Your user needs to have the necessary permission to download AL symbols from Visual Studio Code (VSCode), else you will end up with “Could not download symbols” error in VS Code. In order to download symbols, User needs to have SUPER permission or should have “D365 EXTENSION MGT” permission assigned. Symbols are stored per tenant …
Category: Microsoft Dynamics 365
Mar 01
How to check Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central tenant version
You can use the “System Information” page to check the current version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central tenant. Simply search for “System Information” using “Tell me what to do” and click on the “System Information” link in the result. “System information” page will show the current version of the tenant. Version get change every time Microsoft …
Feb 27
Call a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central function through a Web Service : SOAPAction
Today I did some work with a Logic Apps and one of the requirement was to call a Business Central function through a Web Service. I normally use Postman to simulate requests, export the collection and use that to create the Logic App connector. Codeunit which I published as a web service had few functions …
Feb 20
Add a logo to a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Extension
I saw a couple of forum questions about how to add a logo to an AL Extension and I thought to share a quick guide on how to. If you publish your new extension to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and then navigate to Extension management page, you will see your new extension as below …
Feb 19
Runtime Packages for Business Central On-Premises
Before you go through this blob, I suggest you read my blog post “Your program license does not allow you to publish” to get an understanding about the Runtime Packages. Runtime packages are designed to help the distribution of extensions. You can generate Runtime packages that do not contain AL code. Runtime packages allow protecting the …
Feb 19
Your program license does not allow you to publish
We recently ran into a new issue when we try to push one of our extensions to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 On-premise installations. We used PowerShell script to upload the extensions to production and we did this couple of days ago too without an issue. However this time we got the below error during the installation : …
Feb 19
Function Overloading in AL with Option and Integer
We never had the luxury of overloading a function in C/AL, but with the AL we have that ability. Which means you can use the same function name with different parameters. This blog post is about a small glitch in the function overloading in AL and I will write a separate blog post about function overloading and its implementations (Excited about …
Feb 06
Control Source code download from an AL Extension
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central extensions now allow partners to decide if they want to share the extension source code with others or they want to go put it into a little black box. If the extension contains code related to specific customer requirements then I think it is up to the customer and to partner …
Feb 05
Get all Docker images available for Business Central
You can use below PowerShell script to get all the Docker images available for Business Central. This is very useful if you always work with Docker Containers and want to test your changes with different localizations and different builds. If you are still new to docker then its better to read my previous blog post …
Feb 05
Quick Fix : This AL extension version for Visual Studio Code cannot be used with the specified server.
If you recently pulled the latest Business Central image or update the visual studio code you might have already faced this error. This AL extension version for Visual Studio Code cannot be used with the specified server. Please update the AL extension from the Visual Studio Code marketplace. Additional information:Server details – Runtime: 2.3 – …