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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

You're reading from   Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Build customized business applications with the latest tools in Dynamics 365 Business Central

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789137798
Length 536 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Christopher D. Studebaker Christopher D. Studebaker
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Preface 1. Introduction to Business Central FREE CHAPTER 2. Tables 3. Data Types and Fields 4. Pages - The Interactive Interface 5. Queries and Reports 6. Introduction to AL 7. Intermediate AL 8. Advanced AL Development Tools 9. Successful Conclusions 10. Assessments 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Generating the layout

Now that we have defined our dataset, we can create the layout. Business Central supports both RDLC, which can be edited in Visual Studio, and SQL Report Builder, and it also supports Microsoft Word.

Both layouts can be added to the report definition using the WordLayout and RDLCLayout properties:

To generate the layout, we need to package our application, which can be done from the Command Palette:

This screenshot shows the generated RDLC, which is essentially to XML syntax:

Let's see if we can run our report. To do that, we will publish our extension without startupObjectId:

In the Business Central session, we will use the searchbox and type in the word radio , which will show our report:

When you click on the report and select Preview, you should see an empty layout.

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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition
Published in: Apr 2019
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781789137798
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