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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

Creating a FactBox page


In RTC, we can see small boxes on the right-hand side of the pages, which display brief information about the current record. To maintain the standard NAV GUI in customized pages, it is suggested to add FactBox related to the pages. In this recipe, we will create a FactBox page based on Item table and add it on the default Item List page.

How to do it...

  1. Create a new page from Object Designer.

  2. Leave the Table Name field blank and choose the Create Blank Page option to design a page from scratch.

  3. From the Page Designer window, set the following page properties (Shift + F4):

    Property

    Value

    PageType

    CardPart

    SourceTable

    Item

  4. Add the following variables in the Page Designer window:

    Type

    SubType

    SourceExpr

    Name

    Container

    ContentArea

     

    MainContainer

    Field

     

    "No."

    <No.>

    Field

     

    Description

    <Description>

    Field

     

    Inventory

    <Inventory>

  5. The indented Page Designer window will look similar to the following screenshot:

  6. Save and...

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