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Protected Variables in Business Central (AL)

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Package Resources in Extensions and Access Them from AL

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Control Add-in Object in Business Central

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Binding Event Subscriptions in Business Central

Events Subscriptions in Business Central In Business Central, event subscriptions allow extensions to hook into core application logic, enabling customization without modifying base code. The publisher declares an event at an occurrence in the application. An event publisher method has a signature only and doesn’t execute any code. The publisher exposes an event to subscribers, …

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Page Background Tasks in Business Central

What Is A Page Background Task In Business Central? A Page Background task is a technique for enhancing performance in Business Central. This method allows us to execute lengthy or resource-intensive reading processes asynchronously in the background without disrupting the user interface. Page Background tasks speed up page load times; as a result, users can …

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Putting down the Tiles in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

When viewing a List Page in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, users can view the page in List or Tile view. The tile view shows records as tiles instead of rows. By default, the fields displayed in the Tile are the first five fields as defined on the list page. Users can switch between the …

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Decoding Dictionaries: Unlocking the Power of Key-Value Pairs

In the AL language for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, the Dictionary data type represents an unordered collection of keys and values optimized for fast lookup of values. In a Dictionary, each key is unique and is used to access its corresponding value. The dictionary data type allows you to store key-value pairs where there …

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Navigating Lists

In the AL language for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, a List data type is a strongly typed list of ordered objects accessed by index, starting at 1. Lists are a great alternative to arrays. Unlike arrays, lists are unbounded, which means their size doesn’t need to be declared upon creation and can grow dynamically …

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: My Adventures with the BaseApp Contribution Pilot

In October 2022, Microsoft announced a new open-source program for the Business Central Base Application, the solution’s core functionality. The program allows partners and community members to contribute code and suggestions to the Base Application. The open-source program for Business Central is an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to learn more about the solution, …

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central – Sorting Algorithms: Bubble, Merge, and Quick

The other day I felt my computer files were a little disorganized, so I went through some old files to do some hard-core cleanup. I wanted to purge and archive old programs, documents, and repos. While reviewing the files, I found some old C# code (from the days of when I tried to stay sharp …

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