C/Side Introduction in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Present the basic object types in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Describe fundamental aspects of Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment. This includes the UI, application objects, and basic metadata concepts.

Explain the physical and logical database structure.

Explain the features for multi-developer environments.

Explain the concepts of tables and table components.

Examine the concept behind primary and secondary keys, and explain how to set them.

Create a simple table with primary and secondary keys, and add data to the table.

Review the concept of table relations.

Set table relations with a filter and condition.

Describe special table fields.

Use special table fields to improve table features.

Explain the concepts of pages and page components.

Describe Page Designer and Action Designer.

Create a simple page and add basic controls to the page.

Provide an overview of different page types and their characteristics.

Discuss best practices in designing pages.

Create a Card page, add a container, FastTabs, and fields.

Create a List page and link it to the Card page.

Create a main page and a Part page, and link the two pages.

Describe the concepts and basic use of C/AL code elements.

Describe the concepts of data types, simple data types, and complex data types.

Explain the concepts of identifiers, variables, and syntax.

Explain the syntax of identifiers.

Explain the scope of variables.

Explain the initialization of variables.

Create a simple codeunit to show how to define variables, assign data types, and investigate several default values that are initialized for several data types.

Explain the concepts of assignment, statement, and assignment statements.

Describe the syntax of statements and introduce the statement separator.

Describe automatic type conversions for string, numeric, and other data types.

Use assignment statements and the Symbol Menu.

Understand the concepts of expressions, terms, and operators.

Describe the syntax of an expression.

Describe the string operator.

Use the string operator.

Describe the MAXSTRLEN and the COPYSTR functions.

Use the MAXSTRLEN and the COPYSTR functions in an expression.

Define numeric expressions, arithmetic operators, and operator precedence.

Describe the arithmetic operators, and provide examples.

Use the arithmetic operators and examine the operator precedence.

Define relational and logical operators and expressions.

Describe how to use relational expressions for comparison.

Describe how to use relational expressions for set inclusion.

Describe how to use logical expressions.

Use logical and relational expressions in a page.

Define conditional statements and Boolean expressions.

Describe the IF statement, the IF-THEN, and IF-THEN-ELSE syntax.

Describe the EXIT statement and code indentation.

Describe the CASE statement and the syntax of the CASE statement.

Define compound statements and comments.

Describe the syntax of compound statements with BEGIN and END.

Understand the concepts of nested IF statements and the rule of correct indentation.

Describe the syntax of comments.

Use the IF, EXIT, CASE, and compound statements in a page.

Test knowledge about C/AL statements.

Define arrays and describe the components of arrays.

Describe the syntax of arrays.

Explain the power of arrays.

Describe how to use strings as arrays of characters.

Introduce repetitive statements that are available in C/AL.

Use arrays and repetitive statements in a page.

Describe the WITH statement, record variables, and the syntax of the WITH statement.

Explain the concepts of functions and parameters.

Explain the C/AL Symbol Menu.

Describe the use and syntax of data access, filtering, and manipulation functions.

Describe the use and syntax of user interaction functions.

Describe the use and syntax of string functions.

Describe the use and syntax of system functions.

Describe the use and syntax of date functions.

Describe the use and syntax of number functions.

Describe the use and syntax of array functions.

Describe the use and syntax of several other important functions.

Provide an overview of the benefits of creating custom functions.

Explain the concepts of local functions and local variables.

Create custom functions in a page and call the functions from Actions.

Explain the concepts of reports and report components.

Provide an overview of different report types and their characteristics.

Describe the difference between the logical and the visual design of reports and introduce Report Designer.

Describe the logical design of a report.

Create the data model for a new report by defining data items in the Report Dataset Designer.

Describe the visual design of a report and introduce Microsoft Visual Studio Report Designer.

Design the report layout.

Introduce Request Page Designer.

Design the Request Options page.

Explain the concepts of grouping and totaling in a report.

Create a grouping and totaling for a report.

Add advanced features to a report.

Describe the fundamentals of an XMLport and its components.

Review how to design XMLports.

Explain the Request page functionality.

Describe how to use XMLports from C/AL code.

Create XMLports for export and import with XML format.

Create XMLports for export and import with a fixed and a variable text format.

Explain the concepts of codeunits.

Provide an overview of designing codeunits.

Provide an overview by using codeunits.

Define variables and functions in a codeunit.

Use the SMTP Mail codeunit.

Explain the .NET Interoperability features.

Describe the concept of constructors.

Communicate between client-side and server-side objects.

Describe how to respond to events that are raised by .NET objects.

Examine mapping between C/AL and .NET data types.

Review the most important C/AL functions for managing .NET objects.

Use arrays, collections, and enumerations.

Explain how to stream data between C/AL and .NET objects.

Present the Query Designer and its features

Explain the principles of the query design process

Show how to select, join, filter, aggregate, and order data

Demonstrate how to access queries from C/AL code

Explain how to export data from queries