Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to get the id, type, length and value of a field by its text name (field name)

Yesterday I saw an interesting question on the D365 forum, how to use field name to find field id. More details: finding the id of a field using the field name only by using the recref and fieldref
So, in this post, I would like to talk about how to get the id, type, length and value of a field by its text name (field name).

Source : Dynamics 365 Lab
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Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to quickly get the extension name, file name without extension, and Media (MIME) types from an uploaded file

Today I would like to share another mini tip about Business Central, how to quickly get the extension name, file name without extension, and Media (MIME) types from an uploaded file.

Source : Dynamics 365 Lab
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Show Microsoft translations when hovering over field names in VS Code

This 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.

Source : Business Central Deep Dive
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Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to quickly get host name from URL via AL

Today I would like share a mini tip, how to quickly get host name from URL via AL.

As you might know, A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a unique identifier used to locate a resource on the Internet. And in the Internet, a hostname is a domain name assigned to a host computer.

Source : Dynamics 365 Lab
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Microsoft Dynamics Business Central – ‘The remote name could not be resolved’ – For Docker containers

Scenario: If you have Docker Container of Microsoft Dynamics Business Central (BC) and developing an App or PTE integrating with external sources (external APIs endpoints) – And facing error ‘The remote name could not be resolved’. Understanding: This would happen when Docker Images is not allowed to connect with external network or DNS address.

Source : LEARN = EXPERIENCE + ERROR + SOLUTIONS
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