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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

You're reading from   Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Build powerful, robust, and scalable extensions customized for your business requirements

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803236414
Length 466 pages
Edition 7th Edition
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David Studebaker David Studebaker
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Marije Brummel Marije Brummel
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Natalie Karolak Natalie Karolak
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Christopher D. Studebaker Christopher D. Studebaker
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Central 2. Chapter 2: Tables FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Data Types and Table Fields 4. Chapter 4: Pages – The Interactive Interface 5. Chapter 5: Reports and Queries 6. Chapter 6: Introduction to AL 7. Chapter 7: Intermediate AL 8. Chapter 8: Extensibility beyond AL 9. Index 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we covered a number of practical tools and topics regarding AL coding and development. We started by reviewing AL methods and then we dived into a long list of methods and statements that we will need on a frequent basis.

We covered a variety of selected data-centric methods, including some for computation and validation, some for data conversion, and others for date handling. Next, we reviewed methods that affect the flow of logic and the flow of data, including FlowFields, control statements, CRUD, and filtering. Then, we put a number of these to work in an enhancement for our WDTU application. Finally, we gained knowledge about the multilanguage system that Business Central provides, and about debugging in AL.

In the next chapter, we will move on from focusing on data from within the application and change the focus to outside Business Central. How can external systems read, write, or modify Business Central data? How do we get information from a system...

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