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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789137798
Pages 536 pages
Edition 6th Edition
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Authors (3):
Marije Brummel Marije Brummel
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David Studebaker David Studebaker
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Christopher D. Studebaker Christopher D. Studebaker
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface Introduction to Business Central Tables Data Types and Fields Pages - The Interactive Interface Queries and Reports Introduction to AL Intermediate AL Advanced AL Development Tools Successful Conclusions Assessments Other Books You May Enjoy

References and other data types

The following data types are used for advanced functionality in Business Central, and sometimes support an interface with an external object:

  • RecordID: This contains the object number and primary key of a table.
  • RecordRef: This identifies a record/row in a table. RecordRef can be used to obtain information about the table, the record, the fields in the record, and the currently active filters on the table.
  • FieldRef: This identifies a field in a table, hence allowing access to the contents of that field.
  • KeyRef: This identifies a key in a table and the fields in that key.
Since the specific record, field, and key references are assigned at runtime, RecordRef, FieldRef, and KeyRef are used to support logic that can run on tables that aren't specified at design time. This means that one routine built on these data types can be created to perform a common function for a variety of different tables and table formats.
  • Variant: This defines variables...
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