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In this video, I show what FlowFields are, and how to create them. FlowFields are one of the cool technologies that ensures that working with totals, balances and other “calculated” fields are an awesome experience. This is another video in my “Beginning AL” series. Read the full text.

In this video, I talk about the different Rec.Find function. If you want to learn more about how to work with record, check out my video on validation. Read the full text.

In this video, I show how to use the Isolated Storage feature in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to store a password: Read the full text.

In this video, I show how to create charts inside Business Central. It has become a standard answer in the channel “ Just use PowerBI ” but Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central has a powerful charting tool and it’s pretty easy to use. As usual, the source is available on Read the full text.

In this video, I show how to use DotNet in AL, even in the cloud version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central without using Azure Functions or other 3rd party hosting methods. As usual, the source code can be found on my Github. Read the full text.

In this video, I focus on how to do proper data validation in Business Central. I have seen a lot of codes that do not follow proper validation rules and have the potential to produce invalid data. And now with extensions and events, proper data validation is the key for Read the full text.

In this video, I show how to send a nicely formatted email from AL in just 10 lines of codes. And even giving the customer a way to customize the email afterwards: Read the full text.

In this video, I use the barcode scanner control to create a simple Point of Sale system in Business Central. Read the full text.

Today I encountered an error I haven’t seen before: The current setting of the WriteMode property is incompatible with the operation. In this case, it was a Report.SaveAs that tried to save into an OutStream that was not initialized. So a stupid mistake on my part. Blogged here, so I Read the full text.

In this video, I’m integrating a color picker from https://jscolor.com into Business Central. Bonus content, I break the compiler. Read the full text.