various types created and controlled by the developer or by the system, basic C/AL syntax, and some essential C/AL functions.Chapter 7 covers a number of practical tools and topics regarding C/AL coding and development. You will learn about C/AL Symbol Menu and how it assists in development. This chapter also discusses various Computation, Validation and Data Conversion functions, Dates, Flowfields and SIFT, Processing Flow Control, Input‚€“Output, and Filtering functions.In Chapter 8, you will review a number of tools and techniques aimed at making the life of a NAV developer easier and more efficient. There is also a section on Code Analysis and Debugging.Chapter 9 will help you deal with software design for NAV. It will help you with the design of NAV modification, creating a new function area or enhancing an existing functional area, and also provides you with the information needed for designing a new NAV application.Chapter 10 focuses on interfaces with NAV. Overall, you will learn about MenuSuites, Dataports, XMLports, and advanced Interfaces in this chapter.Chapter 11 will help you become even more productive in C/AL development. It provides some tips for design efficiency and it will help you learn about updating and upgrading the system and more about enjoying working with NAV.

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Enterprise Resource Planning
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Publication date : Oct 08, 2007
Length: 1235 pages
Edition : 1st
Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781788298704
Vendor :
Microsoft
Category :
Business & Other
Languages :
C#
Concepts :
Enterprise Resource Planning
Tools :
Dynamics 365

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Table of Contents

263 Chapters
What this learning path covers Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
What this learning path covers
What you need for this learning path Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
What you need for this learning path
Who this learning path is for Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Who this learning path is for
Reader feedback Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Reader feedback
Customer support Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
Part 1. Module 1 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 1. Module 1
Chapter 1. Exploring Microsoft Dynamics NAV – An Introduction Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1. Exploring Microsoft Dynamics NAV – An Introduction
Understanding Microsoft Dynamics NAV Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Understanding Microsoft Dynamics NAV
The functional areas within Dynamics NAV Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The functional areas within Dynamics NAV
History of Dynamics NAV Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
History of Dynamics NAV
Functional areas Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Functional areas
Financial Management
Sales and marketing
Purchase
Approvals
Warehouse
Manufacturing
Job
Resource planning
Service
Human resources
Vertical and horizontal solutions
Accessing Dynamics NAV Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Accessing Dynamics NAV
Windows client
Web client
Tablet client
SharePoint client
Web Services
Development Environment
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 2. What's New in NAV 2016? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2. What's New in NAV 2016?
Application changes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Application changes
Improvements for the application users
Tablet client
New application features
Development changes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Development changes
Document reporting
Upgrade automation – an overview
Enhancement in security and encryption
IT changes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
IT changes
Dynamics NAV Server administration
Windows PowerShell cmdlets
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 3. Dynamics NAV – General Considerations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3. Dynamics NAV – General Considerations
The data model Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The data model
Master data
Documents
Journals
Entries
Combining all concepts
No save button Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
No save button
The main advantage
When is the data verified?
The main drawback
The posting routines Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The posting routines
Posted data cannot be modified (or deleted)
Navigating through your data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Navigating through your data
The Navigate functionality
Other ways to browse data
Sorting on list pages
Filtering for the data you need
Saving views for the filters you've set
Real-time data gathering – the SIFT technology Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Real-time data gathering – the SIFT technology
Everything leads to accounting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Everything leads to accounting
The Dynamics NAV database Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The Dynamics NAV database
The TableRelation property
Coded data rules
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 4. The Implementation Process – From the Reseller Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4. The Implementation Process – From the Reseller
What is an implementation? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
What is an implementation?
Methodology Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Methodology
The Waterfall approach
The Agile approach
Using the best of both
Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step
Roles Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Roles
Salesperson
Project manager
Business consultant
Key users
Analyst
Developer
Implementer
End users
Summarizing the roles
Phases Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Phases
Presales
Getting the project requirements
Designing the solution
Development
Deployment
Post Implementation Support
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 5. The Implementation Process on the Customer Side Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5. The Implementation Process on the Customer Side
Definition of goals Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Definition of goals
Measuring goals Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Measuring goals
Defining the internal processes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Defining the internal processes
Questions to be asked
Improve before automating Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Improve before automating
Getting the requirements Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Getting the requirements
Change management Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Change management
Get involved in testing the system Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Get involved in testing the system
Involve end users Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Involve end users
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 6. Migrating Data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6. Migrating Data
Tools to migrate data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Tools to migrate data
RapidStart Services
Using XMLports to migrate data
Writing your own tools
Converting data from the old system to Dynamics NAV's needs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Converting data from the old system to Dynamics NAV's needs
Fields particular to Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Master data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Master data
Open entries Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Open entries
Customer entries
Vendor entries
Bank entries
Item entries
Fixed-asset entries
General Ledger balances
Historical data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Historical data
Open documents Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Open documents
Choosing a go-live date Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Choosing a go-live date
Going live at the beginning of the fiscal year
Going live in the middle of a fiscal year
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 7. Upgrading Microsoft Dynamics NAV Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7. Upgrading Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Upgrading philosophy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Upgrading philosophy
Upgrades prior to Dynamics NAV 2013 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Upgrades prior to Dynamics NAV 2013
Upgrades from Dynamics NAV 2013 forward Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Upgrades from Dynamics NAV 2013 forward
Upgrading process checklist Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Upgrading process checklist
Upgrading from 2013, 2013 R2, or 2015
Upgrading from 2009, 2009 SP1, or 2009 R2
Upgrading from 5.0 or 5.0 SP1
Upgrading from 4.0, 4.0 SP1, 4.0 SP2, or 4.0 SP3
Upgrading from 3.60 or 3.70
Upgrading steps to NAV 2013 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Upgrading steps to NAV 2013
Preparing to upgrade
Upgrading the application code
Upgrading the data
Upgrading tools Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Upgrading tools
Upgrade toolkit
Text format upgrade
Form transformation
Report transformation
Comparing text tools
MergeTool
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 8. Development Considerations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 8. Development Considerations
Setup versus customization Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Setup versus customization
Data model principles Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Data model principles
Basic objects
How tables are structured
The structure of pages
The posting process Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The posting process
The codeunit structure for sales posting
The codeunit structure for General Journal posting
Where to write customized code Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Where to write customized code
Validating fields
Batch jobs
Formatting customized code Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Formatting customized code
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 9. Functional Changes on Existing Implementations Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 9. Functional Changes on Existing Implementations
General guidelines Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
General guidelines
What is a functional change? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
What is a functional change?
The Requisition Worksheet
Fixed Assets
Item Tracking
Extending a customized functionality
Interactions with other functionalities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Interactions with other functionalities
The Requisition Worksheet
Fixed Assets
Item Tracking
Extending a customized functionality
Writing a to-do list to implement a change Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Writing a to-do list to implement a change
The Requisition Worksheet
Fixed Assets
Item Tracking
Extending a customized functionality
Choosing the right time Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Choosing the right time
The Requisition Worksheet
Fixed Assets
Item Tracking
Extending a customized functionality
Planning the change Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Planning the change
The Requisition Worksheet
Fixed Assets
Item Tracking
Extending a customized functionality
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 10. Data Analysis and Reporting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 10. Data Analysis and Reporting
Using filters and FlowFilters Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using filters and FlowFilters
Creating views Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating views
Statistics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Statistics
Charts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Charts
The Show as Chart option
Adding charts to the Role Center page
Creating and configuring charts
Using reports Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using reports
Finding reports
Running reports
Types of reports
Account schedules Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Account schedules
Analysis views Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Analysis views
Understanding dimensions
Creating an analysis view
Updating analysis views
Using analysis views
Extracting data Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Extracting data
Sending data to Microsoft Office applications
Extracting data through web services
Other ways to extract Dynamics NAV data
Understanding report development Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Understanding report development
Reports anatomy
Defining the dataset
Designing the visual layout
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 11. Debugging Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 11. Debugging
The art of debugging Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The art of debugging
Debugging in Dynamics NAV 2016 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Debugging in Dynamics NAV 2016
Break Rules
Placing breakpoints Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Placing breakpoints
From the Object Designer
In the current statement of the debugger
Conditional breakpoint
Debugger Breakpoint List
Line-by-line execution Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Line-by-line execution
The Step Into option
The Step Over option
The Step Out option
The Continue option
The Call Stack FactBox Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The Call Stack FactBox
The Watches FactBox Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The Watches FactBox
Adding variables from the Debugger Variables List window
Adding variables from the code viewer
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Chapter 12. Popular Reporting Options with Microsoft Dynamics NAV Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 12. Popular Reporting Options with Microsoft Dynamics NAV
What is a query? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
What is a query?
Query Designer Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Query Designer
Defining our first query
Adding additional data to the query
Charts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Charts
Web services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Web services
External applications
Power BI Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Power BI
Jet Reports Express Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Jet Reports Express
Downloading Jet Reports Express
Installing Jet Reports Express
Report pack for Jet Reports Express
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Part 2. Module 2 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Part 2. Module 2
Chapter 1. An Introduction to NAV 2015 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 1. An Introduction to NAV 2015
NAV 2015 – an ERP system Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
NAV 2015 – an ERP system
Financial Management
Manufacturing
Supply Chain Management
Business Intelligence and reporting
Relationship Management
Human Resource management
Project Management
Significant changes in NAV 2015 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Significant changes in NAV 2015
Application changes
Client enhancements
Development tools
Other areas
A developer's overview of NAV 2015 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
A developer's overview of NAV 2015
NAV object types
The C/SIDE integrated development environment
Object Designer tool icons
The C/AL programming language
NAV object and system elements
NAV functional terminology
User interface
Hands-on development in NAV 2015 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Hands-on development in NAV 2015
The NAV 2015 development exercise scenario
Getting started with application design
Application tables
Pages
Creating a List page
Creating a Card page
Creating some sample data
Creating a List Report
Other NAV object types
Development backups and documentation
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Review questions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Review questions
Chapter 2. Tables Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 2. Tables
An overview of tables Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
An overview of tables
Components of a table
Naming a table
Table numbering
Table properties
Table triggers
Keys
SumIndexFields
Field Groups
Enhancing our sample application Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Enhancing our sample application
Creating and modifying tables
Assigning a Table Relation property
Assigning an InitValue property
Adding a few activity-tracking tables
New tables for our WDTU project
New list pages for our WDTU project
Keys, SumIndexFields, and table relations in our examples
Modifying a standard table
Version list documentation
Types of tables Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Types of tables
Fully Modifiable tables
Content modifiable tables
Read-only tables
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Review questions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Review questions
Chapter 3. Data Types and Fields Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 3. Data Types and Fields
Basic definitions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Basic definitions
Fields Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Fields
Field properties
Field triggers
Data structure examples
Field numbering
Field and Variable naming
Data types Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Data types
Fundamental data types
Complex data types
Data type usage
FieldClass property options Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
FieldClass property options
FieldClass – Normal
FieldClass – FlowField
FieldClass – FlowFilter
FlowFields and a FlowFilter for our application
Filtering Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Filtering
Experimenting with filters
Accessing filter controls
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Review questions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Review questions
Chapter 4. Pages – The Interactive Interface Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 4. Pages – The Interactive Interface
Page design and structure overview Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Page design and structure overview
Page design guidelines
The NAV 2015 page structure
Types of pages Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Types of pages
Role Center page
List page
Card page
Document page
ListPlus page
Worksheet (Journal) page
ConfirmationDialog page
StandardDialog page
NavigatePage
Special pages
Page parts
Charts
Page names
Page Designer Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Page Designer
New Page Wizard
Page components Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Page components
Page Triggers
Page properties
Page Preview tool
Inheritance
WDTU Page Enhancement – part 1 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
WDTU Page Enhancement – part 1
Page controls Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Page controls
Control types
Page Part controls
Bound and Unbound Pages
WDTU Page Enhancement – part 2 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
WDTU Page Enhancement – part 2
Page Actions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Page Actions
Page Action Types and Subtypes
Action Groups
Action properties
Navigation Pane Button actions
Actions Summary
Learning more Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Learning more
UX (User Experience) Guidelines
Creative plagiarism and patterns
Experimenting on our own
Experimentation
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Review questions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Review questions
Chapter 5. Queries and Reports Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 5. Queries and Reports
Queries Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Queries
Building a simple Query object
Query and Query component properties
Reports Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Reports
What is a report?
Four NAV report designers
NAV report types
Report components – overview Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Report components – overview
Report structure
Report data flow Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Report data flow
Report components – detail Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Report components – detail
C/SIDE Report properties
SQL Server Report Builder – Report properties
Report triggers
Request Page Properties
Request page triggers
DataItem properties
DataItem triggers
Creating a Report in NAV 2015 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Creating a Report in NAV 2015
Learn by experimentation
Report building – phase 1
Report building – phase 2
Report building – phase 3
Interactive report capabilities
Request page
Processing-Only reports
Creative report plagiarism and patterns
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Review questions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Review questions
Chapter 6. Introduction to C/SIDE and C/AL Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 6. Introduction to C/SIDE and C/AL
Understanding C/SIDE Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Understanding C/SIDE
Object Designer
Text objects
C/SIDE programming
C/AL syntax Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
C/AL syntax
Assignment and punctuation
Expressions
Frequently used C/AL functions
Conditional statements
Indenting code
Some simple coding modifications Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Some simple coding modifications
Adding field validation to a table
Adding code to a report
Lay out the new Report Heading
Save and test
Lookup Related table data
Layout the new report body
Finishing the processing code Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Finishing the processing code
Test the completed report
Output to Excel
Summary Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Summary
Review questions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Review questions
Chapter 7. Intermediate C/AL Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Chapter 7. Intermediate C/AL
C/AL Symbol Menu Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
C/AL Symbol Menu
Internal documentation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Internal documentation
Validation functions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Validation functions
TESTFIELD
FIELDERROR
INIT
VALIDATE
Date and Time functions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Date and Time functions
TODAY, TIME, and CURRENTDATETIME functions
WORKDATE function
DATE2DMY function
DATE2DWY function
DMY2DATE and DWY2DATE functions
CALCDATE function
Data conversion and formatting functions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Data conversion and formatting functions
ROUND
FORMAT function
EVALUATE function
FlowField and SumIndexField functions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
FlowField and SumIndexField functions
CALCFIELDS function
SETAUTOCALCFIELDS function
CALCSUMS function
Flow control Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Flow control
REPEAT-UNTIL
WHILE-DO
FOR-TO or FOR-DOWNTO
CASE-ELSE statement
WITH-DO statement
QUIT, BREAK, EXIT, and SKIP functions
Input and Output functions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Input and Output functions
NEXT function with FIND or FINDSET
INSERT function
MODIFY function
DELETE function
MODIFYALL function
DELETEALL function
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Add Validation logic
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Creating a function for our Factbox
Creating a Factbox page
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Review questions
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Chapter 8. Advanced NAV Development Tools
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NAV process flow
Initial setup and data preparation
Transaction entry
Testing and posting the Journal batch
Utilizing and maintaining the data
Data maintenance
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Role Center pages
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System Part
Page Parts
The Navigation Pane and Action menus
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XMLports
XMLport components
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Web services
Exposing a web service
Publishing a web service
Enabling web services
Determining what was published
XMLport – a web services integration example for WDTU
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Review questions
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Callable functions
Management codeunits
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The NAV 2015 Debugger
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Automation Controller
Linked Data Sources
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Client Add-ins
Client Add-in construction
WDTU Client Add-in
Client Add-in comments
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Customizing Help
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NAV development projects – general guidance
Knowledge is the key
Data-focused design
Designing the posting processes
Designing the supporting processes
Double-check everything
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Design for efficiency
Disk I/O
Locking
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Updating and upgrading
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The Procedural software design patterns
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV Design Patterns
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Non-object-oriented patterns
The functional oriented patterns
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Patterns elements and hierarchy
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Design patterns
Structuring code
The coding standards
Anti-patterns
Legacy code
Upgradability
Delta files
Repeatability
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XMLPort
MenuSuite
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Functional processes
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The Singleton Pattern
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Company-Initialize
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The Supplemental and Subsidiary Pattern
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The Compound Pattern
Technical description
The Rules Pattern Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The Rules Pattern
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Examples
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The Master Data Pattern
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Examples
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The Journal Template-Batch-Line Pattern
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The Entry Pattern
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The Entry Table types
Entries that can be deleted
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Examples
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Document Pattern
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Examples
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The Entity State Pattern
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The Select Pattern
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The Number Series Pattern
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Implementations
Examples
Address Integration Pattern Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Address Integration Pattern
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Copying the address
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Multi-Level Setup
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Document History Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Document History
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Copy Document Pattern
Technical description
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Examples
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Job Queue Entry Pattern
Technical description
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Dismissible dialogs and save preferences
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Implementations
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Setup Update Pattern
Technical description
Implementations
Example
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Model-View ViewModel Pattern
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Implementations
Examples
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Example setup
Which Patterns to use
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Example Person
The Example Product
Number Series
Entity State
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Implementing a Document
Document history
Selecting a Pattern
Other Patterns
Posting
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The layered model
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Chapter 5. Coding Best Practices
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Coding guidelines
Code design
Code readability
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Class-Method-Property
The Table as a class
A Codeunit as a method
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Function libraries and interfaces
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Natural Language Programming
Pitfalls
Bonus – debugging
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Encapsulation
Override Functions
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Façade
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Hooks
Disabling the original source code
Predefined hooks
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Variant variables
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Managing DLL
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Chapter 6. Anti-patterns and Handling Legacy Code
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Anti-patterns
Code cloning
Boat anchors
Other anti-patterns and context
Programming language capabilities
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Legacy code
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Refactoring the C/AL Code
Refactoring tables
Code refactoring
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The boy scout rule
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Chapter 7. Building Solutions Using Patterns
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Building blocks
Applying Architectural Patterns
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Creating the Table objects
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Applying Design Patterns
The Bed and Breakfast setup
Bed and Breakfast season
Bed and Breakfast room
Bed and Breakfast price
Bed and Breakfast clean entry
Bed and Breakfast stay
Bed and Breakfast journal and entry
The Bed and Breakfast evaluation header and evaluation line
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Creating the cleaning entries
Refactoring Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Refactoring
The new class members
The new function library
Room members
The room price calculation
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Testing the application
Test isolation
Analyzing the results
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Upgrading the application
Creating a Delta file
The steps of creating a Delta file
Inside the Delta file
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Building our application
Building the result
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Managing the source code
Creating the workspace
Setting up Visual Studio
Uploading the files
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The latest update to the book on NAV programming (David Studebaker wrote the book on two previous versions) will get anyone started who wants to learn about programming NAV 2013. What I like about it is that both authors actually care a great deal about showing you the ropes, and I think that shows in this book. This book covers all the concepts that you need to know to become a NAV programmer.The wordiness sometimes gets in the way of getting to the point, so I would give it 4.5 stars. Other than that, this is THE book for anyone that wants to get into this field, and anyone that wants to have a reference for the new development features in NAV 2013.
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I found this book very helpful when I first got into Navision development. It's well written and gave me a good understanding of the main components. It is not a comprehensive guide, but a great introduction nonetheless! There are many programming examples and tons of screenshots. It helps fill in some of the gaps in the Application Designer's Guide.I have it next to me whenever I'm doing develpment work. It's a good resource and I highly recommend this to anyone new to Navision.
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This book covers all aspect of NAV development. The authors uses a real world development scenario that is easy to build on for your own practice. Big thanks to the authors for taking the time to write it.
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If you want to learn how to customize Dynamics NAV 2013 then this is the book for you. The book explains in detail all of the objects (tables, pages, queries, reports, codeunits,...) and how to use the C/AL programming language using real life examples.Even if you are a non technical consultant, manager this book will give you great insight in Dynamics NAV 2013.
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David Studebaker has been a software consulting entrepreneur and manager most of his career while always maintaining a significant role as an application developer. David has been designing, developing, and teaching software since 1962. He has been a founding partner in five software service firms, most recently Studebaker Technology and Liberty Grove Software. Among his special achievements was the design and development of the very first production SPOOL system, a 1967 AT&T / IBM joint project. David has been writing for publication since his college days. His published writings include a decade of technical reviews for the ACMs Computing Reviews and a variety of articles and reference material on shop floor data collection. David is the author of four other Packt books on programming in Dynamics NAV C/AL, two of which were coauthored with Christopher Studebaker. David has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a life member of the Association for Computing Machinery and was a founding officer of two ACM chapters.
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