In this video, I take a look at the new set of string functions that AL has gained over C/AL.
Tag Archives: String
Video: Hacks with the Query String
I finally got my youtube setup running, here’s the first video, Hacks with the Query String.
Convert String to Char array in AL code
Convert String to Char array in AL code
Power BI Custom Format String Examples, Part 2: Dates And Times
In my last post I showed lots of examples of how Power BI’s new custom format string feature can be used to format numbers. This post, looking at dates and times, will be a bit different for two reasons: there are a lot more useful examples of custom date and time formats built into Power BI Desktop, and some of the format placeholders listed in the VBA documentation aren’t supported in Power BI.
Power BI Custom Format String Examples, Part 1: Numbers
Now that we can apply custom format strings to fields and measures in Power BI in the September 2019 release, I thought it would be useful to provide some examples of what’s possible with this very flexible new feature because the existing documentation for VBA isn’t easy to make sense of. In fact there’s so much to say I’m going to have to write a series of blog posts to cover everything! In this first post I’m going to look at formatting numbers.
Use the String Function in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central On Premises
Do you need to customize Microsoft Dynamics Business Central on premises? Read this blog to learn how to do it using the String function.
Remove extra spaces from a string in NAV and D365 Business Central
I recently looked into a support incident where there were some problems when importing text data from an XML file into NAV. One of the problems was that in the xml file the string contained a lot of useless extra spaces.