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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

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When we are writing code referring to fields within a record, the most specific syntax for field references is the fully qualified [ RecordName.FieldName ] reference. When referring to the City field in the Customer record, use the Customer.City reference.

In many AL instances, the record name qualifier is implicit because the compiler assumes a default record qualifier based on code context. This happens automatically for variables within a page bounded to a table. The bound table becomes the implicit record qualifier for fields referenced in the page object. In a table object, the table is the implicit record qualifier for fields referenced in the AL in that object. In report and XMLport objects, the DataItem record is the implicit record qualifier for the fields referenced within the triggers of that DataItem, such as OnAfterGetRecord and OnAfterImportRecord.

In all other AL code, the only way to have an implicit record qualifier is to use the...

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