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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

You're reading from   Mastering Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 The compilation of best skillset to harness Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Administrators, Consultants, and Developers

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786464309
Length 450 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rabindra Sah Rabindra Sah
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Preface 1. Microsoft Dynamics NAV Installation FREE CHAPTER 2. Upgraded Features and Configuration in Dynamics NAV 2016 3. The C/AL and VB Programming 4. Testing and Debugging 5. Design and Development Considerations 6. Version Control and Code Management 7. Tuning Up the NAV System 8. Security in Dynamics NAV 2016 9. Upgrade and Migration 10. Interfacing NAV with Other Applications 11. Extending Dynamics NAV 2016 12. The Future of NAV

DotNet interoperability

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 has added the interoperability feature with the DotNet Programming language. Support for DotNet was first introduced in the previous version of NAV in exchange for automation control. Now in Dynamics NAV 2016, it is possible to use a wider range of .NET objects directly in C/AL programming by creating the .NET type variable, as shown in the following screenshot:

DotNet interoperability

In the preceding screenshot, you can see that, in codeunit 1290, there is a variable of type DotNet with System.Net.HttpWebResponse.'System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' as Subtype, which cannot be directly implemented in C/AL code.

The DotNet objects can be implemented on both the server side and the client side. There are limitations to using .NET in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016, which are typically solved by creating Wrapper DLL objects in C#. The Excel interface is also an example of this.

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