building bridges tips & tricks nav 2009 adriatics dynamics community mark j. brummel

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Tips & Tricks NAV 2009

Adriatics Dynamics Community

Mark J. Brummel

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Agenda

• User Interface– Shortcuts, Filtering, etc…

• Page Design– New properties

• Role Centers• C/AL Improvements• Report Design

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USER INTERFACE

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User Interface (1)

• Shortcuts– F3 replaces F7– F4 replaces F6 (Delete = CRTL+DEL)– F9 replaces F11– F7 replaces F5 & F9 (F5=refresh)– F8 remains F8!!

• Save Views• Open in New Window• Page Search (CTRL+F3)

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Overview of Shortcuts

https://mbs.microsoft.com/public/insights/ReadArticle.aspx?rcpt_id=17061836&ja_id=49077

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User Interface (2)

• Ctrl + F10

• Ctrl + PgUp & PgDn• Shift F12• Enter VS Tab (Skip non editable)• CTRL+Enter closes screen• Disable FAYT• Freeze FAYT Column• Zoom (Copy to Excel)

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User Interface (3)

• Personalization (New zupfile) C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Microsoft Dynamics NAV\PersonalizationStore.xml• Print every page

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Personalization

• Disable Personalization–Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.Client.exe –

disablepersonalization– Not Documented in /?– Easy to workaround

• Remove Departments

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Filtering Subpages

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PAGE DESIGN

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Page Design (1)

• New Properties– HideValue– Visible (Does not update on change records)

– Style

• Freeze Panes• ShowAsTree

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Page Design (2)

• Provider ID Property• DropDown list• The “Return” Shortcut• Jpeg in RTC Lists

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Windows Scripting Host

• Update Header From Line– Alternative Factbox 35000 (NL)

• Line Actions from Action Pane• PromotedActionCategoriesML

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ROLE CENTERS

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Role Centers

• Grouping Activities & Menu Items• Filtering in Cue’s• RunFormMode : New• Menu Suite Departments Grouping– Search

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REPORTS

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Reports

• DataSetFieldName• Using the Zoom for your Report• The power of the Visible property• Adding new fields to a Header–Move them from the body– GetData & SetData

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C/AL IMPROVEMENTS

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New C/AL Functions

• IMPORTOBJECTS(FileName [, Format])

• EXPORTOBJECTS(FileName, ObjectRecord [, Format])

• Format– Txt = 0– XML = 1

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Object Designer

• GoTo Definition– Objects and Functions– Technical Upgrade– Requires .STX upgrade– Shows in user interface

with right mouseclick

Does not work in WITH DO statements

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Page Designer

• Improved Readability– Bold Lines– Default Naming

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Page Designer II

• Factbox Wizard

Tip : Copy & Paste Factboxes & Actions

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Page Designer III

• Page Actions• Control Actions

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Object Locking

• New fields in Object Designer• Prevents working on the same object• Automaticaly or Manually– Client option

• Bug in release• BLOB size discontinued

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Compiler Error List

Gives a list of errors and warnings

Can be pretty annoying!

New internal table 2000000070 Error List

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Other new C/AL Functions

● SYNCHRONIZEALLLOGINS

● SYNCHRONIZESINGLELOGIN

● SID

● ASSERTERROR

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Company Indicator

• Company Information• Function in Codeunit 1• Returnvalue Text• Fixed per session

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Contact Information

Mark J. BrummelThe Netherlands

www.brummelds.commark@brummelds.com

+31 6 42 61 01 73