Prism for AL
Release Notes
Accumulated Release Notes
See what's new in the latest release of Prism for AL.
Prism for AL 4.0 (including preview versions)
Released APR 4, 2025
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2364 | Feature | Fluent Theme (Dark and Light modes) |
| 2467 | Feature | Open from BC |
| 1692 | Feature | Event subscriber source generator |
| 2630 | Feature | Show static analysis for database trigger events |
| 2682 | Feature | Show object bookmark in object index and provide filter options |
| 2681 | Feature | Show object ObsoleteState in object index and provide filter options |
| 2680 | Feature | Show object history mark in object index and provide filter options |
| 2622 | Feature | Show object numbers in declaration tooltips (use it to disambiguate search results) |
| 2670 | Feature | BC26 (runtime 15): More app metadata |
| 2648 | Feature | BC26 (runtime 15): Support for fields moved between extensions - take field obsoletion into account |
| 2619 | Feature | BC26 (runtime 15): Multiline text literals |
| 2719 | Feature | BC26 (runtime 15): Support for 'continue' keyword in loops |
| 2733 | Feature | BC26 (runtime 15): Support for data types HttpRequestType, TestHttpRequestMessage and TestHttpResponseMessage |
| 2732 | Feature | BC26 (runtime 15): Support for TestHttpRequestPolicy property |
| 2657 | Feature | Memory settings for graph loading |
| 871 | Feature | Find Field Usages: Categorize function call with field as actual parameter as an Assign if formal parameter is by reference (VAR) |
| 2609 | Feature | All options (Options expander) in the control panel should have a corresponding setting |
| 2645 | Feature | Support for properties ClearActions, ClearLayout and ClearViews |
| 2635 | Feature | Merge triggers in report extensions for data items |
| 2713 | Feature | Object outline should have expand/collapse buttons like object index |
| 2685 | Feature | Focus on search fields in Field Search, Procedure Search and Event Publisher Search |
| 2622 | Feature | Show object numbers in declaration tooltips (use it to disambiguate search results) |
| 2615 | Bugfix | Graph server fails to start on some machines |
| 2701 | Bugfix | UnsatisfiableVersionConstraintException: Unexpected unsatisfiable new version constraint for already resolved module with module ref Application |
| 2700 | Bugfix | TransferFields mapping wrongly shows merge/extension symbol when target is missing |
| 2697 | Bugfix | On-prem usages report requires the full graph and should warn about it |
| 2678 | Bugfix | Parse error on Enum value range in CalcFormula filter |
| 2677 | Bugfix | Regression: Prism for AL Connector blocks while opening workspace |
| 2624 | Bugfix | Free text search does not (always) navigate to actual result |
| 2598 | Bugfix | Graph translation error when On{Before|After}Validate triggers are added in field modifications of an unresolved field |
| 2673 | Bugfix | Free text search result order: Unnatural order for match in header |
| 2668 | Bugfix | Regression: When workspace is opened from Visual Studio Code with "View in Prism for AL", "Start action" setting must be ignored |
| 2666 | Bugfix | Object index "Go to module" context menu item does nothing (internal?) |
| 2655 | Bugfix | When graph loading finishes, object reloading should not trigger page change |
| 2604 | Bugfix | Conditional compilation symbols are ignored, when not at line start |
| 2599 | Bugfix | Graceful handling of unexpected graph server process exit during graph server startup |
| 2631 | Bugfix | Static analysis fails when initiated from declarations in extensions |
| 2616 | Bugfix | Wrong indentation when code contains TAB characters |
| 2592 | Bugfix | RecentItems shortcut keys are out of order |
| 2718 | Bugfix | Error opening workspace: Null reference error when parsing invalid XLIFF files |
| 2701 | Bugfix | UnsatisfiableVersionConstraintException: Unexpected unsatisfiable new version constraint for already resolved module with module ref Application |
| 2700 | Bugfix | TransferFields mapping wrongly shows merge/extension symbol when target is missing |
| 2697 | Bugfix | On-prem usages report requires the full graph and should warn about it |
| 2678 | Bugfix | Parse error on Enum value range in CalcFormula filter |
| 2677 | Bugfix | Regression: Prism for AL connector, navigateTo blocks while opening workspace |
| 2624 | Bugfix | Free text search does not (always) navigate to actual result |
| 2598 | Bugfix | Graph translation error when On{Before|After}Validate triggers are added in field modifications of an unresolved field |
| 2730 | Bugfix | Properties Subtype and ObsoleteState must be case insensitive like other properties |
Prism for AL 3.1.0
Released SEP 18, 2024
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2544 | Feature | Show inbound flow-graph |
| 2580 | Feature | Procedural flow-graph visualization enabled for database and page event triggers |
| 2548 | Feature | Prism Path (custom URI scheme for specifying declaration links) |
| 1689 | Feature | Find usages tree view |
| 2547 | Feature | Free text search tree view |
| 2538 | Feature | Moved 'extends' and 'customizes' from object header to first group in object view |
| 2537 | Feature | Moved namespace and usings further down in object view |
| 2564 | Feature | File | Explorer menu: Order items by name |
| 2516 | Feature | RIMD overview window should show original declaration |
| 2566 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): SymbolReference.json omits zero valued attributes, e.g. "Kind" for control and action areas |
| 2533 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Support for conditional expressions (condition ? ifTrue : ifFalse) |
| 2532 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Support for new PageStyle type |
| 2529 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Code graph flow logic for Query.SaveAsJson |
| 2521 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Support for .alpackages subfolders |
| 2513 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Support for new OptimizeForTextSearch property |
| 2502 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Support for ProfileExtensions |
| 2496 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Support for <interface> as <interface> expressions |
| 2495 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Support for <interface> is <interface> expressions |
| 2494 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Support for interface extending interfaces |
| 2468 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Resolution of 'this' |
| 2582 | Bugfix | Find inbound flow to enum value fails with message "Unexpected empty tree context" when referred from table relation filter expression |
| 2579 | Bugfix | Inbound and outbound flow to/from OnValidate trigger in extension object failed |
| 2569 | Bugfix | Fixed resolution of objects that have ObsoleteState Moved or Removed |
| 2546 | Bugfix | Parse error when AllowedFileExtensions property has multiple comma-separated values |
| 2545 | Bugfix | Tooltips sometimes lack information |
| 2541 | Bugfix | Prism cache optimization script uses wrong path |
| 2531 | Bugfix | Parse error when ColumnSpan property value is negative |
| 2530 | Bugfix | Graph loading - name resolution error when codeunit has TableNo property and record function is implicitly scoped |
| 2525 | Bugfix | Setting "Confirm Closing Workspace" does not work when closing the control panel window |
| 2515 | Bugfix | Setting "Confirm Closing Workspace" should also apply when reloading a workspace |
| 2487 | Bugfix | Procedural graph Commit node does not have a tooltip |
Prism for AL 3.0.0
Released JUL 17, 2024
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2465 | Feature | Procedural graph visualization (outgoing procedural flows) |
| 2469 | Feature | Immediate insights: RIMD analysis for procedure and triggers in object |
| 2471 | Feature | RIMD overview for a procedure/trigger |
| 2478 | Feature | Reachable RIMDing procedures, triggers and dispatch nodes |
| 2102 | Feature | Immediate insights: Commit analysis for procedure and triggers in object |
| 2479 | Feature | Reachable commiting procedures and triggers |
| 2477 | Feature | Build compact or full graph |
| 2461 | Feature | Generate graph on startup |
| 2506 | Feature | Graph views can be saved to a PNG image file |
| 2505 | Feature | Graph views are touch sensitive (pan and zoom in module relations, table relations and procedural graph) |
| 1020 | Feature | TransferFields mapping should include extended fields |
| 2501 | Feature | Solution overview export to Excel |
| 2498 | Feature | Module graph - export as image (png/jpg/svg) |
| 2486 | Feature | BC25 (runtime 14): Parsing support for properties FileUploadAction and FileUploadRowAction |
| 2462 | Feature | Flows from and Flows to: Enable also when compact graph is available |
| 2455 | Feature | Show TransferFields Mapping (context menu item) |
| 2452 | Feature | Unresolved modules should have tabs in row details |
| 2451 | Feature | Show related module discoveries for resolved modules |
| 2450 | Feature | Show related module discoveries for unresolved modules |
| 2428 | Feature | Workspace troubleshooting (reproduce workspace without .al code) |
| 2363 | Feature | Search procedure and event publishers: Find all when search field is empty |
| 2497 | Bugfix | Graph loading: Name Resolution - The given key was not present in the dictionary |
| 2460 | Bugfix | Runtime package not detected |
| 2436 | Bugfix | Do not crash when feature metrics file is corrupted; transactionally save feature metrics file |
| 2435 | Bugfix | Cannot open .code-workspace when al.packageCachePath is not found on disk |
| 2427 | Bugfix | Error opening workspace (UnsatisfiableVersionConstraintException) |
Prism for AL 2.7.0
Released MAR 9, 2024
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2389 | Feature | Feature usage overview |
| 2272 | Feature | Event triggers should should have a more prominent placing in UI |
| 2369 | Feature | Improved performance of opening windows |
| 2420 | Feature | BC24: Support for new properties AllowMultipleFiles and AllowedFileExtensions |
| 2419 | Feature | BC24: Support for page layout areas Prompt and PromptOption and action areas Prompting and PromptGuide |
| 2417 | Feature | BC24: Support for FileUploadAction |
| 2414 | Feature | BC24: Support for new types: FileUpload and Cookie |
| 2385 | Feature | Indicate record data type as temporary when built-in function is used on a temporary instance |
| 2404 | Feature | Improved display of recent items (usability) |
| 2403 | Feature | Search fields/procedures/publishers: custom result limit for faster display of large number of results |
| 2398 | Feature | New notification system (information, warnings, errors) |
| 2392 | Feature | Improved error message when new license key cannot be written to disk |
| 2415 | Bugfix | Parse error when list properties like OrderBy, Customizations, and Namespaces are empty |
| 2379 | Bugfix | Flow result: Order of control modifications must equal syntax order |
| 2413 | Bugfix | The runtime property of module details is not correctly shown |
| 2409 | Bugfix | Recent items: Remove all does not remove anything |
| 2406 | Bugfix | Workspace loading fails when System app is outdated |
| 2395 | Bugfix | Symbol file object dependency error for some quoted name references |
| 2394 | Bugfix | Symbol file parse error when file contains a systemaction |
| 2388 | Bugfix | Temporary XmlPort data item tooltip styling is incorrect |
| 2387 | Bugfix | Temporary report data item tooltip lacks temporary indication |
Prism for AL 2.6.0
Released JAN 19, 2024
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1153 | Feature | Improved analysis of temporary table usages (properties SourceTableTemporary, TableType and UseTemporary) |
| 2353 | Feature | Improved formatting and tooltips of temporary system-defined variables (e.g. rec), report data items, and xmlport elements |
| 2347 | Feature | Precise navigation for inline page trigger events |
| 2346 | Feature | Precise navigation for inline database trigger events |
| 2124 | Feature | Feature usage telemetry (optional) |
| 2374 | Feature | Support for PromptMode type |
| 2373 | Feature | Support for runtime 12.1 properties PromptDialog and IsPreview |
| 2268 | Feature | Upgrade to .NET 8 (LTS) |
| 2366 | Bugfix | Graph translation failed hard following object translation errors |
| 2311 | Bugfix | Extended view does not merge when implicit areas like Content is missing base object's source |
| 2368 | Bugfix | Parse error when dotnet type reference has namespace qualifiers |
| 2367 | Bugfix | NullReferenceException when handling label translation |
| 2355 | Bugfix | Some system function usages were not found in complex namespace scenario |
| 2354 | Bugfix | System function tooltip presents wrong object in rare cases |
| 2338 | Bugfix | Code graph memory leak |
Prism for AL 2.5.0
Released OCT 31, 2023
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2295 | Feature | BC23: Support for namespaces |
| 2292 | Feature | BC23: Code graph control flow - RunObject property allows running query objects |
| 2275 | Feature | BC23: Ability to define fields in page customizations |
| 2274 | Feature | BC23: Support for new properties AllowInCustomizations and ExcelLayoutMultipleDataSheets |
| 2309 | Feature | BC23: Support for new properties AnalysisModeEnabled, MovedFrom and MovedTo |
| 2273 | Feature | BC23: Support for new SecretText type |
| 2330 | Feature | BC23: Support for systemaction |
| 2299 | Feature | Show namespaces in tooltips |
| 2163 | Feature | Workspace session: resume last location on workspace open |
| 2323 | Feature | Open directory: use NavxManifest.xml if app.json is not found |
| 2321 | Feature | Navigation from VSCode should be saved in history |
| 2317 | Feature | Resolve/link filter expressions in table relations and flowfields |
| 2312 | Feature | Improve annotation/attribute formatting |
| 2300 | Feature | User control over display of namespace names (e.g. Microsoft.Sales.Customer vs Customer) |
| 2331 | Bugfix | Large memory leak |
| 2326 | Bugfix | Name resolution error in report request page with procedure |
| 2316 | Bugfix | Navigation fails with some namespace-qualified object names, e.g. Codeunit::MyNamespace.MyObject |
| 2315 | Bugfix | Some navigations failed when e.g. table had multiple field validation triggers |
| 2310 | Bugfix | History navigation issues |
Prism for AL 2.4.0
Released AUG 15, 2023
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2238 | Feature | Show page trigger events when they are subscribed to |
| 2256 | Feature | Outline search of translable properties |
| 2250 | Feature | Improve translation metadata caching (faster to open workspace after caching) |
| 2160 | Feature | Custom setting for the location of the Prism package cache |
| 2222 | Feature | Solution view: organize module details into tabs (general, used by, using, translation) |
| 2208 | Feature | Improve logging when graph process cannot start (e.g. out of memory) |
| 2207 | Feature | Minor reduction in memory usage during parsing |
| 2223 | Feature | Show breadcrumb to declaration in toast when no usages or flows were found |
| 2254 | Feature | Search modules by GUID in solution view (requires at least 4 input characters) |
| 2229 | Bugfix | Translations are not shown for cached packages |
| 2218 | Bugfix | Translation Id must use canonical property names for resilience (/trans-unit@id case sensitive hashing) |
| 2232 | Bugfix | Translation sources list includes files without applicable translations |
| 2231 | Bugfix | Module details: translation sources are unsorted |
| 2230 | Bugfix | Language picker shows unsorted translation languages |
| 2247 | Bugfix | Code graph did not include flow information for page trigger OnNewRecord and event OnNewRecordEvent |
| 2253 | Bugfix | Flows from On{Before|After}RenameEvent nodes was not implemented |
| 2252 | Bugfix | Flows from On{Before|After}ValidateEvent nodes wrongly included triggers |
| 2220 | Bugfix | Page extensions: modify page action does not show triggers |
Prism for AL 2.3.0
Released JUL 12, 2023
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2197 | Feature | Setting for default translation language |
| 2199 | Feature | Pin selected language and always show all translation languages in language picker |
| 2206 | Feature | Allow non-array features attribute in app.json for backwards compatibility |
| 2209 | Feature | Copy translation id to clipboard |
| 2201 | Bugfix | XLIFF: align translation unit selection with BC runtime behavior |
| 2203 | Bugfix | Parse error when EntityCaption or EntitySetCaption properties have label attributes |
Prism for AL 2.2.0
Released JUN 20, 2023
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2101 | Feature | Event publisher reachability from procedure or trigger |
| 2100 | Feature | CRUD analysis from procedure or trigger |
| 1845 | Feature | XLIFF support: show translations in place for selected language |
| 2057 | Feature | Graph: Distinguish between (Insert | Modify | Delete) nodes with RunTrigger postfix (True | False | Maybe) |
| 2138 | Feature | Support for NAV 2018 symbol files |
| 2181 | Feature | Do not fade out navigation cursor after a while |
| 2187 | Feature | Show session log entries since last feature command was executed (Ctrl+Alt+L in control panel or workspace window) |
| 2183 | Feature | New setting "Optimize find usages" which allows user to turn off optimization for diagnostic purposes (decides which objects to search) |
| 2147 | Feature | SourceExpression properties in symbol files - show expresion, hide property |
| 2184 | Bugfix | Find usages does not analyse extension objects that have the same name as another extension object of the same type |
| 2189 | Bugfix | Extended view: Some tooltips are wrong in inlined code |
| 2154 | Bugfix | Array types originating from symbol files are presented as the inner type |
| 2153 | Bugfix | Display of multidimensional array types lack commas |
Prism for AL 2.1.0
Released MAY 4, 2023
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2117 | Feature | Support for multiple .al package cache paths for symbols |
| 1757 | Feature | Call stack compatiple procedure and trigger line numbers |
| 1577 | Feature | Extended view: Visual indications when an entity has been moved |
| 2105 | Feature | Show breadcrumb tooltips for declarations (object views and outline) |
| 2114 | Feature | Show breadcrumb tooltips for resolved identifers in code |
| 1881 | Feature | Inline extended TableRelation property in Extended view |
| 2107 | Feature | Format option types with all cases |
| 2136 | Feature | Show module runtime version and descriptor in module details |
| 2122 | Feature | Minor improvement to formatting of table relation filter expressions |
| 2146 | Feature | Minor improvement to formatting of view filter expressions |
| 2132 | Bugfix | Parse error with some keywork-like parameter names such as 'Part' |
| 2142 | Bugfix | Cannot index packages with symbols where object names contains nested quotes |
Prism for AL 2.0.0
Released FEB 20, 2023
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Feature | CodeGraph: Find flows to declaration (in flows) |
| 1928 | Feature | CodeGraph: Find flows from declaration (out flows) |
| 1929 | Feature | CodeGraph: Find shortest path |
| 1882 | Feature | Show overloaded procedures with a symbol and quick navigation links |
| 1955 | Feature | Package cache optimization script update, see script in Package cache window |
| 1950 | Feature | Types / system function refresh: DataTransfer type etc. |
| 1936 | Feature | Prism command line logging (reports) |
| 1920 | Feature | BC 22: Support for InherentPermissions property |
| 2080 | Feature | BC 22: Support for properties FlowTemplateCategoryName and FlowTemplateSearchTerm |
| 1885 | Feature | Prism for AL Connector: Support Prism for AL installed via MSIX |
| 1883 | Feature | Upgrade to .NET 7 |
| 1867 | Feature | Object Dependencies view: Default sorting should be Type, Name (use Shift-click to select a different sorting) |
| 1865 | Feature | Text search: keep result when cancelling |
| 1863 | Feature | New persistent setting for workspace search depth |
| 1862 | Feature | New setting for setting size of highlighted code line (Prism cursor) |
| 1846 | Feature | Report: All OnPrem method usages |
| 2043 | Feature | Remove watermark from control panel |
| 1996 | Feature | Reports: logging, error handling and strict mode |
| 1989 | Feature | Improved tooltips for object reference links |
| 2015 | Feature | Add full Help/Log menu to workspace window |
| 1779 | Feature | Feedback window should not be modal |
| 2017 | Feature | Button to close the solution panel (available when an object is open) |
| 931 | Feature | MSIX installer (Prism will ask about uninstall of previous MSI installed version to avoid confusion) |
| 1969 | Feature | Delta update with appinstaller |
| 1854 | Feature | Support for option access syntax in property formulas, e.g. filter(Database::Customer) |
| 2061 | Bugfix | OnBeforeValidate and OnAfterValidate should visible at field level, not object level |
| 1988 | Bugfix | Name resolution of DataItemLink condition field does not take DataItemLinkReference into account |
| 2022 | Bugfix | Parse error when table relation uses keyword 'End' in filter expression |
| 1926 | Bugfix | Fields in RequestFilterFields not resolved in XmlPort TableElement RequestFilterFields property |
| 2013 | Bugfix | Alt+Left and Alt+Right navigation shortcuts should work when object index has focus |
| 1874 | Bugfix | PrismCmd autogenerated help screen is not correct |
| 1716 | Bugfix | Declaration tooltips wrong in object and outline views |
Prism for AL 1.8.1
Released SEP 13, 2022
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1857 | Bugfix | Left-click on object heading in main view causes context menu issues in index and has now been disabled |
Prism for AL 1.8.0
Released SEP 9, 2022
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1853 | Feature | BC 21: Support for customaction |
| 1852 | Feature | BC 21: Support for new properties (ShowAs, InherentEntitlements, CustomActionType, FlowId, FlowEnvironmentId, ExcludedPermissionSets) |
| 1843 | Feature | BC 21: Support for actionref |
| 1828 | Feature | System function refresh |
| 1741 | Feature | Press F1 in any window to documentation in browser |
| 1841 | Feature | Show version number on about screen |
| 1839 | Bugfix | Object context menu does not always use current object when opened with left-click |
| 1822 | Bugfix | Prism crashes while loading very large object |
| 1849 | Bugfix | Dictionary type is shown with key type twice instead of value type |
Prism for AL 1.7.1
Released JUL 4, 2022
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1830 | Feature | Module graph: colour both inbound and outbound links of selected module by default |
| 1833 | Bugfix | Parse errors when conditional compilation directives are nested and both if conditions evaluate to false |
| 1832 | Bugfix | Free-text search fails with single dual core CPU |
Prism for AL 1.7.0
Released JUN 28, 2022
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1815 | Feature | Show control panel even if package cache is still loading metadata (use background task) |
| 1807 | Feature | Emphasize package discovery issues |
| 1818 | Feature | StaticalPrism.exe startup commandline parameter for setting the log level via --log-level:{debug,verbose} |
| 1798 | Feature | Re-enable the resize grip in the control panel window |
| 1801 | Feature | Use new Prism for AL logo as shortcut/taskbar icon |
| 1793 | Feature | Target newest .NET SDK |
| 1690 | Feature | Package cache metrics (show total size on disk) |
| 1803 | Bugfix | Object dependency view does not show all results |
| 1827 | Bugfix | Solved some issues with very large objects |
| 1824 | Bugfix | Parse error when variable is named Profile |
| 1800 | Bugfix | Parse error when conditional compilation directives are nested |
| 1816 | Bugfix | Object fails to show (Prism hangs) when a code section has a block comment containing blank lines and no preceeding code |
| 1810 | Bugfix | Errors when objects have conditional compilation directives around the object header |
| 1805 | Bugfix | Find usages dialog never completes if object has been deleted after workspace has been loaded with memcache disabled |
Prism for AL 1.6.0
Released APR 1, 2022
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1784 | Feature | BC20: Report and report extensions: Support for Rendering section |
| 1783 | Feature | BC20: Support for new properties ExcelLayout, LayoutFile, DefaultRenderingLayout, MimeType, Summary and SummaryML |
| 1784 | Feature | Brand Update: visual design updated to match new brand |
| 1695 | Feature | Find usages of dotnet types |
| 1661 | Feature | Upgrade to .NET 6 |
| 1698 | Feature | Show warning when workspace has unresolved dependencies and runtime packages |
| 1753 | Feature | Find system function usages window - search box and button to toggle grouping |
| 1792 | Feature | Refresh of system functions |
| 1643 | Feature | Open system function documentation links in external browser |
| 1739 | Feature | Settings "Escape closes <NAME> window" simplified to just one setting |
| 1723 | Feature | Wait to close workspace loader window until workspace window is ready to show |
| 1555 | Feature | Simplify window titles |
| 1726 | Bugfix | Free text grouping slow even though there are few results |
| 1380 | Bugfix | Page TableRelation property not shown |
| 1778 | Bugfix | Object viewing fails with: Expected property <property> to be a single line |
| 1709 | Bugfix | Clear(field) and Clear(rec.field) not filtered out when 'Clear' is unchecked in Find Usages Result |
| 1529 | Feature | Consistent casing in context menus |
| 1729 | Bugfix | Property groupings in result windows wrongly offered "Find usages" in context-menu |
| 1727 | Bugfix | Code fragment window refers to "External Reference" instead of "Procedure" or "Trigger" |
| 1719 | Bugfix | Showing dependency graph for system module does not show system module by default |
| 1718 | Bugfix | Top declaration group links visible in Dependencies view |
| 1714 | Bugfix | Confirm close window setting is ignored |
| 1705 | Bugfix | When outline setting is 'only extensions', then non-extensible objects have empty outline |
Prism for AL 1.5.0
Released OCT 5, 2021
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1665 | Feature | BC19: Support for app.json resourceExposurePolicy |
| 1667 | Feature | BC19: Support for ColumnStoreIndex table property |
| 1666 | Feature | BC19: Support for IncludedFields key property |
| 1607 | Feature | Grouping in free text search |
| 1592 | Feature | Run reports from command-line |
| 1674 | Feature | Field usages in XmlPort field attributes and elements: include attribute/element in result |
| 1630 | Feature | Go to Source should be part of navigation history |
| 1629 | Feature | Switching object view (extended, object, source) should remember position |
| 1628 | Feature | Go to Source should scroll source into center of view, if space permits |
| 1636 | Feature | Shortcut to open log (Ctrl+L) |
| 1637 | Feature | Open current session log (Ctrl+Shift+L) |
| 1648 | Feature | Invalid license key response should suggest possible reasons and remedies |
| 1646 | Bugfix | Parse error when # is used in code discarded by compiler directive |
| 1658 | Bugfix | Load fails when platform is not defined in app.json |
| 1567 | Bugfix | DotNet type without alias does not resolve when default System is left out |
| 1460 | Bugfix | Protected variables in base object not resolved in extension object |
| 1421 | Bugfix | Fields in OrderBy properties are not resolved |
| 1420 | Bugfix | Fields in RunPageView and SourceTableView are not resolved |
| 1669 | Bugfix | Module path link opens *.app file instead of NavxManifest.xml in text editor |
| 1649 | Bugfix | Free text search sometimes fails to show all found results |
| 1678 | Bugfix | Navigation from Free Text Search links to source view should not loose focus in search result view |
| 1653 | Bugfix | Find Usages of Control Area fails when analyzing Page Customizations |
| 1641 | Bugfix | Name resolution wrongly resolves to base table field (via TableNo and SourceTable properties) rather that local declaration of same name |
Prism for AL 1.4.1
Released JUL 9, 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 JUL 7, 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 12, 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 APR 20, 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 FEB 25, 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 JAN 9, 2021
| 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 DEC 30, 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 NOV 19, 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 OCT 20, 2020
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1151 | Bugfix | Load error when report lacks data set, request page, and labels |
Prism for AL 0.9.4
Released OCT 19, 2020
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1148 | Bugfix | Startup error (cache directory does not exist) |
Prism for AL 0.9.3
Released OCT 18, 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 SEP 2, 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 JUL 10, 2020
| Id | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 987 | Feature | Use symbol file when package manifest has ShowMyCode=false setting |
| 1041 | Feature | Procedure overloading (resolution and find usages) |
| 1037 | Feature | Full support for Interface objects |
| 1057 | Feature | Allow higher memory usage (enabled 64-bit processes) |
| 1058 | Feature | Object outline: added 'using' and 'used by' sections |
| 1042 | Feature | Explore table relations enabled (was disabled in previous preview) |
| 979 | Feature | System function resolution completed including links to Microsoft's documentation |