Learn Prism for AL

Main window

The main window is where you control everything that is not part of a workspace. The window host a number of pages.

Prism for AL Main window — The main window.

#	Name	Description
1	Home	Click to show the Home page.
2	Features	Click to show the Features page.
3	Package cache	Click to show the Package cache page.
4	Settings	Click to show the Settings page.
5	About	Click to show the About page.
6	Page area	This is where the selected page is shown.

File menu

Menu item	Description
Open	Opens a workspace. The submenus correspond to the open buttons.
Package Cache	Opens the Package cache page.
Close Open Workspaces	Closes all open workspaces. If the setting Confirm closing workspace is checked, then a confirmation dialog pops up.
Exit	Exits Prism for AL.

Help menu

Menu item	Description
Learn	Opens your default browser on the learning page you are currently reading.
Feedback	Open the Feedback window.
Log	Prism logs diagnostic messages to rotating log files as well as to in-memory session log for the current session (run of Prism). Notice that the log level setting does not survive restart of Prism. The submenus are: Open Log: Opens the current log file in your default text editor Open Session Log: Opens the session log in your default text editor Open Last Command Log: Opens the session log in your default text editor Wipe Log File: Empties the current log file; previous log files are left unchanged Log Level Information: Click to select normal log level Log Level Debug: Click to select debug log level; we may ask you to do this when diagnosing an issue Log Level Verbose: Click to select verbose log level; we may ask you to do this when diagnosing an issue
Troubleshoot	If you have trouble opening a workspace, e.g. some modules are unresolved, we may ask you to use this menu to record your workspace. Basically, this builds a copy of your workspace but without the `.al` files. The recording is saved in a `.wrec` file. The submenus are: Record Workspace: Use this if your workspace was opened as a `.code-workspace` file. Record Directory: Use this if your workspace was opened as a directory. Play Workspace Recording: Unpacks a `.wrec` file to a directory, which is revealed in Windows Explorer. You can use this to verify that you are ok with sending the `.wrec` file to us. We use the function to create a directory which we can open as a directory store and thereby hopefully reproduce your workspace loading issue.
Optimize Prism Package Cache Performance	Copies to clipboard a PowerShell script to exclude Prism's cache directory for Windows Defender. See also Package cache page.
Enter License	Open the License dialog.
Get Trial License	Open the Trial license window.
End-User License Agreement (EULA)	Places the End-User License Agreement (EULA) PDF document on your desktop and reveals in Windows Explorer.
Third-Party Licenses	Places Excel sheet an overview of 3rd party license components used by Prism for AL. The file is revealed in Windows Explorer.
OpenJDK	Licenses: OpenJDK licensing information Source Distribution Offer: Our offer to distribute OpenJDK source code.