How does the translation file work? In Microsoft Dynamic 365 Business Central, displaying different languages is done using the XLIFF files extension (.xlf). The generated XLIFF files have strings that are specified in properties like Captions, Tooltips......
I have just released a new version of my main, publicly available project, ALRM extensions for VS Code. The latest versions of both extensions (VS Code & Business Central) are available for download on my GitHub and also directly in VS Code marketplace for free...
As a user of the Business Central you have some constants you can use to filter or insert values. These constants contain useful values for data manipulation such as t / today for date field - return current dateq / quarter for date field filters - return range of the...
Microsoft Flow is a great tool for managing your integrations and for task automation. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central have some prepared packages & functionality that allows creation flow with no code (if you want to code, you can). In this article, we...
I have just released a new version of my main, publicly available project, ALRM extensions for VS Code as well as for Business Central. The latest versions are available for download on my GitHub and also directly in VS Code marketplace for free for any developers in...
I just add a new project to my GitHub repositories. It is a new extension for Business Central that extends security functionalities with field-level permission. Using this extension, users are able to define who can or can not change specific fields in any table in...
When some complex functionality is developed, it is sometimes necessary to let users choose a specific field. This can be required for field permissions, mapping imported values or any similar process. Earlier, the usual way was to create a link on the Field table...
In the last weeks, I got some questions about installing the developer's preview version (the Insider build) of the Business Central. This version is available through Artifacts for docker similarly to standard versions; however, they are available only for Microsoft'...
I am super happy to announce that my solution for AL Language Developers for Business Central has just been certified by Microsoft and is available on Microsoft App Source for everyone for free!
For a long time, if we wanted to get input from the user to confirm something, we used Confirm() method. This method is straightforward - it has two parameters (+ unlimited number of constant values similar to StrSubstNo() method). The first one accepts text shown to...
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2021 w1 (released in May 2021), a profound change was introduced to ways how we can design our applications Until this version, the only way to return complex data types (like records, codeunits, Lists etc.) was using the var...
I have just released a new version of ALRM extensions for VS Code as well as for Business Central. The latest versions are available for download on my GitHub and also directly in VS Code marketplace for free for any developers in AL Language. And what is new? - VS...
AL ID Range Manager is VS Code & Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central extensions made for developers who need to manage their object/field IDs across multiple projects (or in the multi-developers environment). If you want to know more about this project, check...
A few weeks ago, I described a solution for importing an Excel file to the Business Central using Excel Buffer in AL Language (see here). In today's article, we will look at how to build a more complex solution that can be used for file imports without the needs to...
The Business Central Bootcamp conference is almost here! Let's check all sessions and find your favourite ones at https://events.powercommunity.com/business-central-bootcamp/. You can register for the event using this registering form for FREE! I am part of this...
Not all fields in AL Language are stored in SQL Database. Flowfields are a great example of these fields. Flowfields are special field type that allows you to create a field that loads a value from another field within the same or even different table. In the AL...
Today I have released a new version of both the ALRM (AL ID Range Manager) extension for Visual Studio Code and Microsoft Business Central. If you do not know what ALRM is, check some of previous articles here on my blog. Both extensions are available on my GitHub...
Last week, I saw a question about importing data from Excel file to Business Central using AL Language. A few years ago, the only solution was to use DotNet integration. However, with the Business Central, there is a much quicker and better approach. All functions for...
