Microsoft ® Business Solutions–Navision ® 4.0 Development II – C/SIDE Solution Development Day...

Microsoft® Business Solutions–Navision® 4.0

Development II – C/SIDE Solution Development

Microsoft® Business Solutions–Navision® 4.0

Development II – C/SIDE Solution Development

Day 1

IntroductionsIntroductions

Instructor Name

Company/Position

Qualifications/Experience

Hobbies

Things you need to knowThings you need to know

• Class Information– Monday 8:30am, Tuesday – Friday 8:00am– 5:00pm– Breaks– Lunch

• Facilities– Restrooms– Telephones

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IntroductionIntroduction

•About the Course– Target Audience– Training Objectives– Course Structure– Course Content– Training Prerequisites– Certification– Further Information

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•Target Audience– Microsoft Certified Business Solutions Partner

employees who develop custom Microsoft Navision applications

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•Training Objectives– Develop the basic skills needed to develop

solutions in Microsoft Navision– Begin preparation for Development II

Certification Exam

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•Course Structure– Foundation Tools

• Programming Language• Development Environment

– Business Case Diagnosis• Analysis• Design• Development & Testing

– Deployment

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•Course Content– Internal Documentation– Debugging Tools– Performance Issues– Complex Data variables and their member

functions– Multilanguage functionality– Analysis of objects– Posting routines– Interfaces to Microsoft Navision– Some Microsoft SQL issues

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•Training Prerequisites– Microsoft Navision Development I

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• Certification– You must pass both the Microsoft Navision

Development I exam and the Microsoft Navision Development II exam for certification

– For Microsoft Navision Master Development Designation you need the previous two exams plus the following exams:

• Microsoft Navision Installation and Configuration• MS 70-229 • 1 of Microsoft Navision Financial, Whse Mgmt,

Manufacturing, or Trade

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•Further Information– C/SIDE online Help (C/SIDE Reference Guide)– Application Designer’s Guide

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Development ConceptsDevelopment Concepts

•Rules– C/SIDE Reference Guide– Application Designer’s Guide

•Methodology– Phases

• Diagnostic Phase• Analysis Phase• Design Phase• Development & Testing Phase• Deployment Phase• On-Going Support Phase

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Business Case Diagnosis & AnalysisBusiness Case Diagnosis & Analysis

• Introduction• Diagnosis• Analysis – Functional Requirements

– Seminars– Instructors– Participants– Registration– Invoicing– Reporting & Statistics– Interfaces

• Other Requirements• Data Model• Project Plan

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• Introduction– Business Case or Diagnosis and Analysis Phase

of project– Diagnosis provides the “Executive Summary”

of the Business Case•Client Profile•High-Level Needs Description

– Analysis describes specific requirements in more detail.

•Data Models•Project Plan

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Diagnosis – Executive SummaryDiagnosis – Executive Summary

•Cronus International Training Academy– Software Training Center– Customized Seminar Management module

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Diagnosis – Executive SummaryDiagnosis – Executive Summary

• Customized Seminar Management module

– Store and integrate data• Seminar• Instructor• Customer• Financial Information

– Processes• Track master data• Register participants• Create invoices• Overview of statistics

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Analysis – Functional RequirementsAnalysis – Functional Requirements

•Functional Requirements– Seminars– Instructors– Participants– Registration– Invoicing– Reporting & Statistics– Interfaces– Dimensions

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•Seminars– Fixed duration– Minimum & maximum participants– Fixed price– Related to Job in Microsoft Navision– Posted– Seminar room– In-house or outsourced– Assign in-house room– Customer statistics

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• Instructors– Employee– Setup as Resource in Microsoft Navision

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•Participants– Related to Customers– Must have customer association– Every Customer can have several participants

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•Registration– Form– Job No.– Additional expenses– Invoicing information– Comments

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• Invoicing– Invoice customers at completion of seminar

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•Reporting & Statistics– List of Registered Seminar Participants– Seminar Certificate– View statistical information

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• Interfaces– Send email notification– Export XML participant list

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•Dimensions– Standard dimensions functionality for master

files, registrations, posting, and invoicing

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• Other Requirements– Easy to learn

• Consistent with Microsoft Navision standards

– Efficient• Both mouse and keyboard

– Clarity• Intuitive interfaces

– Easy error correction• Error messages with suggestions

– Guidelines• Application Designer’s Guide

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Instructor

Seminar

Seminar RoomSeminar

RegistrationSeminarCharge

Job

Contact(Participant)

Customer

Blue objects must be created.

Master Files

Data ModelData Model

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Data ModelData Model

Sales Invoice

Seminar Registration

Seminar LedgerEntry

Job LedgerEntry

SeminarInvoicing

SeminarPosting

JobPosting

Blue objects must be created.

Posting

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• Project Plan– Business case broken down into tasks– End result will be a deliverable– Tasks (By Chapter)

2. Managing Master Files3. Managing Registrations4. Managing Posting5. Managing Integration6. Managing Reporting7. Managing Statistics8. Managing Dimensions9. Managing Interfaces

C/AL TriggersC/AL Triggers

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C/AL TriggerC/AL Trigger

• Documentation trigger– Used for documentation purposes within

object.

• Event trigger– Name always begins with ‘On’.– Code is executed when named event occurs.

• Function trigger– Function within an object.– Code is executed when function is called.

Table TriggersTable Triggers

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Properties Properties

Triggers Triggers



Triggers Triggers

Fields Fields

Global Var. Global Var.


SumIndexFieldsSumIndexFields

KeysKeys

Table Description

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Table triggers are processed after Form triggers.

OnInsert()OnInsert()

OnModify()OnModify()

OnDelete()OnDelete()

OnRename()OnRename()

•Record.MODIFY(True), Record.MODIFYALL(True)

•Record.DELETE(True), Record.DELETEALL(TRUE)

•Record.RENAME(True)

•Record.INSERT(True)

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•Fires after field input (Return).•Fires before form control trigger.•Can be run from C/AL with

Record.VALIDATE(Field [NewValue]).

OnValidate()OnValidate()

OnLookup()OnLookup() •Fired by F6 or LookUp button• If C/AL code is inserted in this trigger,

the standard lookup function is deactivated

•Fires only if no C/AL code is available in the corresponding form control trigger

Field Triggers

Form TriggersForm Triggers

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Triggers Triggers



Triggers Triggers

Controls Controls


Form Description

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OnInitOnInit

OnOpenFormOnOpenForm

OnFindRecordOnFindRecord

Record not available, no access to controls

Access to controls

OnAfterGetRecordOnAfterGetRecord Record available, but not displayed in controls

OnAfterGetCurrRecOnAfterGetCurrRec Fired by the current record

OnFormatOnFormat Fired by each visible control

OnNextRecordOnNextRecord

OnAfterGetRecordOnAfterGetRecord

OnFormatOnFormat

Fir

st

Record

Next

Record

Record pointer is set

Record available but not displayed in controls

Fired by each visible control

Record pointer is moved to the next record

Form Trigger – Open Form

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OnBeforePutRecordOnBeforePutRecord

OnQueryCloseFormOnQueryCloseForm

OnCloseFormOnCloseForm

OnBeforePutRecordOnBeforePutRecord

OnQueryCloseFormOnQueryCloseForm

OnCloseFormOnCloseForm

OnModifyRecordOnModifyRecord

Record not modified

Record modified

Table trigger

Record is not saved yet

Form trigger

Exit with parameter ‘true’

Exit with parameter ‘true’

OnModifyOnModify

Form Trigger – Close Form

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OnInsertRecordOnInsertRecord

OnModifyRecordOnModifyRecord

OnDeleteRecordOnDeleteRecord

Form TriggerForm Trigger

OnInsertOnInsert

OnModifyOnModify

OnDeleteOnDelete

Table TriggerTable Trigger

Form Trigger and Table Trigger

Forms triggers are executed first!

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OnBeforeInputOnBeforeInput

OnActivateOnActivate

OnFormatOnFormat

InputInput OnInputChangeOnInputChangeyes Input next

characteryes

OnAfterInputOnAfterInput

OnValidate(Table)OnValidate(Table)

OnValidateOnValidate

OnAfterValidateOnAfterValidate

OnFormatOnFormatOnDeactivateOnDeactivate

no

no

Control Trigger – Text Box Input

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Each trigger is processed!

Table Field TriggerTable Field Trigger

System ValidationSystem Validation

Only one trigger is processed!

Table Field LookupTable Field Lookup

System LookupSystem Lookup

Form Control LookupForm Control Lookup

Form Control TriggerForm Control Trigger

OnValidate()OnValidate()

OnLookup()OnLookup()

Control / Field Trigger

Codeunit TriggersCodeunit Triggers

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ParametersParameters


Return ValueReturn Value

Triggers Triggers


Local VariablesLocal Variables

Codeunit Object Description

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OnRun()OnRun() •Codeunit.RUN

Record CommandsRecord Commands

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• Record.GET• Record.SETCURRENTKEY• Record.SETRANGE• Record.SETFILTER• Record.FIND • Record.NEXT

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No. Name70000 Side Panel70001 Base70002 Top Panel70003 Rear Panel70010 Wooden Door70011 Glass Door

RECORD.GET(‘70002’)

• Always primary key

• No filter• Very fast

Record.GET([Value],…)

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Record pointer

Record.FIND('-')Record pointerRecord pointer

Record.NEXTRecord.NEXT

Record.FIND([Which]) / Record.NEXT([Steps])

Record.FIND('-')Record.NEXT

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No. Name70001 Base70011 Glass Door70003 Rear Panel70000 Side Panel70002 Top Panel70010 Wooden Door


Record.SETCURRENTKEY(Name)

Record.SETCURRENTKEY(Field1[,Field2],…)

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Record.SETRANGE(Field[, FromValue][, ToValue])

Record.SETRANGE(“No.”,’70002’,’70010’)

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No. Name70001 Base70011 Glass Door70003 Rear Panel70000 Side Panel70002 Top Panel70010 Wooden Door


Record.SETFILTER(Field, String [, Value],…)

Record.SETFILTER(Name,’@*PANEL*’)

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Record pointer

Record.FIND('-')Record pointerRecord pointer

Record.NEXTRecord.NEXTRecord.NEXT = 0 Record

pointer

Using SETRANGE, FIND and Next

Record.SETRANGE(“No.”,’70002’,’70010’)

Record.FIND('-')Record.NEXT

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• Additional Commands– INSERT– MODIFY– MODIFYALL– DELETE– DELETEALL– RENAME– INIT– CALCFIELDS– COPY– COUNT– VALIDATE

Multilanguage – Tables/FormsMultilanguage – Tables/Forms

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• Application Texts• System Texts• Online Help• Company Notes

Use Tools, Language from the menu bar to change the application language

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• Internal name of elements, like Objects, Fields, Controls, Functions and Variables

•Must be in English (United States)

NameName

CaptionCaption•Displays the caption of an element in

the selected language•Current value is copied from CaptionML

CaptionMLCaptionML•Contains the caption of an element

for each language code•Mandatory for all elements that

might be visible to the user

Think Caption – Not Name!

Data Caption FieldsData Caption Fields

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•DataCaptionFields– Primary key and description field

(For example: ‘No.’ and ‘Name’)

TablesTables

FormsForms •DataCaptionFields– Most used filter field

(For example: ‘Customer No.’)

•DataCaptionExpr– Expression to show different captions in

a form(For example:FORMAT("Contract Type") + ' ' + "Contract No.“)

– Overwrites DataCaptionFields property

Data Caption Properties

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•DataCaptionExpr from the form or the value of DataCaptionFields

•Value of DataCaptionFields from the parent form’s source table

Tabular FormTabular Form

Card FormCard Form •DataCaptionExpr from the form or the value of DataCaptionFields from the source table

•Primary key fields are used if no data caption is defined

Data Caption Display

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Managing Participants – Code WalkthroughManaging Participants – Code Walkthrough

• Contact Card – Form 5050• Contact List – Form 5052• Contact Table – Table 5050

Managing Master FilesManaging Master Files

Lab

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ConclusionConclusion

• We have now created our master files and user interfaces

• Now that we can store our master data, we can develop the forms and code necessary to carry out transactions

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ReviewReview

• C/AL Triggers• Complex Datatypes• MultiLanguage• Master Files

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