Microsoft
Navision Development I – C/SIDE Introduction
Course
8359: Five days; Instructor-Led
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must have:
• General
knowledge of Microsoft® Windows®
• Completed the Microsoft Navision Installation & Configuration
Training
• Basic knowledge of software development
Course Outline
This chapter focuses on defining tables and their components.
It also discusses how to design appropriate tables to store your data.
Main Topics
• What
is a Table?
• Table and Field Properties
• Creating Tables
• What Are Keys?
• Setting Relationships Between Tables
• Special Table Fields
• Modifying Some Properties
• Types of Tables and their Characteristics
• SumIndexFields and FlowFields
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
• Create
basic tables, keys, and fields
• Establish relationships between tables
• Define and create SumIndexFields
• Define and create FlowFields
Chapter 2: Basic Forms
This chapter focuses on the fundamental concepts and basic tasks involved in designing and using forms.
Main Topics
• Blank
Forms
• Useful Controls
• Forms Wizard
• Creating Buttons
• Creating subforms
• Form Types and Characteristics
• Standard Navigation
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
• Create
a form starting with a blank form
• Create a form using the Form Wizard
• Add various controls to a form
• Understand basic form and control properties
• Set various form and control properties
Chapters 3 – 17: Introduction to C/AL Programming
These chapters introduce the programming language built into Microsoft Navision.
Main Topics
• Intrinsic
Data Types
• Identifiers and Variables
• Assignment Statements
• Simple Expressions, Terms and Operators
• Numeric Expressions
• Logical and Related Expressions
• IF and EXIT Statements
• Compound Statements and Comments
• Arrays
• Repetitive Statements
• Functions
• Using Intrinsic C/AL Functions
• Creating Your Own Functions
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
• Access
the C/AL development environment
• Use existing data types and create new ones
• Identify and use assignment statements
• Create simple, compound, numeric, and logical expressions
• Define and use single and multiple dimensioned arrays
• Use IF, EXIT, repetitive statements and functions
Chapter 18: Reports
This chapter focuses on the creation of reports in Microsoft Navision. We examine the types of reports, how sections work, some useful properties, grouping and totaling, and how to use some advanced features.
Main Topics
• Types
of Reports
• Report Designers
• How Sections Work
• Report and Section Properties
• Grouping Within a Report
• Totaling Within a Report
• Advanced Report Features
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
• Define
the types of reports
• Create reports from a blank report
• Create reports using the Report Designers
• Create multi-section reports
• Group data within a report
• Add totals to report footers
• Using FlowFilters in a report
• Gather information from the Request Form
Chapter 19: Dataports
This chapter focuses on how to import data from and export data to data files.
Main Topics
• Dataport
Fundamentals
• Designing Dataports
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
• Define
Dataports and their various components
• Design a Dataport
• Save, compile and run a Dataport
• Export data to a file
• Import data from a file
Chapter 20: XMLports
This chapter focuses on how to import XML data from and export XML data to files.
Main Topics
• XMLport
Fundamentals
• Designing XMLports
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
• Define
XMLports and their various components
• Design an XMLport
• Save, compile and run an XMLport
• Export XML data to a file
• Import XML data from a file
Chapter 21: Codeunits
This chapter focuses on defining what a codeunit is and how to use them. It also demonstrates how to use the functions within a Codeunit from other application objects.
Main Topics
• What
is a Codeunit
• What can a Codeunit contain
• Creating Codeunits
• Using Codeunits
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
• Define
Codeunits and their various components
• Create a Codeunit
• Define variables, text constants and functions within a Codeunit
• Use the C/AL Symbol Menu
• Save, compile and run a Codeunit
• Describe the limitations of Codeunits
Chapter 22: MenuSuites
This chapter describes the MenuSuite object, which contains the menu suite content that is displayed in the Navigation Pane and in the Navigation Pane designer.
Main Topics
• MenuSuite
Fundamentals
• Customizing MenuSuites
• Exporting a MenuSuite Object
• Upgrading MenuSuite Content
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
• Design
and create MenuSuite objects
• Customize existing Menusuite objects
• Export a MenuSuite object
• Upgrade existing MenuSuite content
Chapters 23 - 26: Integration Tools
This chapter introduces you to tools that can be used inside or outside of Microsoft Navision to integrate with other applications.
Main Topics
• N/ODBC
• C/Front
• OCX Controls
• Automation servers
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
• Install
and set up the N/ODBC driver
• Access database data using queries
• Write data back to Microsoft Navision
• Install and set up the C/Front System
• Identify the limitations of C/Front
• Install and register OCX controls
• Implement an OCX control
• Discuss the problems and limitations of using OCX controls
• Discuss why automation servers are needed
• Create a report using automation
• Respond to automation events
Chapter 27: Navision Implementation Methodology
This chapter focuses on best practices when creating Microsoft Navision solutions.
Main Topics
• Microsoft
Navision Implementation Methodology
• Version Control
• Development documentation
After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
• Describe
the phases within the methodology
• Discuss the roles within a customization project
• Describe the Modification Flag and Version Tags
• Identify the various types of documentation found in a customization
project
• Describe where and how to document code and module changes
Conclusion
After covering the above, we discuss the key points that have been covered throughout this course and leave time for questions.
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