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Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development

You're reading from   Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development Using this tutorial will take you deeper into Dynamics NAV from a developer's viewpoint, and allow you to unlock its full potential. The book covers developing an application from start to finish in logical, illuminating steps.

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849689489
Length 230 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Alex Chow Alex Chow
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Getting Dynamics NAV 2013 on Your Computer – For (Almost) Free FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Familiar with Dynamics NAV 2013 3. Exploring the Data Structure and Basic Layout of Dynamics NAV 4. Determining a Task List 5. Finding Similar Functions for Inspiration 6. Creating the Application – Tables 7. Creating the Application – Pages and Reports 8. Extending Our Application 9. Dynamics NAV Modules to Address the Specific Needs of Your Business Additional Resources and Conclusion Index

Chapter 7. Creating the Application – Pages and Reports

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." – Aristotle

In the previous chapter, we created tables and set the table relationships for the appropriate fields. Having tables allows us to have a place to store the data, but it's not very user friendly in terms of data entry.

Imagine if you had to insert a record into the header table; you would have to exit the header table and go to the lines to insert the detail. It's possible, but your job would not be much fun. In addition, running the tables will display all the records within the table, so you would need to filter very carefully to see the details of a complaint. Possible, but not fun.

This is where pages come in. When we created our tables, we built some business logic through the table relationships and primary keys. With pages, we present the data from the table in an effective manner so the user can easily get the information...

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