Extended view
The extended view shows an object as Business Central runs it: the base object with the fields, controls, actions and other items its extensions add inlined where they land. It has the features of the Object view, and an extension icon marks each inlined item.
Opening it
- Select the Extended Object tab at the bottom of the Objects page. It is the tab an object opens on.
- Select View › Extended Object.
- Press Ctrl+1.
| # | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inlined item | The field the extension adds, shown in the base page where it lands: before its anchor. |
| 2 | Anchor | The base page's control the extension adds the field before. |
| 3 | Extension icon | Marks an item that an extension adds. Hover over it for the extension; select it to go to the item's declaration in the extension object. |
The extension's side
The extension object itself shows each change with its kind and its anchor. Here the page extension adds a field
before VATReturnStatus, the field inlined above.
| # | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Change | The kind of change: Add Controls Before is addbefore, which adds controls before the anchor. |
| 2 | Anchor | The base control the change is anchored on. Select it to go to the control in the base page. |
| 3 | Controls to add | The controls the change adds before the anchor. |
Order of changes
When several extensions change the same place, such as two extensions that add controls before the same control, the result depends on the order the changes are applied. Prism applies them in the topological order of the module dependencies, as the Business Central runtime does.