Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook

Written in the style of a cookbook. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 7 Programming Cookbook is full of recipes to help you get the job done. If you are a junior / entry-level NAV developer then the first half of the book is designed primarily for you. You may or may not have any experience programming. It focuses on the basics of NAV programming. If you are a mid-level NAV developer, you will find these chapters explain how to think outside of the NAV box when building solutions. There are also recipes that senior developers will find useful.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Acknowledgements; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:String, Dates, and Other Data Types; Introduction; Retrieving the system date and time; Retrieving the work date; Determining the day, month, and year from a given date; Using the date formula to calculate dates; Converting a value to a formatted string; Creating an array; Creating an option variable; Converting a string to another data type; Manipulating string contents; Chapter 2:General Development; Introduction.

Displaying the progress bar and data in processRepeating code using a loop; Checking for conditions using an IF statement; Using the CASE statement to test multiple conditions; Rounding decimal values; Creating functions; Passing parameters by reference; Referencing dynamic tables and fields; Using recursion; Chapter 3:Working with Tables, Records, and Queries; Introduction; Creating a table; Adding a key to a table; Retrieving data using the FIND and GET statements; Advanced filtering; Adding a FlowField; Creating a SumIndexField; Retrieving data from FlowField and SumIndexField.

Using a temporary tableRetrieving data from other…