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Microsoft have launched a website which allows you to walk through a number of Dynamics NAV 5.00 features in a web based virtual server environment.

Five worked examples are provided which can be followed through in the Test Drive environemt.

The following topics are covered:

• New Dynamics NAV 5 Job Handling
• Advanced Job Features
• Inventory Costing
• Prepayments
• Rapid Implementation

The whole thing hangs together nicely and provides a useful sales/marketing resource.

Perfect for existing or potential customers wanting a flavour of the product without the need to install a client.

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Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV is the title of a new book to be published in August by PACKT Publishing

What the book aims to teach:

• Become confident with basic NAV definitions and conventions
• Understand the design and development process of a NAV application
• Understand the unique aspects of the NAV data and process flows
• Data Types, Tables, Forms, Reports, and Codeunits
• C/SIDE and C/AL basics – essential navigation, object construction, numbering, basic syntax, naming rules, SIFT technology, string operators and functions, numeric operators and functions, logical and relational operators and functions
• Control Logic and Flow – Conditional statements, I/O statements, sorting, filtering, data flow, FlowFields, process logic flow, creating new functions, documentation, testing
• Advanced C/AL – modifying existing functions, creating new objects, finding code models, advanced debugging techniques

Fast-paced and to-the-point, this book takes you through the important topics of Microsoft Dynamics NAV with clear explanations and practical example code. The book’s selection of topics is driven by what the working developer needs to know in order to become productive as quickly as possible.

The book is available to pre-order from the PACKT Publishing website.