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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook Learn to customize, integrate and administer NAV 7 using practical, hands-on recipes

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849689106
Length 312 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Acknowledgements
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. String, Dates, and Other Data Types FREE CHAPTER 2. General Development 3. Working with Tables, Records, and Queries 4. Designing Pages 5. Report Design 6. Diagnosing Code Problems 7. Roles and Security 8. Leveraging Microsoft Office 9. OS Interaction 10. Integration 11. Working with the SQL Server 12. NAV Server Administration Index

Rounding decimal values


As Navision is a financial system, it's obvious that most of the time we need to handle decimal values, and rounding decimals is a very important part of it. When we are converting high-value currency to low-value currency, a small decimal can make a big difference.

How to do it...

  1. Let's get started by creating a new codeunit from Object Designer.

  2. Add the following global variables:

    Name

    Type

    AmountToRound

    Decimal

    RoundToNearest

    Decimal

    RoundToUp

    Decimal

    RoundToDown

    Decimal

  3. Now write the following code in the OnRun trigger of the codeunit:

    AmountToRound:=345.8689999999;
    RoundToNearest:=ROUND(AmountToRound,0.01,'=');
    RoundToUp:=ROUND(AmountToRound,0.01,'>');
    RoundToDown:=ROUND(AmountToRound,0.01,'<');
    
    MESSAGE('Amount Before Rounding = %1 \\Rounded to nearest value =      %2'+'\Rounded to upper value = %3\Rounded to lower value = %4',AmountToRound,RoundToNearest,RoundToUp,RoundToDown);
  4. It's time to save and close the codeunit.

  5. On execution of the...

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