As an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), C/SIDE contains a number of tools designed to make our C/AL development effort easier. One of these is the C/AL Symbol Menu. When we are in one of the Object Designers where C/AL code is supported, C/AL Symbol Menu can be accessed via either the menu option View | C/AL Symbol Menu or by pressing F5.

The three-column display has variables and object categories in the left column. If the entry in the left column is an object or a variable of function type, then the center column contains subcategories for the highlighted left-column entry. The right column contains the set of functions that are a part of the highlighted center-column entry. In a few cases (such as BLOB fields), additional information is displayed in the columns further to the right. These columns are accessed through the arrows displayed just below the rightmost display column, as shown in the following screenshot:

The C/AL Symbol Menu is a very useful multi-purpose...