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Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

You're reading from   Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook Extend Dynamics NAV 2016 to win the business world

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786460608
Length 458 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Alexander Drogin Alexander Drogin
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Preface 1. Writing Basic C/AL Code FREE CHAPTER 2. Advanced C/AL Development 3. Reporting and Data Analysis 4. .NET Interoperability in C/AL 5. Extending C/AL with COM Components 6. SharePoint Integration 7. Control Add-ins 8. Web Services 9. Events and Extension Packages 10. PowerShell

Linking add-ins with the database


The current recipe will cover the topic of creating a custom textbox control bound to a database field. Such control can be linked with a table field via the standard NAV property, SourceExpr. Any changes made by the user in a control linked to a table field are automatically reflected in the database.

How to do it...

  1. Run Visual Studio and create a Class Library project. Choose to create a new solution and enter NavDatabaseFieldControl as the name of the project.

  2. Rename the class Class1 in the solution explorer. Assign a new name, DatabaseFieldControl, and accept renaming all code references.

  3. In the solution explorer window, add references to assemblies Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.UI.Extensibility.dll and System.Windows.Forms.

  4. Remove default using statements and replace them with the following:

            using System; 
            using Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.UI.Extensibility; 
            using Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.UI.Extensibility.WinForms; 
            using...
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