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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
+31 6 42 61 01 73
