NAV2013 Glance 4: Filtering Lines
NAV 2009 was really challenging many long time NAV users on this. Now with NAV 2013 we are getting it (back again): manually setting filters on lines. Have a look here:
Author: Luc van Vugt
NAV2013 Glance 3: Build Server Application Objects
A new menu item on the Tools menu! OK, I immediately had my thoughts to this, but just wanted to be sure so did ask some MSFTs. Thank you! [B] Executing it: regenerates the objects’ C# and meta data info needed for the server and updates the Object Metadata table…
NAV2013 Glance 2: C/SIDE is totally Headless
OK, we knew Forms would be totally out. Likewise classic Reports with their request forms and previews. All would be replaced by RTC windows, i.e. Pages and Request Pages and RDLC previews. But what about the various dialogs like MESSAGE and CONFIRM? What would show when I would program a…
NAV2013 Glance 1: Expand/Collapse C/AL Functions
I finally got things set to dive into NAV2013. And I am really happy. As MVP I was part of (a kind of) TAP program and was provided with a number of CTP builds, but I have been fighting ever since to get things in place and got a bit fed up…
Zetadocs Express – A New Chance
Just over a month ago Equisys announced an update to Zetadocs Express. Seeing the official communications I knew I had the moral duty to go out and review this update even before Greg Cole, Zetadocs Product Manager, directly challenged me by e-mail, writing: This new version is more flexible in…
Live could be somewhat simpler – C&P chapter 5
Every time again I am creating a new function in C/SIDE, based on an existing one, I am overjoyed by the fact that it can simply be copied and pasted. Unsurprisingly it was the topic of one of my first blog posts: Live is simple if you know how – C&P…
How-to: Create a One-Page Matrix by Example #2
Using the step-by-step recipe, and basing on our first example, I have build another example One-Page for the following requirements: Customer Spending by Period: Display the total amount for each period (type, i.e. day, week, month, quarter, year, accounting period) what each of our customers has in order. In this case…
How-to: Create a One-Page Matrix by Example
Using the step-by-step recipe I have build an example One-Page matrix based on the following requirements: Customer/Item Spending: Display the total amount for each item what each of our customers has in order. Basically this line already reveals the design of our matrix: Display the total amount … -> matrix…
How-to: Create a One-Page Matrix
Last week I conducted a NAV Development update to the development team of a Dutch NAV partner. One of the topics we touched was the One-Page Matrix introduced in NAV 2009 SP1. The What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Service Pack 1 – Installation and Development manual contains a…
Naming Conventions
Some useful resources to study and use when naming objects in NAV, whether it be tables, fields, variables or whatever other object: Microsoft Dynamics® NAV 2009 Developer and IT Pro Documentation: Naming Conventions discusses the naming of: Tables objects Form and Page objects Report objects Table fields Form buttons and…