The following data types are in the data structure group:
- File: This refers to any standard Windows file outside the Business Central database. There is a reasonably complete set of functions to allow a range of actions, including creating, deleting, opening, closing, reading, writing, and copying data files. For example, we could create our own Business Central routines in AL to import or export data to or from a file that had been created by some other application.
With the three tier architecture of Business Central, business logic runs on the server, not the client. We need to keep this in mind whenever we are referring to local external files, because they will be on the server by default. Use of Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths can make this easier to manage.
- Record: This refers to a single data row within a Business Central table that consists of individual fields. Quite often, multiple variable instances of a record (table) are defined in working storage...
