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AL Navigator

Simplify your AL development workflow: Create variables and parameters like a pro. Automatically select/insert startup object IDs in your launch.json file. Effortlessly navigate through AL files with intuitive shortcuts. Translate fields on hover and streamline report copying – all in one powerful extension.

🚀 Features

🔥 New: Smart Variable Ordering

Variables are now automatically inserted in the correct position according to Microsoft's AL Language specification:

Automatic Type-Based Sorting: • Complex object types are listed first: Record, Report, Codeunit, XmlPort, Page, Query • System types follow: Notification, BigText, DateFormula, RecordId, RecordRef, FieldRef, FilterPageBuilder • Simple types (Integer, Text, Boolean, etc.) appear after sorted types • Maintains clean, standards-compliant code structure

Key Benefits: • 📋 Standards Compliance: Follows Microsoft's official AL coding guidelines • 🎯 Better Readability: Variables grouped by type are easier to scan and understand • ✨ Zero Effort: Automatic sorting - no manual reorganization needed • 🔧 Works Everywhere: Applies to both global and local variable sections

Example: When you add an Integer variable to a section that already contains a Record, the Integer is correctly placed after the Record, not at the end of all variables. This ensures your code always follows AL best practices.

🔥 New: Analyze and Optimize Reports

Analyze and optimize your reports and report extensions from both AL and RDL/RDLC files with a unified, intelligent analyzer:

One command, multiple analyses: • 📊 Analyze All: Run all checks at once for a comprehensive report health check • 🔤 Font Analysis: Find non-Segoe UI fonts (intelligently preserves barcode fonts) • ⚠️ Expression Analysis: Detect irregular RDL expressions (e.g., Code.GetData without parameters) • 🗃️ Dataset Analysis: • Find unused columns in AL dataset (not used in layout) • Identify missing fields (referenced in layout but not defined in AL) • View complete usage statistics

Smart File Detection: • Run from AL report files and report extensions: Automatically finds and analyzes associated layout files • Run from RDL/RDLC files: Automatically locates corresponding AL file for dataset analysis • Handles reports with multiple layout files • For report extensions: Checks the base report to determine if it's processing-only

Auto-Fix Capabilities: • Fix fonts with one click (replace with Segoe UI) • Correct irregular expressions automatically • Remove unused variables from AL dataset • Multi-select which fixes to apply

Processing-Only Report Detection: • Automatically detects processing-only reports (reports without visual layouts) • For report extensions, checks the base report to determine processing-only status • Shows informative message when layout analysis is not available

Example Workflow: 1. Open an AL report file, report extension, or RDL/RDLC layout file 2. Run command: AL Navigator: Analyze and Optimize Report 3. Select analysis type (All, Fonts, Expressions, or Dataset) 4. Review detailed results in the output panel 5. Choose which issues to auto-fix

🔥 New: Select Startup Object with Status Bar & Recently Used

Instantly switch startup objects with a single click from the status bar!

Status Bar Button: • 🚀 Rocket icon shows your current startup object with name (e.g., "🚀 Page 9305: Sales Order List") • Click to open the unified startup object selection • Displays full object information: type, ID, and name • Object name is cached in launch.json for fast loading • Automatically updates after switching

Selection Options (in one unified command): 1. 📄 Current Object: Instantly use the currently open Page or Report • Only shown when a Page or Report is currently active • No searching needed - just one click

2. 📜 Recently Used *(New!)*: Your 10 most recently used startup objects • Sorted by most recent first • Shows time ago (e.g., "5m ago", "2h ago", "3d ago") • Perfect for switching between objects you're actively developing • Automatically tracked with every selection

3. ⭐ Popular Objects: Quick access to 35 commonly used Business Central pages • Sales: Quote, Order, Invoice, Credit Memo (Lists & Cards), Customer List/Card • Purchase: Quote, Order, Invoice, Credit Memo (Lists & Cards), Vendor List/Card • Inventory: Item List/Card • Finance: G/L Entries, General Journal, Chart of Accounts • Administration: Company Information, User Setup, Job Queue Entries

4. 📋 All Objects: Browse all pages and reports from your workspace and .app files • Smart filtering: Excludes previous versions of your own app from the list • Duplicate handling: Shows only the latest version when multiple versions of the same dependency app exist • Cleaner selection: Significantly improved readability for multi-app workspaces

Multi-Launch.json Support: • When your workspace contains multiple launch.json files (e.g., in different folders), you can: • Select which launch.json files to update • Or enable the setting alNavigator.updateAllLaunchJsons to automatically update all files without prompting

Multi-Configuration Support: • When your launch.json has multiple configurations (e.g., for different containers), you can: • Select which specific configurations to update with a unified multi-select dialog • All configurations from all selected launch.json files are shown together with clear file path indicators • Or enable the setting alNavigator.updateAllLaunchConfigurations (default: true) to automatically update all configurations without prompting

Configuration Settings: • alNavigator.updateAllLaunchJsons (default: false) - Automatically update all launch.json files without prompting • alNavigator.updateAllLaunchConfigurations (default: true) - Automatically update all configurations within selected launch.json files…

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