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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

You're reading from   Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central The complete guide for designing and integrating advanced Business Central solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837630646
Length 684 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Stefano Demiliani Stefano Demiliani
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’s Online Momentum 2. Mastering a Modern Development Environment FREE CHAPTER 3. Extension Development Fundamentals 4. Developing a Customized Solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central 5. Writing Code for Extensibility 6. Advanced AL Development 7. Handling Files with Dynamics 365 Business Central 8. Report Development 9. Printing 10. Debugging 11. Telemetry 12. Coding for Performance 13. Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs 14. Extending Dynamics 365 Business Central with Azure Services 15. DevOps for Dynamics 365 Business Central 16. Dynamics 365 Business Central and Power Platform Integration 17. Useful and Proficient Tools for AL Developers 18. Creating Generative AI Solutions for Dynamics 365 Business Central 19. Other Books You May Enjoy
20. Index

Installing and upgrading codeunits

When you create an extension, you could encounter the need to check some conditions for the installation to be successful, or you could need to initiate some setup tables or pre-populate other tables. To do this, you need to create an Install codeunit.

The extension’s install logic must be written in a codeunit with the SubType property set to Install. This logic is triggered when the following is true:

  • You’re installing the extension for the first time.
  • You have uninstalled the extension and are reinstalling it again.

An Install codeunit supports the following system triggers:

  • OnInstallAppPerCompany(): The code inside this trigger runs once for each company in the Dynamics 365 Business Central database.
  • OnInstallAppPerDatabase(): The code inside this trigger runs once for the entire install process.

The same logic occurs when upgrading the extension. If you need to create a new...

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