Have you ever seen a custom Sales Line field’s data just disappear? You sit there wondering why is that getting cleared out.
There is a procedure on the Sales Header RecreateSalesLines() that deletes and rebuilds all lines for the document after key header changes. It copies existing lines into temporary tables, validates header-driven changes, and then re-inserts lines via CreateSalesLine().
Read More »
Have you ever wondered which apps are listening to specific events in Business Central? Or maybe you’re troubleshooting why something is behaving unexpectedly. There is a hidden page that is going to change your debugging style…
Read More »
Have you used the AZ AL Dev Tools New AL File Wizard to create objects? It’s probably as fast as my cats running into the kitchen when they hear the pantry door open. Quick, efficient, and surprisingly satisfying.
But speed isn’t everything, especially when it comes to creating pages in AL for Business Central. If you’re not careful, that lightening-fast setup can lead to subtle issues that only show up later when your page doesn’t behave quite the way you expect. One of the most overlooked culprits? Field Order.
Read More »
When developing reports, do you have to consider report usage in different languages?
One of my latest implementations operates in English and French-Canadian. This blog posts collects some of the “gotchas” when developing reports for multiple languages.
Read More »
Connecting Excel to Business Central is getting even easier in the 2024 wave 2 release (BC25). The biggest change from my original blog post – no more hardcoding Tenant Ids, and we even have some help with named formulas to make development even faster!
Read More »
When using templates to create AL objects for MicrosoftDynamics 365 Business Central, there are often many properties that are listed by default. If they are part of a template, then they must be important. So one question I had from new developers is what is a UsageCategory, and why should we be setting it.
Read More »
BC Development Notebook 