Programming Microsoft® Dynamics™ NAV -- Table of Contents -- Programming Microsoft® Dynamics™ NAV -- Credits -- Foreword -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- A Business History Timeline -- The Beginning -- Single User PC Plus -- Multi-User Navigator -- Navision Financials for Windows -- Growth and Mergers -- C/AL's Roots -- The Road Ahead -- What This Book Covers -- What You Need for This Book -- Who is This Book For? -- Conventions -- Reader Feedback -- Customer Support -- Errata -- Questions -- 1. The Basic Ingredients -- Some Unique NAV Terms Defined -- The C/SIDE Integrated Development Environment -- Object Designer Tool Icons -- Seven Kinds of NAV Objects -- More Definitions (Related to NAV) -- NAV Functional Terminology -- Getting Started with Application Design -- Tables -- Example: Table Design -- Example: Table Creation -- Forms -- Card Forms -- Tabular Forms -- Main/Sub Forms -- Matrix Forms -- Trendscape Forms -- All Forms -- Creating a Card Form -- Creating a List Form -- Reports -- Creating a List Format Report -- Codeunits -- MenuSuites -- Dataports -- XMLports -- Integration Tools -- Backups and Documentation -- Summary -- 2. Tables -- Overview of Tables -- What Makes Up a Table? -- Table Naming -- Table Numbering -- Table Properties -- Table Triggers -- Keys -- SumIndexFields -- Expanding Our Sample Application -- Table Creation and Modification -- Keys -- Adding Some Activity-Tracking Tables -- New Tables -- Keys and SumIndexFields in Our Examples -- Types of Tables -- Totally Modifiable Tables -- Content-Modifiable Tables -- Read-Only Tables -- Summary -- 3. Fields -- Fields -- Field Properties -- Field Numbering -- Renumbering a Field -- Changing the Data Type of a Field -- Field Triggers -- Some Data Structure Examples -- More Definitions -- Variable Naming -- Data Types -- Fundamental Data Types.

Numeric Data -- String Data -- Time Data -- Complex Data Types -- Data Item -- DateFormula -- Data Structure -- Objects -- Automation -- Input/Output -- References and Other -- Data Type Usage -- FieldClasses -- Filtering -- Defining Filter Syntax and Values -- Experimenting with Filters -- Summary -- 4. Forms -- What Is a Form? -- Controls -- Bound and Unbound -- NAV Form Look and Feel -- Types of Forms -- Form Names -- Accessing the Form Designer -- What Makes Up a Form? -- Form Properties -- Forms Controls -- Explore -- Inheritance -- Experimenting with Controls -- Control Triggers -- Control Properties -- Experimenting with Control Properties -- Some Control Property Tips -- More Illumination with C/ANDL -- Update the Member Forms -- Create a New Member List -- Create a New Member Card -- Testing Forms -- Creative Plagiarism -- Form Design Hints -- A Quick Tour of the Form Designer -- Keys to Learning NAV -- Summary -- 5. Reports -- What is a Report? -- 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 -- Run-Time Formatting -- Report Wizard-Generated Sections -- Report Section Descriptions -- More Run-Time Formatting -- Section Properties -- Section Triggers -- Controls for Reports -- Control Properties -- Inheritance -- Request Form -- Request Form Properties -- Request Form Triggers -- Request Form Controls -- Request Form Control Triggers -- Processing-Only Reports -- Revising a Generated Report -- Revision-First Design -- Revision-Second Design -- Creating a Report from Scratch -- Creative Report Plagiarism -- Special Output Issues -- Printing PDF Files.

Printing HTML Formatted Output -- Printing to an Impact Printer -- Summary -- 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 Numbers -- Some Useful Practices -- Changing Data Definitions -- Saving and Compiling -- Some C/AL Naming Conventions -- Variables -- Global Variables -- Local Variables -- Function Local Variables -- Other Local Variables -- Special Working Storage Variables -- Temporary Tables -- Arrays -- Initialization -- System-Defined Variables -- A Definition of Programming in C/SIDE -- Functions -- Basic C/AL Syntax -- Assignment and Punctuation -- Wild Cards -- Expressions -- Operators -- Arithmetic Operators and Functions -- Boolean Operators -- Relational Operators and Functions -- Precedence of 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-NEXT Functions -- BEGIN-END Compound Statement -- IF-THEN-ELSE Statement -- Indenting Code -- Some Simple Coding Modifications -- Adding a Validation to a Table -- Adding a Table Validation Coding Option -- Adding Code to Enhance a Report -- Summary -- 7. Intermediate C/AL -- Development -- C/AL Symbol Menu -- Internal Documentation -- Computation-Validation Utility Functions -- TESTFIELD -- FIELDERROR -- VALIDATE -- ROUND -- TODAY, TIME, and CURRENTDATETIME Function -- WORKDATE Function -- Data Conversion Functions -- FORMAT Function -- EVALUATE Function -- DATE Functions -- DATE2DMY Function -- DATE2DWY Function -- DMY2DATE and DWY2DATE Functions -- CALCDATE Function -- FlowField-SumIndex Functions -- CALCFIELDS Function -- CALCSUMS Function -- 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) -- 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 -- InterObject Communication -- Via Data -- Via Function Parameters -- Via Object Calls -- Use the New Knowledge -- A Development Challenge for You -- Phase 1 -- Phase 2 -- Phase 3 -- A Sample Approach to the Challenge -- Phase 1 -- Step 1 -- Step 2 -- Step 3 -- Step 4 -- Phase 2 -- Step 5 -- Step 6 -- Phase 3 -- Steps 7 and 9 -- Steps 8 and 10 -- Summary -- 8. Advanced NAV Development -- 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 -- Some other Objects to Review -- Management Codeunits -- Documenting Modifications -- Multi-Language -- Multi-Currency -- Code Analysis and Debugging Tools -- Developer's Toolkit -- Relations to Tables -- Relations from Objects -- Source Access -- Where Used -- Try it Out -- Working in Exported Text Code -- Using Navigate -- Testing with Navigate -- Modifying for Navigate -- The Debugger -- The Code Coverage Tool -- Dialog Function Debugging Techniques -- Debugging with MESSAGE.

Debugging with CONFIRM -- Debugging with DIALOG -- Debugging with Text Output -- Debugging with ERROR -- Summary -- 9. Designing NAV Modifications -- Starting a New NAV Enhancement Project -- Design of NAV Modifications -- Knowledge is Key -- Creating a New Functional Area -- Advantages of Designing New Functionality -- Enhancing an Existing Functional Area -- NAV Development Time Allocation -- Data-Focused Design for New Functionality -- Define the Big Picture: The End Goals -- A Simple Sample Project -- Then Define the Little Pictures -- Sample Project Continued-1 -- Define What Data is Required to Create the Pictures -- Sample Project Continued-2 -- Define the Sources for the Data -- Sample Project Continued-3 -- Define the Data "Views" -- Sample Project Continued-4 -- Other Factors Must Always be Considered -- NAV Processing Flow -- Data Preparation -- Enter Transactions -- Provide for Additional Data Testing -- Post the Journal Batch -- Access the Data -- Continuing Maintenance -- Designing a New NAV Application Functionality -- Define the Data Tables -- Design the User Data Access Interface -- Design the Data Validation -- Appropriate Data Design Sequence -- Design Posting Processes -- Design Support Processes -- Double-Check Everything -- Summary -- 10. External Interfaces -- MenuSuites -- MenuSuite Levels -- MenuSuite Structure -- MenuSuite Internal Structure -- MenuSuite Development -- NAV Menus before V4.0 -- Dataports -- Dataport Components -- Dataport Properties -- Dataport Triggers -- Data Item -- Data Item Properties -- Data Item Triggers -- Dataport Fields -- Dataport Field Properties -- Dataport Field Triggers -- XMLports -- XMLport Components -- XMLport Properties -- XMLport Triggers -- XMLport Data Lines -- XMLport Line Properties -- SourceType as Text -- SourceType as Table -- SourceType as Field -- Element or Attribute.

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