Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009. Using this Microsoft Dynamics NAV book and eBook - develop and maintain high performance applications to meet changing business needs with improved agility and enhanced flexibility

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• Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009
  • Table of Contents
  • Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009
  • Credits
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgement
  • About the Reviewers
  • Foreword
  • Preface
    • A business history timeline
    • The beginning
    • Single user PC Plus
    • Multi-user Navigator
    • Navision Financials for Windows
    • Growth and mergers
    • Continuous enhancement
    • C/ALs roots
    • What you should know
    • What this book covers
    • What you need for this book
    • Who this book is for
    • Conventions
    • Reader feedback
    • Customer support
      • Errata
      • Piracy
      • Questions
  • 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
          • List pages
          • Card pages
          • Document pages
          • Journal/Worksheet pages
          • Standard elements of pages
          • Creating a Card page
          • Creating a List page
        • Keyboard shortcuts
        • Run a table
        • Reports
        • Creating a List format report
    • Codeunits
    • MenuSuites
    • Dataports
    • XMLports
    • Integration tools
    • Backups and documentation
    • Summary
    • Review questions
  • 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
          • Creating a Card form
          • Creating List Forms
          • The ZUP file
          • Testing a TableRelation property
      • Adding Secondary keys
      • Adding some activity-tracking tables
      • New tables
      • Keys and SumIndexFields in our examples
        • Table integration
    • 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
  • 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
          • Classic Client filter access
          • RoleTailored Client filter access
          • Find-As-You-Type filtering
    • Summary
    • Review questions
  • 4. PagesTools for Data Display
    • What is a page?
      • Controls
      • Bound and unbound
    • Pagesa 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
          • Card parts and List parts
          • Chart pane
      • 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
  • 5. Reports
    • What is a report?
    • Two NAV report designers
      • A hybrid report designer
    • NAV reportlook 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
          • Table Elementsicons and purpose
        • Report Items
        • Make the report changes
          • Some interactive report capabilities
          • Page Header fields
      • Request Page
    • Processing-Only reports
      • Creating a report from scratch
      • Creative report plagiarism
    • Summary
    • Review questions
  • 6. Introduction to C/SIDE and C/AL
    • Essential navigation
      • Object Designer
        • Starting a new object
          • Table Designer
          • Page Designer
          • Report Designer
          • XMLport Designer
          • Codeunit Designer
          • MenuSuite Designer
        • 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
          • Function local identifiers
          • Other local identifiers
        • 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
        • Wildcards
        • 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
        • FIND ([Which]) options and the SQL Server alternates
      • BEGINEND compound statement
      • IFTHENELSE statement
      • Indenting code
    • Some simple coding modifications
      • Adding a validation to a table
      • Adding code to enhance a report
    • Summary
    • Review questions
  • 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
      • REPEATUNTIL control structure
      • WHILEDO control structure
      • CASEELSE statement
      • WITHDO 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
          • "Donor Giving" report design
          • Beginning development
          • Eliminating the Request form/page
          • Working storage definition
          • Defining the C/AL code
        • Developing the Donor Recognition Status report
          • Using the Report Wizard
          • Beginning the C/AL coding for the report
          • Retrofitting date filtering capability
          • Adding code for CALCFIELDS processing
          • Adding code to print addresses
    • Summary
    • Review questions
  • 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 358Date Filter-Calc
      • Codeunit 359Period Form Management
      • Codeunit 365Format Address
      • Codeunit 396NoSeriesManagement
      • Codeunit 397Mail
      • Codeunit 408Dimension Management
      • Codeunit 412Common Dialog Management
    • Sampling of function models to review
      • Codeunit 228Test Report-Print
      • Codeunit 229print 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
          • Modifying for 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
  • 9. Extend, Integrate, and Designinto the Future
    • Interfaces
    • 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
          • NodeType as an Element
          • TagType as an Attribute
        • XMLport line triggers
          • DataType as Text
          • DataType as Table
          • DataType as Field
        • 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
          • Database testing approaches
          • Testing in production
          • Using a testing database
          • Testing techniques
          • Deliverables
          • Finishing the project
    • 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
  • A. Answers
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
  • Index

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