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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Programming Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Programming Cookbook Build better business applications with NAV

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849680943
Length 356 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Programming Cookbook
Credits
About the author
About the reviewer
1. Preface
1. Strings, Dates, and Other Data Types FREE CHAPTER 2. General Development 3. Working with Tables and Records 4. Designing Forms 5. Report Design 6. Diagnosing Code Problems 7. Roles and Security 8. Leveraging Microsoft Office 9. OS Interaction 10. Integration 11. Working with SQL Server 12. The RoleTailored Client Index

Assigning menu suites based on company


Unfortunately, NAV only supports assigning one menu suite to a user. This recipe will show you how to set a user's menu suite at runtime based on the current company.

How to do it...

  1. Design the User Menu Level table (2000000061).

  2. Save the table as User Menu Level by Company with a new object ID.

  3. Add the following field to the table:

    Name

    Type

    Length

    Company

    Text

    30

  4. Set the following properties for the field:

    Field Name

    Property Name

    Value

    Company

    TableRelation

    Company

    Company

    NotBlank

    Yes

  5. Add the Company field as the first field under Primary Key.

  6. Save and close the table.

  7. Create a new codeunit from Object Designer.

  8. Add a global function named LoadMenusuite.

  9. Add the following local variables to the function:

    Name

    Type

    Subtype

    UserMenuLevelComp

    Record

    User Menu Level by Company

    UserMenuLevel

    Record

    User Menu Level

    Session

    Record

    Session

  10. Add the following code to the function:

    Session.SETRANGE("My Session", TRUE);
    IF NOT Session...
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