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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By : Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
Book Image

Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By: Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a full ERP business solution suite with a robust set of development tools to support customization and enhancement. These tools can be used to tailor Business Central's in-built applications to support complete management functions for finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. Using a case study approach, this book will introduce you to Dynamics 365 Business Central and Visual Studio Code development tools to help you become a productive Business Central developer. You'll also learn how to evaluate a product's development capabilities and manage Business Central-based development and implementation. You'll explore application structure, the construction of and uses for each object type, and how it all fits together to build apps that meet special business requirements. By the end of this book, you'll understand how to design and develop high-quality software using the Visual Studio Code development environment, the AL language paired with the improved editor, patterns, and features.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Successful Conclusions

The debugger window

When viewing AL code in a Designer, breakpoints can be set, disabled, or removed by pressing the F9 key. When viewing AL code in the Code window of the debugger, breakpoints can only be set or removed by pressing the F9 key or clicking on the Toggle icon. Other debugger breakpoint controls are shown in the following screenshot:

The following are the ribbon actions that you can use:

  • Pause: This breaks at the next statement
  • Step Over: This is designed to execute a function without stopping, then break
  • Step Into: This is designed to trace into a function
  • Step Out: This is designed to complete the current function without stopping, and then break.
  • Restart: Stop current session and republish the extension
  • Stop: This stops the current activity but leaves the debugging session active

VARIABLES displays the Debugger Variable List where we can examine the status of all variables that are in scope. Additional variables can be added to the Watch list here, as shown...