1. OP04 What is C/AL and Why Should I Care?
Luc van Vugt, MVP – fluxxus.nl

2. Your presenter Luc van Vugt, Owner fluxxus.nl Contact
17 years on Dynamics NAV
6 years Blogger - Van Vugt’s dynamiXs
5 years Microsoft MVP Dynamics NAV
5 years Co-Founder and Board Member Dutch Dynamics Community
1 year Member Credentialing Committee AoDP (DynamicsPro)
1 year NAV Skills
Contact
@lucvanvugt

3. Session objectives Help you answer the following questions
When is C/AL needed?
What can C/AL do?
What have these developers been programming?

4. Get to level with dev experts in 45 minutes
Session objectives
Get to level with dev experts in 45 minutes
;-)
Help you answer the following questions
When is C/AL needed?
What can C/AL do?
What have these developers been programming?
I hope :-$
This is normally a one day course!

5. AgenDA
What is C/AL C/AL Building Blocks Readable C/AL 5

6. What is C/AL

7. Parlez-vous français?
Qui?

8. Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Wer?

9. Spreekt u Nederlands?
Wie?

10. Do you speak English?
Who?

11. Do you speak C/AL?
?????

12. IF MyLanguage.GET('C/AL') THEN
MESSAGE('I speak C/AL')

13. IF MyLanguage.GET('C/AL') THEN
MESSAGE('I speak C/AL')
ELSE
ERROR('No speak no C/AL')

14. What is …
C/AL

15. What is …
???????

16. What is …
C/AL

17. Client / Application Language
What is …
Client / Application Language

18. Client / Application Language
What is C/AL
Client / Application Language

19. What is C/AL
Programming language to … … make NAV do what cannot be achieved by setting properties.

20. What is C/AL
In other words … … to implement business logic that cannot be achieved by setting properties.

21. C/AL Building Blocks

22. Long-Tall Luc C/AL Building Blocks Rocking-Chair Reading Lessons by …
TAB18 - Payment Method Code field
TAB23 – Name field
Let’s not be sissies and just open this 150 pager COD80 (Sales-Post) and see what we can make out of that.

23. Let’s Read NAV Long-Tall Luc C/AL Building Blocks
Rocking-Chair Reading Lessons by …
Let’s Read NAV
Long-Tall Luc
Let’s not be sissies and just open this 150 pager COD80 (Sales-Post) and see what we can make out of that.

24. C/AL Building Blocks IF … THEN NOT COMMENTS BEGIN … END REPEAT … UNTIL
OR / AND
WITH … DO
EXIT

25. := NEXT FIND FINDSET GET ; C/AL Building Blocks IF … THEN NOT COMMENTS
BEGIN … END
REPEAT … UNTIL
GET ;
OR / AND
FINDSET
WITH … DO
EXIT

26. MAKE C/AL Readable

27. Nerdy Code Readable Code Microsoft Dynamics 6/23/2018
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28. Development Task
Create a script to make an invoice for customer number (The Cannon Group PLC) and item number (Side Panel)

29. Test if the Customer is Blocked
Create a New Document
Test if the Customer is Blocked
Read Customer 10000
Save the Document to the Database
Create a Sales Line
Test if the Item is Blocked
Select Item 70000
Save Line to Database
Open the Invoice Page

30. Readable Code
I understand the steps required in this code, and the documentation is in there, right where I need it!

31. Nerdy Code
Phew!!!

32. Natural Language Programming
In C/AL!
Natural Language Programming
Example in NAV: Codeunit Inventory Profile Offsetting

33. Q & A

34. Conclusion

35. Conclusion When is C/AL needed? What can C/AL do?
What have these developers been programming?

36. TAKE AWAY
C/AL
Since we left the classic client behind actually we no longer have C/AL (Client Application Language) , but AL. It’s primarily run on the service tier.

37. TAKE AWAY AL

38. Thank you for attending
Contact information
Luc van Vugt, fluxxus.nl
@lucvanvugt

39. Thank you for attending
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