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The project folder will default to your Documents folder if you run this on a Windows machine. We will call our project WDTU :.

A folder called WDTU is created with some default files and subfolders. The HelloWorld. Inside a subfolder called. The app. We will only populate the mandatory properties for now:. Before we can start creating our extension, we need to perform one more step, that is,downloading the symbol files. The compiler needs the symbol files to determine whether the dependencies are correct. The symbol files contain metadata about other extensions.

Table objects are the foundation of every Business Central application. Tables contain data structure definitions, as well as properties that describe the behavior of the data, including data validations and constraints.

More business logic is required in complex applications than in simple data type validation, and Business Central allows AL code to be put in the table to control the insertion, modification, and deletion of records, as well as logic on the field level.

When the bulk of the business logic is coded on the table level, it is easier to develop, debug, support, modify, and even upgrade. Good design in Business Central requires that as much of the business logic as possible resides in the tables.

Having the business logic coded on the table level doesn't necessarily mean that the code resides in the table. Our primary master data table will be the Radio Show table. This table lists our inventory of shows that are available to be scheduled. First, create a new file in Visual Studio Code. Each master table has a standard field for the primary key a Code data type field of 20 characters called No.

The Radio Show table will have the following field definitions we may add more later on :. In the preceding list, three of the fields are defined as Code fields, which are text fields that limit the alphanumeric characters to uppercase values. Code fields are used throughout Business Central for primary key values.

Code fields are used to reference or be referenced by other tables foreign keys. We will utilize a set of standard internal Business Central functions to assign a user-defined No. The Host No. We will have to design and define the reference properties at the field level in the table designer, as well as compile them, before the validation will work.

At this point, let's just get started with these field definitions and create the foundation for the Radio Show table.

The easiest way to create a table the easiest way is by using snippets. This is simply done by saving the file with the. We will save our newly created file using File Save and using a name that makes sense later.

Let's use Radio Show. Now, we can use the snippet called ttable. If we type in the letters tta , IntelliSense will suggest this snippet:. This snippet creates content for our file and sets the cursor on the place where we need to define the object ID:. We will type and use Tab to go to the next field, object name, where we will type "Radio Show".

The snippet has already created a field with the default ID of 1. The field name is MyField and the type is Integer. We will change the name to "No. The next field can be field number 2. Sometimes, it is useful to leave large gaps such as jumping from 80 to or when the next set of fields has a particular purpose that isn't associated with the prior set of fields. The Business Central online documentation says to not leave gaps in field numbers.

Based on many years of experience, we disagree. Leaving numbering gaps will allow us to add additional fields between existing fields at a later date, if necessary. The result will be data structures that are at least initially easier to read and understand. Once a table is referenced by other objects or contains any data, the field numbers of the previously defined fields should not be changed.

Pages provide views of data or processes that are designed for on-screen display or exposure as web services , and also allow user data entry into the system.

Pages act as containers for action items menu options. There are also page parts they look and program like a page, but aren't intended to stand alone , as well as UIs that display like pages, but are not page objects. The latter user interfaces are generated by various dialog functions. In addition, there are special page types, such as Role Center pages and Navigate pages for wizards.

A page consists of page properties and triggers, controls, and control properties. Data controls are generally either labels displaying constant text or graphics, or containers that display data or other controls. Controls can also be buttons, action items, and page parts. While there are a few instances where we must include AL code within page or page control triggers, it is good practice to minimize the amount of code embedded within pages. Any data-related AL code should be located in the table object rather than in the page object.

List pages display a simple list of any number of records in a single table. The Customers list page with its associated FactBoxes in the following screenshot shows a subset of the data for each customer displayed. Standard list pages are always displayed with the navigation pane on the left:. Card pages display one record at a time. These are generally used for the entry or display of individual table records.

Card pages have FastTabs a FastTab consists of a group of controls, with each tab focusing on a different set of related customer data. FastTabs can be expanded or collapsed dynamically, allowing the data that's visible to be controlled by the user at any time.

Important data elements can be promoted to be visible, even when a FastTab is collapsed. Card pages for master records display all the required data entry fields. If a field is set to ShowMandatory a control property that we will discuss in Chapter 4 , Pages — the Interactive Interface , a red asterisk will display until the field is filled. Typically, card pages also display FactBoxes that contain summary data about related activity.

Thus, cards can be used as the primary inquiry point for master records. The following screenshot is a sample of a standard customer card :. A document page looks like a card page with one tab containing a l ist part page. An example of a document page is the Sales Orders page that's shown in the following screenshot.

In this example, the first tab and the last four tabs are in card page format, and show Sales Orders data fields that have a single occurrence on the page in other words, they do not occur in a repeating column.

The second tab from the top is in a list part page format all fields are in repeating columns that shows the Sales Orders line items.

Sales Orders line items may include products to be shipped, special charges, comments, and other pertinent order details. The information to the right of the data entry area is related to data and computations FactBoxes that have been retrieved and formatted. The top FactBox contains information about the ordering customer. The bottom FactBox contains information about the item on the currently highlighted sales line:.

Journal and worksheet pages look very much like list pages. They display a list of records in the body of the page. These pages may include a filter pane and perhaps a FactBox. An example of the Payment Journals page in finance is shown in the following screenshot:.

Now, we will create a list page for the table we created earlier. A list page is the initial page that is displayed when a user initally accesses any data table for the first time. The Business Central Development Environment has wizards object generation tools to help you create basic pages. Generally, after our wizard work is done, we will spend additional time in the page design tool to make the layout ready for users.

Our first list page will be the basis for viewing our Radio Show master records. A New Page screen will appear. Click on New , type in the name of the file to be saved, and then click on Save. Enter the name Radio Show Page. Now, we can use the snippet for the list pages called tpage :.

The reason why this problem is occurring is because of the combination of the table object and this page. We joined these objects by selecting the Radio Show table as SourceTable for this page. By joining them, the page object now has a dependency on the table object. The next step will be to add the fields from the table to the page in the repeater. We will remove the NameSource field to do so. We can Preview the page by making a modification to the launch.

Change the startupObjectId to and select AL: Publish without debugging from the Command Palette, as shown in the following screenshot:. This will launch the Business Central application with our newly created page as the startup object:. Because our table does not contain any data, we will only see a header with the name of our page.

Now, let's create a card page. The process for a card page is almost the same as for a list page, but using a different snippet. Our page number will be , and the name will be Radio Show Card :.

Let's change the launch. We can preview the page by making a modification to the launch. Even though we haven't added all the bells and whistles to our Radio Show table and pages, we can still use them to enter sample data. The Radio Show List page will be the easiest to use for this. We will now revert the launch. In the published window, we will click on New and see the following screen:. Enter the data shown in the following table so that we can see what the page looks like when it contains data.

Later on, after we have added more capabilities to our table and pages, some fields will be validated, and some will be either automatically entered or available on a lookup basis.

But for now, simply key in each field value. If the data we key in now conflicts with the validations we create later such as data in referenced tables , we may have to delete this test data and enter new test data later:. To create a report, we will use the report snippet and create the Radio Shows report.

Open Object Designer , select Report , and click New. The Report Dataset Designer is empty when it is displayed, so we need to add a Data Source table to the first blank row. Type or Radio Show into the Data Source column:. If we want users to be able to execute our report from Business Central, we also need to enable a search so that they can find our report.

We will do that using the UsageCategory and ApplicationArea properties. UsageCategory will determine where the report will be listed, and ApplicationArea will determine the access level a user requires to be able to execute the report:. The columns are the fields from this table.

Spaces and special characters are not allowed in column names for reports. After selecting the columns and removing any unnecessary elements from the snippet, our report code should look as follows:. Now that we have defined our dataset, we can create the layout. To generate the layout, we need to package our application, which can be done from the Command Palette:. Let's see if we can run our report.

To do that, we will publish our extension without startupObjectId :. In the Business Central session, we will use the searchbox and type in the word radio , which will show our report:. When you click on the report and select Preview , you should see an empty layout. In this book, we will focus on Word reports, and we will go ahead and remove the RDLC file and associated property in the report. We will use the DefaultLayout property to make Word the default report format choice.

Next, we will right-click on the RadioShows. In Microsoft Word, we need to locate the Developer tab, which might not be visible by default. Let's create a simple list report by adding a table control to the report. We will select the middle row of the table control. After saving the Microsoft Word document, we can publish our extension, search for the report, and select Preview :. There is much more to come. All we've done so far is scratch the surface. But by now, you should have a pretty good overview of the development process for Business Central.

Similar to the Table and Page objects, the table and page extension objects allow you to define fields in the database and display them to the user. Table extensions are connected to existing tables and share the same primary key values. Fields defined in table extensions can be used on any existing page and report that uses the original table.

Page extensions allow developers to add new fields, tabs, actions, and FactBoxes to existing pages. You can also use this to hide controls. A codeunit is a container for chunks of AL code to be called from other objects. These chunks of code are called procedures. Procedures can be called from any of the other Business Central object types that can contain AL code.

Codeunits can also be exposed published as web services. This allows the procedures within a published codeunit to be invoked by external routines. Codeunits are suited structurally to contain only procedures. Even though procedures could be placed in other object types, the other object types have superstructures that relate to their designed primary use, such as pages, and reports. Codeunits act only as containers for AL coded procedures. They have no auxiliary procedures, no method of direct user interaction, and no predefined processing.

Even if we are creating only one or two procedures and they are closely related to the primary activity of a particular object, and if these procedures are needed from both inside and outside of the report, the best practice is still to locate the procedures in a codeunit. There are several codeunits being delivered as part of the standard Business Central product, which are really function libraries. These codeunits consist completely of utility routines, and are generally organized on some functional basis for example, associated with dimensions, some aspect of manufacturing, or some aspect of warehouse management.

Many of these can be found by filtering the codeunit names on the Management and Mgt strings the same could be said for some of the tables with the Buffer string in their name. When we customize a system, we should create our own procedure library codeunits to consolidate our customizations and make software maintenance easier. Some developers create their own libraries of favorite special procedures, and include a procedure library codeunit in systems on which they work.

Queries are objects whose purpose is to create extracted sets of data from the Business Central database and do so very efficiently. A query can extract data from a single table or multiple tables. In the process of extracting data, a query can make different types of joins inner join, outer join, or cross join , filter, calculate FlowFields special Business Central calculations that are discussed in detail in Chapter 3 , Data Types and Fields , sort, and create sums and averages.

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