Opens a workspace based on Visual Studio Code .code-workspace file.

Once the file has been selected, the Loading window opens.

Opens a solution from a running Business Central service.

Enter the connection details of the service and a download folder. Prism for AL downloads the solution's symbol packages into the folder and opens it as a workspace, and the Loading window opens.

The simplest usage of Open folder is to open a Visual Studio Code project folder, i.e. a file system folder containing an app.json file and (usually) also .al files.

├───app-A
│   │   app.json
│   │   DoThis.Codeunit.al
│   │
│   └───.alpackages
└───app-B
│   app.json
│   DoThat.Codeunit.al
│
└───.alpackages

Another option is to open a folder which contains packages (.app files) and no app.json files at all (recursively). This will create an in-memory artificial module with dependencies for all distinct packages in the workspace. This can be used to browse on-prem installation media (select the Applications folder).

Once the folder has been selected, the Loading window opens.

Opens a package file (*.app).

This will create an in-memory artificial module with a dependency to the single package. Package dependencies are not included; to achieve that, use Open folder instead.

Once the file has been selected, the Loading window opens.

Determines whether a Code graph is automatically built when a workspace is opened.

Determines whether a more compact Procedural flow graph (Procedural) or a Full graph (Full) is loaded.

A procedural graph has inter-procedural calls only, so it is smaller and faster to load. A full graph adds expression- and statement-level flows, and is slower to load.

This is a list of workspaces you have opened recently, newest first, grouped by when you opened them. Click a recent workspace or use shortcuts Ctrl + 1, Ctrl + 2 etc. (counting from the top) to open the workspace. If the workspace is already open, focus shifts to the workspace window. The Search recent box above the list filters it by name, path or service URL.

Right-click a recent workspace to open it, reveal it in File Explorer, or remove it or all recent items from the list. For a workspace opened from Business Central, the menu can also re-download its symbols and open Business Central.

The license part shows the current license (if any is installed) and its status. The tooltip on the status gives additional information, e.g. expiration date when the license is valid.

Without a license, Prism for AL is feature-limited. Subscribe or Get a trial license to enable all features.

Click the Activate new license button to open the License key window. Without a valid license, or when a trial license has expired, a Get trial license key link below it opens the Trial license window.

The features part shows a summary of your usages of main Prism for AL features: how many you have explored, and how many are left. The percentage complete indicates the percentage of Prism for AL's main features that you have used. Click the features button in the main window to navigate to the Features page.

After an update, the summary also counts the features that are new or updated in the release, and the Release notes link opens the release notes in your default browser.