2020 archive

Quick fix for warning AL0604: Use of implicit ‘with’ will be removed in the future.

If you have not read my previous blog posts about the Implicit WITH, I suggest you read them to get a better understanding of the Implicit WITH. Also, you can read the Microsoft Docs to get more information as well. NoImplicitWith – The name #FieldName does not exist in the current context NoImplicitWith: The type …

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NoImplicitWith: The type or method ‘Copy’ cannot be used for ‘Extension’ development.

If you have not read my previous blog, I suggest you read it to get a better understanding of NoImplicitWith. Microsoft recently announced about obsoleting the WITH statement and if your app.json file contains NoImplicitWith as a feature then you will probably be getting below error. The type or method ‘Copy’ cannot be used for …

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NoImplicitWith – The name #FieldName does not exist in the current context

If you have used WITH statement in your AL code to make the code readable, then this blog will be helpful for you. There are people who completely support the use of WITH statement and I also was on that category a few years ago. Fortunately, I moved on from the use of WITH statements. …

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AppSource is embedded in Business Central

With the Business Central version 16.5, AppSource is now embedded within the Business Central. No more required to navigate to a different browser window to select the extensions to install. The view is already been filtered to Business Central apps and experience is seamless. Please provide your feedback with a comment. Thank you and Regards,Tharanga Chandrasekara

HTTP GET Request in Azure Logic Apps

It is by default when Logic Apps exposes an HTTP Trigger Request, it uses an HTTP POST method. Recently one of my colleague asked is it possible to change the trigger Method to GET. Yes, this is very much possible. When the Logic Apps was initially released it was only able to support the POST …

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How to use a custom SystemId when inserting a record through an API

Have you tried to insert a record to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central through a Custom API and pass a custom SystemId with the record?  Basically what I trying to achieve is when an Account is created in the D365 Sales system, I want to pass that record to D365 Business Central. I can easily …

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Navigate directly to a symbol of a file in VS Code

How would feel about if you can directly navigate to a symbol of a file? It is now possible in VS Code.  All you need to do is press “Ctrl” + P and type the object name you want to navigate to and then press @, it will list down all the fields, functions and …

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Object types is case sensitive in TenantWebServiceCollection

Last week while I was working on an integration project, I wanted to call a Business Central function from Azure Logic Apps. I had few options with APIs but I went ahead with creating a CodeUnit with a function and expose it as a web service.   Rather than exposing the CodeUnit by manually inserting …

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Obsoleting Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Events

If you are working on the extension development, then I’m sure that you already have published and subscribed to many events. There are some rules that you should strictly follow around events if your extension is eventually be used by another partner to build their solution on top of yours.  Business Central has two types of events …

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 1 2020: Release note explained.

A few weeks ago Microsoft published the 2020 release wave 1 plan for Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform document. This document contains details about many new interesting functionalities and features. Below are some of the features that got my attention. Look up events and insert event subscribers in code One challenge most developers face …

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