NAV 2017 "User Friendly" Page Design

ddimitrov94 · 2018-08-20

Hello,
I have a request from a customer to design a sequence of Pages which will collect input from a user.
And then create a new record with the values that the user has selected.
For example the first page that we must see is something like this:

With 3 buttons and the user just selects one of them, then another page with a Date input and then some more.
I don't think this is possible with standard NAV functionalities, but I could not find anything similar as a topic on the internet, so i decided to ask here.
I would be happy if there is something similar that can be made with .NET. And if there is tutorial for it.
(I'm not very familiar with .NET, but some of my colleges are, and they might be able to help me.
Thank you,
Dimitar.

sorenhinrup · 2018-08-20

The closest NAV has is the Wizard page:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/walkthrough--creating-a-wizard-page

sorenhinrup · 2018-08-20

The closest NAV has is the Wizard page:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics-nav/walkthrough--creating-a-wizard-page

AntHillMob · 2018-08-20

The only way you can achieve exactly what you are asking is the use of control-add ins.

This allows you to create UI elements in JavaScript that will work with both the Windows and Web clients.
There is some information here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamicsnav-2013r2/dn182584(v=nav.71)
As you can effectively build you UI elements with HTML you can get the buttons exactly as you require.

One word of caution. Whilst the page you require would be easy to create with a control add-in you are moving away from the standard NAV interface. Having an inconsistent interface can makes systems less useable.

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