Business Central 2021 release wave 2 - Preview Environments.

Business Central 2021 release wave 2 - Preview Environments.

Preview environments are Business Central online sandbox environments that you create on a preview version of the application. When you create the new sandbox environment, choose the preview version marked as (Preview) from the version list. This way, you get a new sandbox environment with a preview version of the application

The newly created preview sandbox environment contains demonstration company data. Trying the preview on a copy of your current production data is not yet supported; nor is testing the upgrade from your current version to the preview. However, you can use the newly created sandbox environment for exploring and learning the new product capabilities. You can also use the preview environment to validate that any per-tenant extensions are still working as expected.

Note: You will be able to test the update on a copy of your production data in a sandbox environment when we release the new update in production in April or October, respectively. When the official release becomes available, you can continue your tests on that version. You will no longer be able to create new preview sandboxes.

 Important

The preview version as well as all sandbox environments that are based on it will be removed 30 days after the official release becomes available.

The following figure illustrates the suggested steps for getting a preview of a major update with example dates for the two release waves in any given calendar year.

Generate QR code in Business Central using Third party Webservice link

AL Code as per below

Create New Report with having barcode image.

In RDL design add image type control and put the barcod2 variable into that like we do normally for Picture control.

report 50999 QRCodeList

{

    Caption = 'QRCode List Report';

    UsageCategory = Administration;

    ApplicationArea = All;

    DefaultLayout = RDLC;

    RDLCLayout = '.\Report\QRCodeList.rdl';

    dataset

    {

        dataitem("Sales Header"; "Sales Header")

        {

            column(No_; "No.")

            {

            }

            column(temp; barcode2)

            {

            }

            trigger OnAfterGetRecord()

            begin                

                barcode2 := InitArguments("No.");

            end;

        }

    }

Global Variable

  var

        BarCode2: text;

local procedure InitArguments(ItemNo: text): text

    var

        BaseURL: Text;

        Base64Convert: Codeunit "Base64 Convert";

        TempBlob: Codeunit "Temp Blob";

        TypeHelper: Codeunit "Type Helper";

        client: HttpClient;

        response: HttpResponseMessage;

        InStr: InStream;

    begin

        client.get('https://barcode.tec-it.com/barcode.ashx?data=' + itemno + '&code=QRCode', response);

        TempBlob.CreateInStream(InStr);

        response.Content().ReadAs(InStr);

        BarCode2 := Base64Convert.ToBase64(InStr);

        exit(BarCode2);

    end;

Run the report in BC and see the output, it will give you a QR Code as image.

Visual Studio Code is now available on the web. No more OS dependency .

 Visual Studio Code is now available on the web. No more OS dependency .

Check out https://vscode.dev/.

Source:

vscode.dev Visual Studio Code for the Web

Bringing VS Code to the browser#

Fast forward to today. Now when you go to https://vscode.dev, you'll be presented with a lightweight version of VS Code running fully in the browser. Open a folder on your local machine and start coding.

No install required.

Readmore

Create vCard QR Codes using Azure Functions

 QR Code Generation in BC with Azure functions

Source : https://carlos.mendible.com/2016/08/28/create-vcard-qr-codes-using-azure-functions/

1. Create a Function App

---

Head to portal.azure.com and hit the New button. Search for Function App and create one. You’ll be asked for an app name, resource group, app service plan and storage account where the code will live.

2. Create the function

---

Create a new Function, selecting the empty C# template and give it a name: (i.e QRCoder)

3. Add the code

---

Replace the contents of the Code (run.csx) section with the following code and save it:

Using Microsoft Translations in VS AL Code

 

SHOW MICROSOFT TRANSLATIONS IN VS CODE

his post is especially interesting for the people whose native language is not English. Do you know the feeling? You are looking at the source code of some .al object and you come across a field name that means absolutely nothing to you. It would be helpful for you if you could see the translation of this field name into your native language. Often this is already sufficient. In the old C/SIDE client we had the field “Caption” in the table designer to see the translation.

Read more --- https://navinsights.net/2021/05/18/show-microsoft-translations-in-vs-code/

AL Navigator: Open/Show Microsoft Translation

Creating a Business Central Incoming document with attachment via BC Webservice.

Hey guys...

Today I am trying to create an incoming document in business central with the attached file of an extension like .pdf or .docx file, via publishing one codeunit webservice and consumed by other software or powerautomate.

Below are some steps to be followed

1. Create BC codeunit webservice with custom method in it and publish it

2. Consume this webservice via power automate and generate JSON object text

3. supply JSON object as text in the codeunit method.

4. Process the JSON object and start creating incoming document.

document:text will have a JSON text in the body as a parameter I am here also pasting my JSON objects with the proper format and the result what I am getting after using POST method as per below

Result:

Note: Please make sure header part should have parameter as mentioned below, if you are trying wizdler to use POST method, no need to use this method as wizdler(WSDL) automatically format.

Download Wizdler here for chrome extension.

Download Postman here.

After processing above I am getting my incoming document created as per below screenshot.

Finally IN version of BC Wave 2 available for Download

Use below link to download

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Release Wave 2 2020

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102128