October 2016 – Page 5

I had a dream: codeunit references

Polymorphism is a great thing. .NET, Java, C++ and other folks have enjoyed its benefits for a long time, some more than a quarter century already. Meanwhile, we, the meager C/AL bunch, can only dream about it and draft our little patterns that all come short…

18 October 2016

Dynamics NAV & BC Tips & tricks

Using the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Item Journal to Issue Items to Different Expense Accounts

Scenario: You would like to Debit different General Ledger Expense Accounts when you issue stockroom material using the Dynamics NAV Item Journal. For instance, if the engineering department uses stock room inventory for a project, you would like to debit the Engineering Expense Account for the…

18 October 2016

Dynamics NAV & BC Functional

Dynamics NAV How-To Program Lookups

Often in Dynamics NAV development, you need to do a lookup into a table, find a record, and return it to our original page. There are ways to do this that come with constraints, and other ways that are significantly more robust. This blog will provide…

17 October 2016

Dynamics NAV & BC Tips & tricks

Design Pattern: Security – Single Point of Access

Protected data needs to be used. There are many types of entities which might attempt to use the data. Problem: If no standard way of accessing data exists, then each entity might attempt to build its own system for handing the sensitive data. Bron : Dynamics…

17 October 2016

Dynamics NAV & BC Tips & tricks

TempBlob Façade: a pattern proposition

Achieving some kind of polymorphism in C/AL has always been a problem. The fact that true polymorphism with pure C/AL is outright impossible has not stopped the more stubborn of us to at least give it a try. That’s how some cool patterns emerged. Bron :…

17 October 2016