Prism for AL - Release Notes
See what's new in the latest release of Prism for AL
Accumulated Release Notes
Prism for AL 1.4.1
Released July 9th, 2021
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1626 | Bugfix | Some users cannot start Prism for AL 1.4.0 following installation |
Prism for AL 1.4.0
Released July 7th, 2021
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1470 | Feature | Go to code in source view |
| 1605 | Feature | Prism for AL Connector: Support for multiple instances of VSCode |
| 1055 | Feature | Open package file (*.app) |
| 1571 | Feature | Find usages of page controls |
| 1584 | Feature | Find usages of page views |
| 1598 | Feature | Find usages of query data items |
| 1585 | Feature | Find usages of query columns |
| 1590 | Feature | Find usages of query filters |
| 1580 | Feature | Find usages of page actions |
| 1616 | Feature | Search event publishers (directly in search menu) |
| 1455 | Feature | Increase visibility when an object is based on a symbol file |
| 1622 | Feature | New shortcuts to change search scope in free text search window (Ctrl+{1,2,3}) |
| 1618 | Feature | New shortcut for free text search across all objects (Ctrl+Shift+F) |
| 1613 | Feature | Consistent module icon usage (*,app vs, app.json with Git status coloring) |
| 1611 | Feature | Option to toggle visibility of unresolved dependencies in module dependency graph |
| 1609 | Feature | Common source commands in context menus |
| 1603 | Feature | Option to toggle visibility of propagated dependencies in module dependency graph |
| 1587 | Feature | Show reason when features are disabled (unlicensed or not applicable) |
| 1573 | Feature | Start page to show module Id |
| 1570 | Feature | Outline view improvements |
| 1569 | Feature | Control panel should show which workspaces are currently open |
| 1554 | Feature | New command to delete all packages from the package cache |
| 1542 | Feature | Free text search results should navigate to the selected view (including source view) |
| 1316 | Feature | Click to collapse module details |
| 1620 | Bugfix | SubPageLink property field value not resolved correctly when Provider property is set |
| 1621 | Bugfix | Provider and FreezeColumn property values not found as usage of page control |
| 1601 | Bugfix | BC18.2 System application symbol: Permissions and Labels unhandled |
| 1596 | Bugfix | Copy codeblock to clipboard fails |
| 1593 | Bugfix | Type resolution incomplete for e.g. query columns |
| 1576 | Bugfix | Page UI: Action separators not displayed |
| 1575 | Bugfix | Too specific control collection name in object and outline view in some cases |
| 1574 | Bugfix | Some free text search links into extended objects are wrong |
| 1568 | Bugfix | Close workspaces button disabled |
| 1563 | Bugfix | Reopening a minimized workspace window should bring up the workspace window |
| 1560 | Bugfix | code.cmd can't launch when settings path contains spaces |
| 1558 | Bugfix | Cancel find usages doesn't close search window |
Prism for AL 1.3.0
Released May 12th, 2021
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1499 | Feature | Find usages performance optimization |
| 1516 | Feature | Free text search feature (high-performance successor to the old codeline search) |
| 1506 | Feature | Goto line in Visual Studio Code |
| 1507 | Feature | Visual Studio Code extension published to Marketplace: View in Prism for AL |
| 1549 | Feature | BC18.1: ReportExtension modify dataset triggers |
| 1523 | Feature | Find usages of report data items |
| 1530 | Feature | Find usages of report columns |
| 1536 | Feature | Find usages of trigger named return variables (enable in UI) |
| 1546 | Feature | Sorted find usages results |
| 1539 | Feature | Prism startup time optimization (package cache initialization) |
| 1535 | Feature | Double-click on selected outline item to re-navigate |
| 1510 | Bugfix | Copy code misses leading annotations and access modifiers |
| 1517 | Bugfix | Parse error when OptionMembers property contains names that are also reserved words |
| 1504 | Bugfix | Parse error on some properties |
| 1545 | Bugfix | Go to source position does not work when position is outside currently visible area |
Prism for AL 1.2.0
Released April 20th, 2021
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1371 | Feature | BC18: Complex return types |
| 1452 | Feature | BC18: ReportExtension object type |
| 1441 | Feature | BC18: PermissionSet object type |
| 1442 | Feature | BC18: PermissionSetExtension object type |
| 1429 | Feature | BC18: Entitlement object type |
| 1475 | Feature | BC18: Table extension keys with base table fields (goto declaration for field and setcurrentkey; find usages of fields and keys) |
| 1473 | Feature | BC18: Parsing of new properties |
| 1444 | Feature | Outline view parity with object view; structure, styling and settings |
| 1436 | Feature | Distinct visualization of disabled page controls and actions |
| 1435 | Feature | Distinct visualization of disabled or obsolete fields and disabled keys |
| 1465 | Feature | Evaluation of conditional compilation directives (app.json and #define/#undef) |
| 1450 | Feature | Go to position in Prism from VS Code (Prism side; VS Code extension follows) |
| 1216 | Feature | Search boxes - include partial word matches ('inter end' finds 'interface to send') |
| 1425 | Feature | Variables, parameters and properties with object references should have context menu and better tooltip |
| 1456 | Feature | Go to last link position (Ctrl+Space) |
| 1443 | Feature | Copy procedure source to include trailing semicolon |
| 1481 | Feature | Parsing: Ignore unrecognized characters with accent such as 'Â' in .al files (like VS Code does; not displayed) |
| 1496 | Bugfix | Object reference tooltips wrong - caches last used value |
| 1486 | Bugfix | Fields in page view Filter property not resolved |
| 1483 | Bugfix | Parse error when TableRelation has condition field which is also a keyword |
| 1480 | Bugfix | Parse error when XmlPort property UseLax is used |
| 1451 | Bugfix | Search depth: click does not always work |
| 1445 | Bugfix | INSERT repeated three times in Find System Function Usages dialog |
| 1440 | Bugfix | Parse error when ControlAddIn is used as a variable type |
| 1427 | Bugfix | Outline group name pluralization wrong in some cases and missing word spaces |
| 1426 | Bugfix | Documentation help links should not be added to navigation history |
| 1345 | Bugfix | Back navigation following click on extension arrow does not navigate back to previous location |
Prism for AL 1.1.0
Released February 25th, 2021
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1304 | Feature | Dependency View (activate from bottom of object area) |
| 1300 | Feature | Immediate view of where a table is used as Source Table via dependency view |
| 1321 | Feature | Object view design changes |
| 1337 | Feature | Semantic code coloring |
| 1302 | Feature | Partial BC14 support |
| 1192 | Feature | Flexible index grouping and sorting of modules and objects |
| 1306 | Feature | Simplified object explorer (Using/Used By moved from Explorer to Dependency view) |
| 1323 | Feature | Changed context menu cursor to hand and find usages with left mouse click |
| 1372 | Feature | Outline navigation change: navigate to extended object declaration site rather than extension object declaration site |
| 1369 | Feature | Explorer navigation change: navigate to extended object declaration site rather than extension object declaration site |
| 1396 | Feature | Show properties in outline window (default=hidden) |
| 1297 | Feature | Copy procedure (clipboard and text editor) |
| 982 | Feature | Name resolution: respect protected keyword for procedures |
| 1399 | Feature | Show Database Trigger Events in object view |
| 1327 | Feature | Show field groups |
| 1388 | Feature | Show field group modifications |
| 1409 | Feature | Crop label type definition literals >60 chars and enable LeftClick to copy literals to clipboard |
| 1378 | Feature | Group recent items by age |
| 1377 | Feature | Refresh system function definitions |
| 1330 | Feature | In-app request trial license |
| 1309 | Feature | New view menu items and shortcuts in workspace |
| 1295 | Feature | Index collapse/expand button now has hand cursor |
| 1294 | Feature | Symbol parsing - improve property parsing for BC17.4 System Application |
| 1265 | Feature | Highlight code group headline after navigating to it with code group shortcut |
| 1315 | Bugfix | Parse error when block comments contains '/*' (unlike C/AL, AL does not have nested block comments) |
| 1314 | Bugfix | Parse error when table relation or flowfield use fields that are also keywords |
| 1311 | Bugfix | Parse error when flowfield has filter with multiple logical operators or negative numeric literals |
| 1415 | Bugfix | Parse error when page part has multiplicity property |
| 1395 | Bugfix | Name resolution fails for expressions enum::MyEnum::MyValue |
| 1335 | Bugfix | Unresolved identifiers in some query DataItemLink properties |
| 1292 | Bugfix | Name resolution: Subscriber has no link to publisher function when publisher is defined as local |
| 1287 | Bugfix | Overload resolution chooses wrong overload when the call is scoped |
| 1249 | Bugfix | Name resolution: fixes for resolving names in implicit 'rec' |
| 1400 | Bugfix | Database trigger events missing from explorer view |
| 1390 | Bugfix | Base object blank in object extends clause when base object module is unresolved |
| 1387 | Bugfix | Explorer declaration group order is inconsistent with object and outline views |
| 1348 | Bugfix | AccessByPermission property: permission was not visible |
| 1346 | Bugfix | Property/trigger UI mixup in UserControl |
| 1329 | Bugfix | System Application - asterisk/tooltip misleading |
| 1308 | Bugfix | Recent item loss |
| 1298 | Bugfix | Start page / module details / using: module dependency version constraints erroneous |
| 1266 | Bugfix | Back navigation broken for merged extension declarations |
| 1296 | Bugfix | Prism icon missing |
Prism for AL 1.0.1
Released January 9th, 2021
The package cache location has changed
You may delete the old cache directory:
%TEMP%\.prism-package-cache
The new cached directory is:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Statical\PrismAL\PackageCache
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1285 | Feature | Change Prism package cache location to local application data |
| 1286 | Feature | Add links to copy package cache optimization script to clipboard (Windows Defender exception) |
| 1288 | Feature | Forward/backward keyboard shortcuts (ALT+LEFT|RIGHT) and mouse shortcuts |
| 1281 | Feature | Shortcut properties code group |
| 1274 | Feature | Start page: show dependency version constraints |
| 1289 | Feature | Discoverability: show hand cursor when hovering over codeline mark area not yet marked |
| 1282 | Bugfix | Workspace file "al.packageCachePath" setting ignored |
| 1283 | Bugfix | Package cache path resolution fails if directory does not exist |
| 1275 | Bugfix | Module dependency graph incorrect version constraint |
| 1276 | Bugfix | Glyph fallback mechanism throws NullReferenceException when missing Segoe MDL2 Assets font (pre-Windows 10) |
Prism for AL 1.0.0
Released December 30th, 2020
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1118 | Feature | Open folder without app.json file (automagic) |
| 1218 | Feature | Load - use al.packageCachePath setting |
| 1220 | Feature | Configurable package resolution |
| 1226 | Feature | Detect and warn user of runtime package |
| 1034 | Feature | Support for Enum objects |
| 1035 | Feature | Support for EnumExtension objects |
| 1040 | Feature | Support for DotNet objects |
| 1039 | Feature | Support for ControlAddIn objects |
| 1036 | Feature | Support for PageCustomization objects |
| 1038 | Feature | Support for Profile objects |
| 1223 | Feature | Find usages of Enum Values |
| 1245 | Feature | Find usages of interfaces and codeunits in enum and enumextensions |
| 1230 | Feature | Start page - package discovery panel |
| 1255 | Feature | Shortcuts to code groups |
| 1242 | Feature | Interface UI: List of implementations |
| 1167 | Feature | Use standard outline icons across Prism |
| 1228 | Feature | Module relations graph enhancements |
| 1210 | Feature | Workspace window improvements |
| 1211 | Feature | Control panel window improvements |
| 1171 | Feature | Table keys in explorer should list fields |
| 1017 | Feature | UI page views |
| 1258 | Feature | Widen workspace window |
| 1247 | Feature | BC 17.2 - test |
| 1232 | Bugfix | Parse error when dotnet assembly or type names have dots and are unquoted |
| 1240 | Bugfix | Parse error when XmlPort has property RecordSeparator |
| 1273 | Bugfix | Parse error when page has EntityCaption or EntitySetCaption properties |
| 1237 | Bugfix | Missing Application module not listed as Unresolved |
| 1208 | Bugfix | Outline group header is malformatted |
Prism for AL 0.9.6
Released November 19th, 2020
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1163 | Feature | Redesign control panel window |
| 1162 | Feature | Redesign workspace window |
| 1181 | Feature | Workspace start page: Solution overview |
| 1196 | Feature | Workspace file cache (snapshots workspace files, so changes done in VS Code do not influence Prism until reload) |
| 1200 | Feature | Workspace reload command |
| 1157 | Feature | Package cache window (accessible from Control Panel) |
| 1119 | Feature | Display module fields introduced in BC17: PreprocessorSymbols, SuppressWarnings, KeyVaultUrls, ApplicationInsightsKey |
| 1193 | Feature | Upgrade to .NET 5 |
| 1158 | Bugfix | Support JSON comments in *.code-workspace, app.json and SymbolReference.json files |
| 1147 | Bugfix | .code-workspace file support: paths with .. (dotdot/parent) |
| 1173 | Bugfix | Page extension UI fails when add{after|before|first|last} section is empty |
| 1183 | Bugfix | Find object usages did not find page referenced in page part controls |
| 1190 | Bugfix | Installation wrongly requires .NET Framework 4.8 (and with error message in Danish) |
| 1178 | Bugfix | Provider property value always displays 'Provider' |
| 1166 | Bugfix | Module resolution window cannot resize |
| 1165 | Bugfix | Parse error when variable of name "Actions" is used in code as Actions (without double quotes) |
| 1175 | Bugfix | Parse error when dotnet type is declared without an alias |
| 1090 | Bugfix | Symbol file parsing of Query and XmlPort objects incomplete |
| 1176 | Bugfix | Symbol file parse error on System Application table "Reten. Pol. Filtering Param" |
| 1185 | Bugfix | Objects from symbol files - visualization issues |
| 1198 | Bugfix | Conditional compilation directives get truncated |
| 1161 | Bugfix | Close all workspaces doesn't close windows |
Prism for AL 0.9.5
Released October 20th, 2020
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1151 | Bugfix | Load error when report lacks data set, request page, and labels |
Prism for AL 0.9.4
Released October 19th, 2020
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1148 | Bugfix | Startup error (cache directory does not exist) |
Prism for AL 0.9.3
Released October 18th, 2020
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1023 | Feature | Module dependencies via app.json property 'application' (support for base application aliasing) |
| 1070 | Feature | Module dependency proparation via app.json property 'PropagateDependencies' |
| 1120 | Feature | Package diff resolution: use package 'signature' for uniqueness |
| 1115 | Feature | Module dependency version behavior: MinVersion vs Version |
| 1142 | Feature | Workaround for BC17 System Application SymbolReference.json being end-padded by NULs |
| 1139 | Feature | Report "Save Object Dependencies" - added ControlAddIn dependency from pages |
| 1138 | Feature | Report "Save Object Dependencies" - added interface dependency from Enum and EnumExtensions |
| 1003 | Feature | Add extension name to 'Object Dependencies and 'Unreferenced Objects' reports |
| 1136 | Feature | BC17: DataAccessIntent property |
| 1134 | Feature | BC17: Conditional compilation (#if, #elif, #endif, #define, #undef) support (preliminary) |
| 1133 | Feature | BC17: #pragma compiler directive support (preliminary) |
| 1132 | Feature | BC17: #region compiler directive support (preliminary) |
| 1129 | Feature | Diagnostic workspace resolution window |
| 1128 | Feature | Friendly workspace address display |
| 1137 | Bugfix | Parse error when last line of file is line comment without newline |
| 1107 | Bugfix | Parse error when pageextension contains views |
| 1106 | Bugfix | Parse error when table relation uses some specific const values |
| 1095 | Bugfix | Parse error when XmlPort has property InlineSchema |
| 1093 | Bugfix | Indexing error during load for certain scope (::) expressions |
| 1131 | Bugfix | System module dependency missing in module graph visualization |
| 1111 | Bugfix | Integration event properties (IncludeSender, GlobalVarAccess) show opposite boolean values |
| 1104 | Bugfix | Find field usages: Table relation condition left-hand side resolved in relation table instead of source table |
| 1103 | Bugfix | Open in Text Editor failed to open |
| 1100 | Bugfix | Descriptive watermark text not shown in Prism fields |
| 1096 | Bugfix | Enum is usage and dependency of a table field of type Enum |
| 1105 | Bugfix | Installation issue: 'An assembly specified in the application dependencies manifest (StaticalPrism.deps.json) was not found' |
Prism for AL 0.9.2
Released September 2nd, 2020
| ID | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1033 | Feature | Support for XMLPort objects |
| 1032 | Feature | Support for Query objects |
| 1015 | Feature | UI: Reports to show RequestPage when present |
| 1059 | Feature | .NET Core Migration |
| 1080 | Feature | Improved error message when workspace contains two modules with the same id |
| 1068 | Feature | Logging of parse errors: only log fragment of code, not full object |
| 1066 | Feature | Disable command line argument support. |
| 1065 | Feature | Verbose log level user switch |
| 1085 | Bugfix | Parse error on properties APIVersion, CharAllowed, SignDisplacement, SqlTimestamp and SqlDataType |
| 1092 | Bugfix | Parse error when flowfield has empty CONST expression: CONST() |
| 1091 | Bugfix | Parse error when ApplicationArea is empty |
| 1074 | Bugfix | Parse error when in enum expressions when value is a keyword, e.g. MyEnum::Actions |
| 1072 | Bugfix | Parse Exception 'syntax error'. Last token was 'T_SEMICOLON' - happens when source has an 'empty property', i.e. extra ';' between properties |
| 1078 | Bugfix | Report top level properties and triggers not displayed |
| 1086 | Bugfix | "Save Object Dependencies" report missed entries and did not print object id |
| 1084 | Bugfix | Table dependency in AccessByPermission property not found |
| 1083 | Bugfix | Installer language changed to English (was mixed Danish and English) |
| 1079 | Bugfix | Navigation to report data item fails |
Prism for AL 0.9.1
Released July 10th, 2020
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
| 987 | Use symbol file when package manifest has ShowMyCode=false setting |
| 1041 | Procedure overloading (resolution and find usages) |
| 1037 | Full support for Interface objects |
| 1057 | Allow higher memory usage (enabled 64-bit processes) |
| 1058 | Object outline: added 'using' and 'used by' sections |
| 1042 | Explore table relations enabled (was disabled in previous preview) |
| 979 | System function resolution completed including links to Microsoft's documentation |