You're reading from Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition

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Published in Apr 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786468192

Pages 706 pages

Edition 5th Edition

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Enterprise Resource Planning

Authors (3):

Marije Brummel

David Studebaker

Christopher D. Studebaker

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to NAV 2017

2. Tables

3. Data Types and Fields

4. Pages - the Interactive Interface

5. Queries and Reports

6. Introduction to C/SIDE and C/AL

7. Intermediate C/AL

8. Advanced NAV Development Tools

9. Successful Conclusions

C/AL Symbol Menu

As an Integrated Development Environment, C/SIDE contains a number of tools designed to make our C/AL development effort easier. One of these is the C/AL Symbol Menu. When we are in one of the Object Designers where C/AL code is supported, the C/ALSymbolMenu window can be accessed via either the menu option, View | C/AL Symbol Menu, or by pressing F5.

The three-column display has variables and object categories in the left column. If the entry in the left column is an object or a variable of function type, then the center column contains subcategories for the highlighted left-column entry. The right column contains the set of functions that are part of the highlighted center-column entry. In a few cases (such as BLOB fields), additional information is displayed in the columns further to the right. These columns are accessed through the arrows displayed just below the rightmost display column, as...

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Authors (3)

Marije Brummel

Author, programmer, consultant, project manager, presenter, evangelist, sales person, and a trainer. It's next to impossible to find someone as experienced as Marije Brummel in the Business Central community. Marije received the Microsoft MVP and the NAVUG All-Star awards among several others. She has chaired the Dynamics Credentialing committee and has authored official Microsoft Exam materials. She's the go-to girl for performance troubleshooting and upgrade challenges. One of her biggest achievements was introducing Design Patterns into the Business Central community. Her books, blog articles, and YouTube videos have influenced almost everyone involved with Business Central. She enjoys the outdoors with her dog and loves spending time with her family.

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David Studebaker

David Studebaker has been designing and developing software since 1962 as a developer, consultant, manager, and business owner. In 1967, David coauthored the first general-purpose SPOOL system, an AT&T / IBM joint project. He has been a founding partner in several firms, most recently Studebaker Technology and Liberty Grove Software. David's publications include a decade of technical reviews for ACM Computing Reviews and a number of articles on shop floor data collection. David originated the Packt series of books on programming Dynamics Business Central (aka Dynamics NAV). He has a BS in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a life member of the Association for Computing Machinery.

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Christopher D. Studebaker

Chris Studebaker was a certified environmental consultant working with manufacturing facilities to meet national and state regulations before he started working with Navision in 1999. After working on regulatory reporting, data analysis, project management, and subcontractor oversight, Chris has used those skills to sell, develop, and implement NAV for the past 20 years. He has specialized in retail, manufacturing, job shop, and distribution implementations, mostly in high-user-count, high-data-volume applications. Chris acts in a consulting and training role for customers and for peer NAV professionals. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Northern Illinois University and has done graduate work at Denmark Technical University.

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