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Category Archives: AL

Service to service authentication in Business Central 18.3 – How to use in AL

4 Aug
Posted on August 4, 2021February 23, 2022 10

Because I got the question if it was possible to use the client credentials flow in Business Central I decided to write a quick blog post about that as well. Codeunit OAuth2 provides a number of functions to acquire access … Read More »

AL, API, Business Central, OAuth, service-to-service-authentication

Converting Enum values in AL

16 Jul
Posted on July 16, 2020 12

During my AL training classes, a frequently asked question is how to convert enum values to and from integer or text. So I thought it would be a good idea to share with you what possibilities you have. First of … Read More »

AL, Business Central

Deep insert with Business Central APIs (part 2)

1 Jul
Posted on July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 47

In my previous post about deep inserts with Business Central APIs, I mentioned creating custom APIs that support deep inserts. I tried to create an example with Sales Header / Sales Line, but I gave up because I ran into … Read More »

AL, API, Business Central, Web Services

Follow-up on secret values in a Business Central app

4 Feb
Posted on February 4, 2020 4

Wow… the community proved to be strong! About 10 days ago I asked to find the secret value in an app file and many of you really tried! Thank you so much! Before I move on, I would like to … Read More »

AL, Business Central

How to use the Excel Buffer in Business Central cloud

18 Jan
Posted on January 18, 2020 14

A week ago, my friend Daniel asked a question on Twitter how to use the Excel Buffer to export data with Business Central online. Many functions on the Excel Buffer are only available for on-prem. When you change the target … Read More »

AL, Business Central

.Net types in AL are reference types

11 Oct
Posted on October 11, 2019 2

This week I presented a session about .Net in the AL language at Directions EMEA 2019 in Vienna. And of course, I paid attention to the types in AL that represent .Net types, like TextBuilder, List, Dictionary, Http and JSON … Read More »

AL, Business Central

New AL file type icon

3 Oct
Posted on October 3, 2019 0

The latest release of Business Central not only comes with a new icon for the application, the AL language extension for VS Code also got a new icon: And not only that, but the AL language also includes a file … Read More »

AL, VS Code

Debug without publishing

9 Apr
Posted on April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 12

Recently, with the Developer Preview – February 2019, a new feature was added to the AL extension for Visual Studio Code: Debug without publishing. This new feature brings more than you would expect. It is not just another option in … Read More »

AL, VS Code

Controlling the size of a Control Add-In

1 Feb
Posted on February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 19

In the previous blog post about a PDF viewer for Business Central, I promised to come back with some tips. Here is tip #1: how to get full control over the size of a control add-in. Final code of this … Read More »

Add-in, AL, Business Central, Web Client

PDF Viewer in Business Central

22 Jan
Posted on January 22, 2019January 23, 2019 24

Recently a question was raised by one of the MVP’s if somebody has an example of a PDF viewer in Business Central. That reminded me that I actually had an example, created almost one year ago. Should have published it … Read More »

Add-in, AL, Business Central, Extensions

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