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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

You're reading from   Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Build powerful, robust, and scalable extensions customized for your business requirements

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803236414
Length 466 pages
Edition 7th Edition
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David Studebaker David Studebaker
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Marije Brummel Marije Brummel
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Natalie Karolak Natalie Karolak
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Christopher D. Studebaker Christopher D. Studebaker
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Business Central 2. Chapter 2: Tables FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Data Types and Table Fields 4. Chapter 4: Pages – The Interactive Interface 5. Chapter 5: Reports and Queries 6. Chapter 6: Introduction to AL 7. Chapter 7: Intermediate AL 8. Chapter 8: Extensibility beyond AL 9. Index 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

XMLports

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) is a structured text format developed to describe data to be shared by dissimilar systems. XML has become a standard for communications between systems. To make handling XML-formatted data simpler and more error-resistant, Business Central provides XMLport, a data import/export object. In addition to processing XML-formatted data, XMLports can also handle a wide variety of other text file formats, including CSV files, generic flat files, and so on. XML-formatted data is text-based, with each piece of information structured in one of two basic formats: elements or attributes. An element is the overall logical unit of information, while an attribute is a property of an element. They are formatted as follows:

  • <Tag>elementvalue</Tag> (an element format)
  • <Tag AttribName="attribute datavalue"> (an attribute format)

Note

Elements can be nested but must not overlap. Element and attribute names are case...

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