The MenuSuite object contains the main menu content that is displayed in the navigation pane and in Navigation Pane Designer. A menu suite is a set of menus. Each menu contains content for a specific department, for example, Finance or Manufacturing. This section introduces the fundamental concepts and basic tasks needed to create and design MenuSuite objects.
The content of a MenuSuite object can be described as having the following characteristics:
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It consists of a set of menus.
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A menu contains a collection of menu nodes, which display in the navigation pane or in Navigation Pane Designer in a tree structure.
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A menu node can be either a menu group or a menu item.
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A menu node has a globally unique identifier (GUID) and various properties.
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A menu group contains a collection of menu nodes.
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A menu item is the lowest level in the tree. When you click a menu item, its associated form, report, batch job, dataport, or codeunit runs.
Design Permissions
When you create new forms or reports, you can insert these into menus as menu items. You can also make modifications to existing application objects. You have the same design permissions as an administrator. As a developer working as a Microsoft Certified Partner, you have permission to create a MenuSuite object at the Partner level. You also have permission to create a MenuSuite object at the Company level, which can be useful for testing before you supply a company with a MenuSuite object.