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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/ title="Conditional Cascading Update" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/>Conditional Cascading Update</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/ title="Copy Document" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/>Copy Document</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/ title="Create URLs to NAV Clients" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/>Create URLs to NAV Clients</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/ title="Creating Custom Charts" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/>Creating Custom Charts</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/ title="Cross Session Events" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/>Cross Session Events</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
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<h1>Begin as an 'After Word'</h1>
<p>When BEGIN follows THEN, ELSE, DO, it should be on the same line, preceded by one space character. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF ICPartnerRefType = ICPartnerRefType::&quot;Common Item No.&quot; THEN
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END;
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF ICPartnerRefType = ICPartnerRefType::&quot;Common Item No.&quot; THEN BEGIN
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<h1>Begin-End - Compound Only</h1>
<p>Only use BEGIN..END to enclose compound statements.
Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF FINDSET THEN BEGIN
REPEAT
...
UNTIL NEXT = 0;
END;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF FINDSET THEN
REPEAT
...
UNTIL NEXT = 0;
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF IsAssemblyOutputLine THEN BEGIN
TESTFIELD(&quot;Order Line No.&quot;,0);
END;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF IsAssemblyOutputLine THEN
TESTFIELD(&quot;Order Line No.&quot;,0);
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF FINDSET THEN
REPEAT
BEGIN
...
END;
UNTIL NEXT = 0;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF FINDSET THEN
REPEAT
...
UNTIL NEXT = 0;
</code></pre>
<p>Exception</p>
<pre><code>// Except for this case
IF X THEN BEGIN
IF Y THEN
DO SOMETHING;
END ELSE (not X)
</code></pre>
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<h1>Binary Operator to Start Line</h1>
<p>Do not start a line with a binary operator. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>&quot;Quantity to Ship&quot; :=
Quantity
- &quot;Quantity Shipped&quot;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>&quot;Quantity to Ship&quot; :=
Quantity -
&quot;Quantity Shipped&quot;
</code></pre>
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<pre><code>PROCEDURE MATRIX\_OnDrillDown@1133(MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal : Integer);
BEGIN
SetupDrillDownCol(MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal);
DrillDown(FALSE,ValueType);
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<pre><code>PROCEDURE MATRIX\_OnDrillDown@1133(MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal : Integer);
BEGIN
SetupDrillDownCol(MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal);
DrillDown(FALSE,ValueType);
END;
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<pre><code>IF NameIsValid AND
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<h1>CASE Action</h1>
<p>A CASE action should start on a line after the possibility. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>CASE Letter OF
'A': Letter2 := '10';
'B': Letter2 := '11';
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>CASE Letter OF
'A':
Letter2 := '10';
'B':
Letter2 := '11';
</code></pre>
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<h1>Colon usage in CASE</h1>
<p>The last possibility on a CASE statement must be immediately followed by a colon. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>CASE DimOption OF
DimOption::&quot;Global Dimension 1&quot; :
DimValue.&quot;Dimension Code&quot; := GLSetup.&quot;Global Dimension 1 Code&quot;;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>CASE DimOption OF
DimOption::&quot;Global Dimension 1&quot;:
DimValue.&quot;Dimension Code&quot; := GLSetup.&quot;Global Dimension 1 Code&quot;;
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<h1>Comments inside Curly Brackets</h1>
<p>Never use curly bracket comments. During development, the &ldquo;Block comment&rdquo; functionality can be used instead. However, in production code, block comments are not recommended. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>PeriodTxt: {Period}
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>PeriodTxt: // Period
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>PROCEDURE MATRIX\_OnAfterGetRecord@10(MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal : Integer);
BEGIN
{
IF ShowColumnName THEN
MatrixHeader := MatrixRecords\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\].Name
ELSE
MatrixHeader := MatrixRecords\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\].Code;
}
MatrixRecord := MatrixRecords\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\];
AnalysisValue := CalcAmt(ValueType,TRUE);
MATRIX\_CellData\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\] := AnalysisValue;
END;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>PROCEDURE MATRIX\_OnAfterGetRecord@10(MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal : Integer);
BEGIN
MatrixRecord := MatrixRecords\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\];
AnalysisValue := CalcAmt(ValueType,TRUE);
MATRIX\_CellData\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\] := AnalysisValue;
END;
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
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<h1>END ELSE Pair</h1>
<p>The END ELSE pair should always appear on the same line.
Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF OppEntry.FIND('-') THEN
IF SalesCycleStage.FIND('-') THEN BEGIN
...
END
ELSE
...
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF OppEntry.FIND('-') THEN
IF SalesCycleStage.FIND('-') THEN BEGIN
...
END ELSE
...
</code></pre>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
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<h1>Indentation</h1>
<p>In general, use an indentation of two space characters. Logical expressions in the IF, WHILE, and UNTIL parts are indented at least 3, 6, and 6 spaces respectively.
Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF GLSetup.&quot;Unrealized VAT&quot; OR
(GLSetup.&quot;Prepayment Unrealized VAT&quot; AND NewCVLedgEntryBuf.Prepayment)
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF GLSetup.&quot;Unrealized VAT&quot; OR
(GLSetup.&quot;Prepayment Unrealized VAT&quot; AND NewCVLedgEntryBuf.Prepayment)
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF GenJnlLine.&quot;Account No.&quot; &lt;\&gt; ICPartner.Code THEN
ICPartner.GET(&quot;Account No.&quot;);
IF GenJnlLine.Amount \&gt; 0 THEN BEGIN
...
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF GenJnlLine.&quot;Account No.&quot; &lt;\&gt; ICPartner.Code THEN
ICPartner.GET(&quot;Account No.&quot;);
IF GenJnlLine.Amount \&gt; 0 THEN BEGIN
...
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>Dialog.OPEN(WindowTxt +
'@1@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@');
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>Dialog.OPEN(
WindowTxt +
'@1@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@');
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>TempOldCustLedgEntry.DELETE;
// Find the next old entry for application of the new entry
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>TempOldCustLedgEntry.DELETE;
// Find the next old entry for application of the new entry
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF NOT (&quot;Applies-to Doc. Type&quot; IN
\[&quot;Applies-to Doc. Type&quot;::Receipt,
&quot;Applies-to Doc. Type&quot;::&quot;Return Shipment&quot;\])
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF NOT (&quot;Applies-to Doc. Type&quot; IN
\[&quot;Applies-to Doc. Type&quot;::Receipt,
&quot;Applies-to Doc. Type&quot;::&quot;Return Shipment&quot;\])
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>WHILE (RemAmt \&gt; 0) OR
(RemAmtLCY \&gt; 0)
DO
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>WHILE (RemAmt \&gt; 0) OR
(RemAmtLCY \&gt; 0)
DO
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>UNTIL (RemAmt \&gt; 0) AND
(RemAmtLCY \&gt; 0);
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>UNTIL (RemAmt \&gt; 0) AND
(RemAmtLCY \&gt; 0)
</code></pre>
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CASE DimOption OF DimOption::&amp;quot;Global Dimension 1&amp;quot; : DimValue.&amp;quot;Dimension Code&amp;quot; := GLSetup.&amp;quot;Global Dimension 1 Code&amp;quot;; Good code
CASE DimOption OF DimOption::&amp;quot;Global Dimension 1&amp;quot;: DimValue.&amp;quot;Dimension Code&amp;quot; := GLSetup.&amp;quot;Global Dimension 1 Code&amp;quot;;</description></item><item><title>Comments inside Curly Brackets</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/</guid><description>Never use curly bracket comments. During development, the &amp;ldquo;Block comment&amp;rdquo; functionality can be used instead. However, in production code, block comments are not recommended. Bad code
PeriodTxt: {Period} Good code
PeriodTxt: // Period Bad code
PROCEDURE MATRIX\_OnAfterGetRecord@10(MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal : Integer); BEGIN { IF ShowColumnName THEN MatrixHeader := MatrixRecords\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\].Name ELSE MatrixHeader := MatrixRecords\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\].Code; } MatrixRecord := MatrixRecords\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\]; AnalysisValue := CalcAmt(ValueType,TRUE); MATRIX\_CellData\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\] := AnalysisValue; END; Good code
PROCEDURE MATRIX\_OnAfterGetRecord@10(MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal : Integer); BEGIN MatrixRecord := MatrixRecords\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\]; AnalysisValue := CalcAmt(ValueType,TRUE); MATRIX\_CellData\[MATRIX\_ColumnOrdinal\] := AnalysisValue; END;</description></item><item><title>Comment Spacing</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/</guid><description>Always start comments with // followed by one space character. Bad code
RowNo += 1000; //Move way below the budget Good code
RowNo += 1000; // Move way below the budget</description></item><item><title>END ELSE Pair</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/</guid><description>The END ELSE pair should always appear on the same line. Bad code
IF OppEntry.FIND('-') THEN IF SalesCycleStage.FIND('-') THEN BEGIN ... END ELSE ... Good code
IF OppEntry.FIND('-') THEN IF SalesCycleStage.FIND('-') THEN BEGIN ... END ELSE ...</description></item><item><title>Indentation</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/</guid><description>In general, use an indentation of two space characters. Logical expressions in the IF, WHILE, and UNTIL parts are indented at least 3, 6, and 6 spaces respectively. Bad code
IF GLSetup.&amp;quot;Unrealized VAT&amp;quot; OR (GLSetup.&amp;quot;Prepayment Unrealized VAT&amp;quot; AND NewCVLedgEntryBuf.Prepayment) Good code
IF GLSetup.&amp;quot;Unrealized VAT&amp;quot; OR (GLSetup.&amp;quot;Prepayment Unrealized VAT&amp;quot; AND NewCVLedgEntryBuf.Prepayment) Bad code
IF GenJnlLine.&amp;quot;Account No.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;\&amp;gt; ICPartner.Code THEN ICPartner.GET(&amp;quot;Account No.&amp;quot;); IF GenJnlLine.Amount \&amp;gt; 0 THEN BEGIN ... Good code</description></item><item><title>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/</guid><description>The IF..THEN pair, WHILE..DO pair, and FOR..DO pair must appear on the same line or the same level of indentation. Bad code
IF (x = y) AND (a = b) THEN Good code
IF (x = y) AND (a = b) THEN</description></item><item><title>Line Start Keywords</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/</guid><description>The END, IF, REPEAT, FOR, WHILE, ELSE and CASE statement should always start a line. Bad code
IF IsContactName THEN ValidateContactName ELSE IF IsSalespersonCode THEN ValidateSalespersonCode ELSE IF IsSalesCycleCode THEN ValidatSalesCycleCode; Good code
IF IsContactName THEN ValidateContactName ELSE IF IsSalespersonCode THEN ValidateSalespersonCode ELSE IF IsSalesCycleCode THEN ValidatSalesCycleCode;</description></item><item><title>Lonely Repeat</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/</guid><description>The REPEAT statement should always be alone on a line. Bad code
IF ReservEntry.FINDSET THEN REPEAT Good code
IF ReservEntry.FINDSET THEN REPEAT</description></item><item><title>Named Invocations</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/</guid><description>When calling an object statically use the name, not the number Bad code
PAGE.RUNMODAL(525,SalesShptLine) Good code
PAGE.RUNMODAL(PAGE::&amp;quot;Posted Sales Shipment Lines&amp;quot;,SalesShptLine)</description></item><item><title>Nested WITHs</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/</guid><description>Do not nest WITHs that reference different types of objects. Bad code
WITH PostedWhseShptLine DO BEGIN ... WITH ItemLedgEntry DO InsertBufferRec(...,&amp;quot;Serial No.&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Lot No.&amp;quot;,...); ... END; Good code
WITH PostedWhseShptLine DO BEGIN ... InsertBufferRec(...,ItemLedgEntry.&amp;quot;Serial No.&amp;quot;,ItemLedgEntry.&amp;quot;Lot No.&amp;quot;,...); ... END;</description></item><item><title>One Statement Per Line</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/</guid><description>A line of code should not have more than one statement. Bad code
IF OppEntry.FIND('-') THEN EXIT Good code
IF OppEntry.FIND('-') THEN EXIT Bad code
TotalCost += Cost; TotalAmt += Amt; Good code
TotalCost += Cost; TotalAmt += Amt;</description></item><item><title>Separate IF and ELSE</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/</guid><description>IF and ELSE statements should be on separate lines. Bad code
IF Atom\[i+1\] = '\&amp;gt;' THEN HasLogicalOperator := TRUE ELSE BEGIN ... END; Good code
IF Atom\[i+1\] = '\&amp;gt;' THEN HasLogicalOperator := TRUE ELSE BEGIN ... END;</description></item><item><title>Spacing Binary Operators</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/</guid><description>There must be exactly one space character on each side of a binary operator such as = + - AND OR =. The parameter comma operator however, should have no spaces. Bad code
&amp;quot;Line Discount %&amp;quot; := &amp;quot;Line Discount Amount&amp;quot;/&amp;quot;Line Value&amp;quot;\*100 Good code
&amp;quot;Line Discount %&amp;quot; := &amp;quot;Line Discount Amount&amp;quot; / &amp;quot;Line Value&amp;quot; \* 100; Bad code
StartDate := CALCDATE('&amp;lt;+'+FORMAT(Days + i)+'D\&amp;gt;', StartDate); Good code
StartDate := CALCDATE('&amp;lt;+' + FORMAT(Days + i) + 'D\&amp;gt;',StartDate); Bad code</description></item><item><title>Spacing Brackets and ::</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/</guid><description>There must be no spaces characters before and after [] dimension brackets symbols or :: option symbols. Bad code
A\[i\] \[j\] := Amt; Good code
A\[i\]\[j\] := Amt; Bad code
&amp;quot;Currency Exchange Rate&amp;quot;.&amp;quot;Fix Exchange Rate Amount&amp;quot; :: Currency: Good code
&amp;quot;Currency Exchange Rate&amp;quot;.&amp;quot;Fix Exchange Rate Amount&amp;quot;::Currency: Bad code
IF FIND (Which) THEN Good code
IF FIND(Which) THEN</description></item><item><title>Spacing Unary Operators</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/</guid><description>There must be no space between a unary operator and its argument (except for the NOT keyword). Bad code
IF NOT(Type = Type::Item) THEN Good code
IF NOT (Type = Type::Item) THEN Bad code
DiscAmt := - &amp;quot;Discount Amount&amp;quot;; Good code
DiscAmt := -&amp;quot;Discount Amount&amp;quot;;</description></item><item><title>Suggested Abbreviations</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/</guid><description>Suggested Abbreviations Whenever possible, do not use abbreviations in variables, functions and objects names.
If there is no other choice, then use the suggestions below.
Abbreviation
Text
Abs
absence
Acc
account
Acc
accounting
Accum
accumulated
Act
action
Activ
activity
Add
additional
Addr
address
Adj
adjust
Adjd
adjusted
Adjmt
adjustment
Agrmt
agreement
Alloc
allocation
Allow
allowance
Alt
alternative
Amt
amount
Amts
amounts
Ans
answer
Appl
applies
Appln
application
Arriv
arrival
Asm</description></item><item><title>Temporary Variable Naming</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/</guid><description>The name of a temporary variable must be prefixed with the word Temp and not otherwise. Bad code
JobWIPBuffer@1002 : TEMPORARY Record 1018; Good code
TempJobWIPBuffer@1002 : TEMPORARY Record 1018; Bad code
TempJobWIPBuffer@1002 : Record 1018; Good code
CopyOfJobWIPBuffer@1002 : Record 1018;</description></item><item><title>TextConst Suffixes</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/</guid><description>TextConst variable names should have a suffix (an approved three-letter suffix: Msg, Tok, Err, Qst, Lbl, Txt) describing usage. Bad code
CannotDeleteLine@1005 : TextConst 'ENU=You cannot delete this line because one or more rating values exists.'; ... ERROR(CannotDeleteLine,TABLECAPTION); Good code
CannotDeleteLineErr@1005 : TextConst 'ENU=You cannot delete this line because one or more rating values exists.'; ... ERROR(CannotDeleteLineErr,TABLECAPTION); Bad code
Text000@1011 : TextConst 'ENU=&amp;quot;has been changed (initial a %1: %2= %3, %4= %5)&amp;quot;'; .</description></item><item><title>Unary Operator Line End</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/</guid><description>Do not end a line with unary operator. Bad code
&amp;quot;Quantity Handled (Base)&amp;quot; := - &amp;quot;Quantity Handled (Base)&amp;quot;); Good code
&amp;quot;Quantity Handled (Base)&amp;quot; := - &amp;quot;Quantity Handled (Base)&amp;quot;);</description></item><item><title>Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/</guid><description>Use parenthesis only to enclose compound expressions inside compound expressions. Bad code
IF (&amp;quot;Costing Method&amp;quot; = &amp;quot;Costing Method&amp;quot;::Standard) THEN Good code
IF &amp;quot;Costing Method&amp;quot; = &amp;quot;Costing Method&amp;quot;::Standard THEN Bad code
ProfitPct = -(Profit) / CostAmt \* 100; Good code
ProfitPct = -Profit / CostAmt \* 100;</description></item><item><title>Unnecessary ELSE</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/</guid><description>ELSE should not be used when the last action in the THEN part is an EXIT, BREAK, SKIP, QUIT, ERROR. Bad code
IF IsAdjmtBinCodeChanged THEN ERROR(AdjmtBinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...) ELSE ERROR(BinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...); Good code
IF IsAdjmtBinCodeChanged THEN ERROR(AdjmtBinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...) ERROR(BinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...);</description></item><item><title>Unnecessary Function Parenthesis</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/</guid><description>Do not use parenthesis in a function call if the function does not have any parameters. Bad code
IF ReservMgt.IsPositive() THEN Good code
IF ReservMgt.IsPositive THEN Bad code
IF ChangeStatusForm.RUNMODAL() &amp;lt;\&amp;gt; ACTION::Yes THEN Good code
IF ChangeStatusForm.RUNMODAL &amp;lt;\&amp;gt; ACTION::Yes THEN</description></item><item><title>Unnecessary Separators</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/</guid><description>There should be no unnecessary separators. Bad code
IF Customer.FINDFIRST THEN;; Good code
IF Customer.FINDFIRST THEN;</description></item><item><title>Unnecessary TRUE/FALSE</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-truefalse/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-truefalse/</guid><description>Do not use TRUE or FALSE keywords unnecessarily if the expression is already an logical expression. Bad code
IF IsPositive() = TRUE THEN Good code
IF IsPositive THEN Bad code
IF Complete &amp;lt;\&amp;gt; TRUE THEN Good code
IF NOT Complete THEN</description></item><item><title>Variable Already Scoped</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-already-scoped/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-already-scoped/</guid><description>Do not use scope &amp;lsquo;&amp;rsquo;.'' qualifier unnecessarily when a variable is already implicitly or explicitly scoped. It keeps the code simpler. Bad code
ReturnRcptHeader.SETRANGE(ReturnRcptHeader.&amp;quot;Return Order No.&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Document No.&amp;quot;); Good code
ReturnRcptHeader.SETRANGE(&amp;quot;Return Order No.&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Document No.&amp;quot;); Bad code
WITH ChangeLogSetupTable DO BEGIN ... IF ChangeLogSetupTable.DELETE THEN ... END; Good code
WITH ChangeLogSetupTable DO BEGIN ... IF DELETE THEN ... END;</description></item><item><title>Variable Naming</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-naming/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-naming/</guid><description>Variables that refer to a C/AL object must contain the objects name, abbreviated where necessary.
A variable must begin with a capital letter.
Blanks, periods, and other characters (such as parentheses) that would make quotation marks around a variable necessary must be omitted.
If a variable is a compound of two or more words or abbreviations, each word or abbreviation should begin with a capital letter. Bad code
... WIPBuffer@1002 : Record 1018 .</description></item><item><title>Variables Declarations Order</title><link>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variables-declarations-order/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://microsoft.github.io/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variables-declarations-order/</guid><description>Variables declarations should be ordered by type. In general, object and complex variable types are listed first followed by simple variables. The order should be the same as the object list in the object designer for C/AL objects. Afterwards come the complex variables like RecordRef, .NET, FieldRef etc. At the end come all the simple data types in no particular order. Bad code
StartingDateFilter@1002 : Text\[30\]; Vend@1003 : Record 23; Good code</description></item></channel></rss>

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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/ title="Data Migration Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/>Data Migration Facade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/ title="Discovery Event" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/>Discovery Event</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/ title=Document class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/>Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ title="Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/ title="Error Message Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/>Error Message Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ title="Extending the Role Center Headlines" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/>Extending the Role Center Headlines</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ title="Feature Localization For Data Structures" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/>Feature Localization For Data Structures</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/ title=Hooks class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/>Hooks</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ title="Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ title="Instructions in the UI" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/>Instructions in the UI</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/ title="Integration of Addresses" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/>Integration of Addresses</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/ title="No Series" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/>No Series</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ title="In-context Notifications" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/>In-context Notifications</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ title="Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/ title=Observer class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/>Observer</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ title="Posting Routine - Select Behavior" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/ title=Queries class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/>Queries</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ title="SELECT DISTINCT with Queries" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ title="use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/>use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ title="Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ title="Read-once Initialization and Validation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/>Read-once Initialization and Validation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/ title="Released Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/>Released Entity</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/ title="Report Selection" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/>Report Selection</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/ title=Security class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/>Security</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ title="Setup Specificity Fallback" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/>Setup Specificity Fallback</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/ title="Silent File Upload and Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/>Silent File Upload and Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/ title=Singleton class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/>Singleton</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ title="Singleton Codeunit" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/>Singleton Codeunit</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ title="Singleton Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/>Singleton Table</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ title="Cue Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/>Cue Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/ title="Standard Journal" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/>Standard Journal</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/ title="Temporary Dataset Report" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/>Temporary Dataset Report</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ title="Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ title="Transfer Custom Fields" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/>Transfer Custom Fields</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ title="2. Anti-Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/>2. Anti-Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ title="Reusable Bugs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/>Reusable Bugs</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ title="3. CAL Coding Guidelines" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ title=Design class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/>Design</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ title="Begin as an 'After Word'" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/>Begin as an 'After Word'</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class="dd-item active"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ title="Line Start Keywords" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/>Line Start Keywords</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/ title="Lonely Repeat" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/>Lonely Repeat</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/ title="Named Invocations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/>Named Invocations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/ title="Nested WITHs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/>Nested WITHs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/ title="One Statement Per Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/>One Statement Per Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/ title="Separate IF and ELSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/>Separate IF and ELSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/ title="Spacing Binary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/>Spacing Binary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/ title="Spacing Brackets and ::" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/>Spacing Brackets and ::</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/ title="Spacing Unary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/>Spacing Unary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/ title="Suggested Abbreviations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/>Suggested Abbreviations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/ title="Temporary Variable Naming" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/>Temporary Variable Naming</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/ title="TextConst Suffixes" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/>TextConst Suffixes</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/ title="Unary Operator Line End" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/>Unary Operator Line End</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/ title="Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/>Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/ title="Unnecessary ELSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/>Unnecessary ELSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/ title="Unnecessary Function Parenthesis" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/>Unnecessary Function Parenthesis</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/ title="Unnecessary Separators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/>Unnecessary Separators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-truefalse/ title="Unnecessary TRUE/FALSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-truefalse/>Unnecessary TRUE/FALSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-already-scoped/ title="Variable Already Scoped" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-already-scoped/>Variable Already Scoped</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-naming/ title="Variable Naming" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-naming/>Variable Naming</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variables-declarations-order/ title="Variables Declarations Order" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variables-declarations-order/>Variables Declarations Order</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ux/ title=UX class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ux/>UX</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ux/actions-images/ title="Actions - Images" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ux/actions-images/>Actions - Images</a></li>
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<h1>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</h1>
<p>The IF..THEN pair, WHILE..DO pair, and FOR..DO pair must appear on the same line or the same level of indentation. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF (x = y) AND
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<h1>Line Start Keywords</h1>
<p>The END, IF, REPEAT, FOR, WHILE, ELSE and CASE statement should always start a line. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF IsContactName THEN ValidateContactName
ELSE IF IsSalespersonCode THEN ValidateSalespersonCode
ELSE IF IsSalesCycleCode THEN ValidatSalesCycleCode;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF IsContactName THEN
ValidateContactName
ELSE
IF IsSalespersonCode THEN
ValidateSalespersonCode
ELSE
IF IsSalesCycleCode THEN
ValidatSalesCycleCode;
</code></pre>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/ title="Creating Custom Charts" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/>Creating Custom Charts</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/ title="Cross Session Events" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/>Cross Session Events</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/ title="Currently Active Record" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/>Currently Active Record</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/ title="Data Migration Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/>Data Migration Facade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/ title="Discovery Event" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/>Discovery Event</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/ title=Document class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/>Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ title="Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/ title="Error Message Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/>Error Message Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ title="Extending the Role Center Headlines" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/>Extending the Role Center Headlines</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ title="Feature Localization For Data Structures" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/>Feature Localization For Data Structures</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/ title=Hooks class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/>Hooks</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ title="Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ title="Instructions in the UI" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/>Instructions in the UI</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/ title="Integration of Addresses" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/>Integration of Addresses</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/ title="No Series" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/>No Series</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ title="In-context Notifications" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/>In-context Notifications</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ title="Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/ title=Observer class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/>Observer</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ title="Posting Routine - Select Behavior" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/ title=Queries class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/>Queries</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ title="SELECT DISTINCT with Queries" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ title="use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/>use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ title="Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ title="Read-once Initialization and Validation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/>Read-once Initialization and Validation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/ title="Released Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/>Released Entity</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/ title="Report Selection" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/>Report Selection</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/ title=Security class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/>Security</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ title="Setup Specificity Fallback" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/>Setup Specificity Fallback</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/ title="Silent File Upload and Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/>Silent File Upload and Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/ title=Singleton class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/>Singleton</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ title="Singleton Codeunit" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/>Singleton Codeunit</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ title="Singleton Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/>Singleton Table</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ title="Cue Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/>Cue Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/ title="Standard Journal" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/>Standard Journal</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/ title="Temporary Dataset Report" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/>Temporary Dataset Report</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ title="Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ title="Transfer Custom Fields" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/>Transfer Custom Fields</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ title="2. Anti-Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/>2. Anti-Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ title="Reusable Bugs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/>Reusable Bugs</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ title="3. CAL Coding Guidelines" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ title=Design class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/>Design</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ title="Begin as an 'After Word'" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/>Begin as an 'After Word'</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ title="Line Start Keywords" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/>Line Start Keywords</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/ title="Lonely Repeat" class="dd-item active"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/>Lonely Repeat</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/ title="Named Invocations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/>Named Invocations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/ title="Nested WITHs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/>Nested WITHs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/ title="One Statement Per Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/>One Statement Per Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/ title="Separate IF and ELSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/>Separate IF and ELSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/ title="Spacing Binary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/>Spacing Binary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/ title="Spacing Brackets and ::" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/>Spacing Brackets and ::</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/ title="Spacing Unary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/>Spacing Unary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/ title="Suggested Abbreviations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/>Suggested Abbreviations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/ title="Temporary Variable Naming" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/>Temporary Variable Naming</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/ title="TextConst Suffixes" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/>TextConst Suffixes</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/ title="Unary Operator Line End" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/>Unary Operator Line End</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/ title="Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/>Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/ title="Unnecessary ELSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/>Unnecessary ELSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/ title="Unnecessary Function Parenthesis" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/>Unnecessary Function Parenthesis</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/ title="Unnecessary Separators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/>Unnecessary Separators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-truefalse/ title="Unnecessary TRUE/FALSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-truefalse/>Unnecessary TRUE/FALSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-already-scoped/ title="Variable Already Scoped" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-already-scoped/>Variable Already Scoped</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-naming/ title="Variable Naming" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-naming/>Variable Naming</a></li>
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<h1>Lonely Repeat</h1>
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<h1>Named Invocations</h1>
<p>When calling an object statically use the name, not the number
Bad code</p>
<pre><code>PAGE.RUNMODAL(525,SalesShptLine)
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>PAGE.RUNMODAL(PAGE::&quot;Posted Sales Shipment Lines&quot;,SalesShptLine)
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/ title="Create Data from Templates" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/>Create Data from Templates</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/ title="Create URLs to NAV Clients" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/>Create URLs to NAV Clients</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/ title="Creating Custom Charts" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/>Creating Custom Charts</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/ title="Cross Session Events" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/>Cross Session Events</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/ title="Currently Active Record" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/>Currently Active Record</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/ title="Data Migration Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/>Data Migration Facade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/ title="Discovery Event" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/>Discovery Event</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/ title=Document class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/>Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ title="Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/ title="Error Message Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/>Error Message Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ title="Extending the Role Center Headlines" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/>Extending the Role Center Headlines</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ title="Feature Localization For Data Structures" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/>Feature Localization For Data Structures</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/ title=Hooks class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/>Hooks</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ title="Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ title="Instructions in the UI" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/>Instructions in the UI</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/ title="Integration of Addresses" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/>Integration of Addresses</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/ title="No Series" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/>No Series</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ title="In-context Notifications" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/>In-context Notifications</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ title="Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/ title=Observer class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/>Observer</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ title="Posting Routine - Select Behavior" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/ title=Queries class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/>Queries</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ title="SELECT DISTINCT with Queries" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ title="use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/>use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ title="Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ title="Read-once Initialization and Validation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/>Read-once Initialization and Validation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/ title="Released Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/>Released Entity</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/ title="Report Selection" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/>Report Selection</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/ title=Security class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/>Security</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ title="Setup Specificity Fallback" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/>Setup Specificity Fallback</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/ title="Silent File Upload and Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/>Silent File Upload and Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/ title=Singleton class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/>Singleton</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ title="Singleton Codeunit" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/>Singleton Codeunit</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ title="Singleton Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/>Singleton Table</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ title="Cue Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/>Cue Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/ title="Standard Journal" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/>Standard Journal</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/ title="Temporary Dataset Report" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/>Temporary Dataset Report</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ title="Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ title="Transfer Custom Fields" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/>Transfer Custom Fields</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ title="2. Anti-Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/>2. Anti-Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ title="Reusable Bugs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/>Reusable Bugs</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ title="3. CAL Coding Guidelines" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ title=Design class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/>Design</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ title="Begin as an 'After Word'" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/>Begin as an 'After Word'</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ title="Line Start Keywords" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/>Line Start Keywords</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/ title="Lonely Repeat" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/>Lonely Repeat</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/ title="Named Invocations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/>Named Invocations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/ title="Nested WITHs" class="dd-item active"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/>Nested WITHs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/ title="One Statement Per Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/>One Statement Per Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/ title="Separate IF and ELSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/>Separate IF and ELSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/ title="Spacing Binary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/>Spacing Binary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/ title="Spacing Brackets and ::" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/>Spacing Brackets and ::</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/ title="Spacing Unary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/>Spacing Unary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/ title="Suggested Abbreviations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/>Suggested Abbreviations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/ title="Temporary Variable Naming" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/>Temporary Variable Naming</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/ title="TextConst Suffixes" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/>TextConst Suffixes</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/ title="Unary Operator Line End" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/>Unary Operator Line End</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/ title="Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/>Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/ title="Unnecessary ELSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/>Unnecessary ELSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/ title="Unnecessary Function Parenthesis" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/>Unnecessary Function Parenthesis</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/ title="Unnecessary Separators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/>Unnecessary Separators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-truefalse/ title="Unnecessary TRUE/FALSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-truefalse/>Unnecessary TRUE/FALSE</a></li>
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<h1>Nested WITHs</h1>
<p>Do not nest WITHs that reference different types of objects.
Bad code</p>
<pre><code>WITH PostedWhseShptLine DO BEGIN
...
WITH ItemLedgEntry DO
InsertBufferRec(...,&quot;Serial No.&quot;,&quot;Lot No.&quot;,...);
...
END;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>WITH PostedWhseShptLine DO BEGIN
...
InsertBufferRec(...,ItemLedgEntry.&quot;Serial No.&quot;,ItemLedgEntry.&quot;Lot No.&quot;,...);
...
END;
</code></pre>
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<h1>One Statement Per Line</h1>
<p>A line of code should not have more than one statement.
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<pre><code>IF OppEntry.FIND('-') THEN EXIT
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF OppEntry.FIND('-') THEN
EXIT
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/ title="Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/>Blocked Entity</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/data-driven-blocked-entity/ title="Data Driven Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/data-driven-blocked-entity/>Data Driven Blocked Entity</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/ title="Cached Web Server Calls" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/>Cached Web Server Calls</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/ title="Conditional Cascading Update" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/>Conditional Cascading Update</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/ title="Copy Document" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/>Copy Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/ title="Create Data from Templates" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/>Create Data from Templates</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/ title="Create URLs to NAV Clients" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/>Create URLs to NAV Clients</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/ title="Creating Custom Charts" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/>Creating Custom Charts</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/ title="Cross Session Events" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/>Cross Session Events</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/ title="Currently Active Record" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/>Currently Active Record</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/ title="Data Migration Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/>Data Migration Facade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/ title="Discovery Event" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/>Discovery Event</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/ title=Document class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/>Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ title="Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/ title="Error Message Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/>Error Message Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ title="Extending the Role Center Headlines" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/>Extending the Role Center Headlines</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ title="Feature Localization For Data Structures" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/>Feature Localization For Data Structures</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/ title=Hooks class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/>Hooks</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ title="Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ title="Instructions in the UI" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/>Instructions in the UI</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/ title="Integration of Addresses" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/>Integration of Addresses</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/ title="No Series" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/>No Series</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ title="In-context Notifications" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/>In-context Notifications</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ title="Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/ title=Observer class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/>Observer</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ title="Posting Routine - Select Behavior" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/ title=Queries class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/>Queries</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ title="SELECT DISTINCT with Queries" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ title="use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/>use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ title="Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ title="Read-once Initialization and Validation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/>Read-once Initialization and Validation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/ title="Released Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/>Released Entity</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/ title="Report Selection" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/>Report Selection</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/ title=Security class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/>Security</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ title="Setup Specificity Fallback" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/>Setup Specificity Fallback</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/ title="Silent File Upload and Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/>Silent File Upload and Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/ title=Singleton class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/>Singleton</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ title="Singleton Codeunit" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/>Singleton Codeunit</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ title="Singleton Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/>Singleton Table</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ title="Cue Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/>Cue Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/ title="Standard Journal" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/>Standard Journal</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/ title="Temporary Dataset Report" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/>Temporary Dataset Report</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ title="Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ title="Transfer Custom Fields" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/>Transfer Custom Fields</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ title="2. Anti-Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/>2. Anti-Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ title="Reusable Bugs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/>Reusable Bugs</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ title="3. CAL Coding Guidelines" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ title=Design class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/>Design</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ title="Begin as an 'After Word'" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/>Begin as an 'After Word'</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ title="Line Start Keywords" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/>Line Start Keywords</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/ title="Lonely Repeat" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/>Lonely Repeat</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/ title="Named Invocations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/>Named Invocations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/ title="Nested WITHs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/>Nested WITHs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/ title="One Statement Per Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/>One Statement Per Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/ title="Separate IF and ELSE" class="dd-item active"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/>Separate IF and ELSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/ title="Spacing Binary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/>Spacing Binary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/ title="Spacing Brackets and ::" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/>Spacing Brackets and ::</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/ title="Spacing Unary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/>Spacing Unary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/ title="Suggested Abbreviations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/>Suggested Abbreviations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/ title="Temporary Variable Naming" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/>Temporary Variable Naming</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/ title="TextConst Suffixes" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/>TextConst Suffixes</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/ title="Unary Operator Line End" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/>Unary Operator Line End</a></li>
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<h1>Separate IF and ELSE</h1>
<p>IF and ELSE statements should be on separate lines. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF Atom\[i+1\] = '\&gt;' THEN HasLogicalOperator := TRUE ELSE BEGIN
...
END;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF Atom\[i+1\] = '\&gt;' THEN
HasLogicalOperator := TRUE
ELSE BEGIN
...
END;
</code></pre>
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<h1>Spacing Binary Operators</h1>
<p>There must be exactly one space character on each side of a binary operator such as = + - AND OR =. The parameter comma operator however, should have no spaces.
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<pre><code>&quot;Line Discount %&quot; := &quot;Line Discount Amount&quot;/&quot;Line Value&quot;\*100
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<pre><code>&quot;Line Discount %&quot; := &quot;Line Discount Amount&quot; / &quot;Line Value&quot; \* 100;
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<pre><code>StartDate := CALCDATE('&lt;+'+FORMAT(Days + i)+'D\&gt;', StartDate);
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<pre><code>StartDate := CALCDATE('&lt;+' + FORMAT(Days + i) + 'D\&gt;',StartDate);
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<pre><code>StartDate := 0D; // Initialize
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<pre><code>StartDate := 0D; // Initialize
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/welcome/ title=Welcome class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/welcome/><b><i class="fas fa-home"></i> </b>Welcome</a><ul></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/bcpatterns/ title="BC Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/bcpatterns/><b><i class="fas fa-clone"></i> </b>BC Patterns</a><ul></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/bcbestpractices/ title="BC Dev. Best Practices" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/bcbestpractices/><b><i class="fas fa-medal"></i> </b>BC Dev. Best Practices</a><ul></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/ title="NAV Patterns Archive" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/><b><i class="fas fa-save"></i> </b>NAV Patterns Archive</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/ title="1. Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/>1. Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/activity-log/ title="Activity Logs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/activity-log/>Activity Logs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/argument-table/ title="Argument Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/argument-table/>Argument Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/ title="Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/>Blocked Entity</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/data-driven-blocked-entity/ title="Data Driven Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/data-driven-blocked-entity/>Data Driven Blocked Entity</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/ title="Cached Web Server Calls" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/>Cached Web Server Calls</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/ title="Conditional Cascading Update" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/>Conditional Cascading Update</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/ title="Copy Document" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/>Copy Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/ title="Create Data from Templates" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/>Create Data from Templates</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/ title="Create URLs to NAV Clients" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/>Create URLs to NAV Clients</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/ title="Creating Custom Charts" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/>Creating Custom Charts</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/ title="Cross Session Events" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/>Cross Session Events</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/ title="Currently Active Record" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/>Currently Active Record</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/ title="Data Migration Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/>Data Migration Facade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/ title="Discovery Event" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/>Discovery Event</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/ title=Document class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/>Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ title="Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/ title="Error Message Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/>Error Message Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ title="Extending the Role Center Headlines" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/>Extending the Role Center Headlines</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ title="Feature Localization For Data Structures" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/>Feature Localization For Data Structures</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/ title=Hooks class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/>Hooks</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ title="Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ title="Instructions in the UI" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/>Instructions in the UI</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/ title="Integration of Addresses" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/>Integration of Addresses</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/ title="No Series" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/>No Series</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ title="In-context Notifications" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/>In-context Notifications</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ title="Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/ title=Observer class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/>Observer</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ title="Posting Routine - Select Behavior" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/ title=Queries class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/>Queries</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ title="SELECT DISTINCT with Queries" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ title="use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/>use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ title="Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ title="Read-once Initialization and Validation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/>Read-once Initialization and Validation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/ title="Released Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/>Released Entity</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/ title="Report Selection" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/>Report Selection</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/ title=Security class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/>Security</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ title="Setup Specificity Fallback" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/>Setup Specificity Fallback</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/ title="Silent File Upload and Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/>Silent File Upload and Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/ title=Singleton class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/>Singleton</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ title="Singleton Codeunit" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/>Singleton Codeunit</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ title="Singleton Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/>Singleton Table</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ title="Cue Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/>Cue Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/ title="Standard Journal" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/>Standard Journal</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/ title="Temporary Dataset Report" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/>Temporary Dataset Report</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ title="Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ title="Transfer Custom Fields" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/>Transfer Custom Fields</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ title="2. Anti-Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/>2. Anti-Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ title="Reusable Bugs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/>Reusable Bugs</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ title="3. CAL Coding Guidelines" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ title=Design class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/>Design</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ title="Begin as an 'After Word'" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/>Begin as an 'After Word'</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ title="Line Start Keywords" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/>Line Start Keywords</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/ title="Lonely Repeat" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/>Lonely Repeat</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/ title="Named Invocations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/>Named Invocations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/ title="Nested WITHs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/>Nested WITHs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/ title="One Statement Per Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/>One Statement Per Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/ title="Separate IF and ELSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/>Separate IF and ELSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/ title="Spacing Binary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/>Spacing Binary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/ title="Spacing Brackets and ::" class="dd-item active"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/>Spacing Brackets and ::</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/ title="Spacing Unary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/>Spacing Unary Operators</a></li>
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<h1>Spacing Brackets and ::</h1>
<p>There must be no spaces characters before and after [] dimension brackets symbols or :: option symbols.
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<pre><code>A\[i\] \[j\] := Amt;
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<pre><code>A\[i\]\[j\] := Amt;
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<pre><code>&quot;Currency Exchange Rate&quot;.&quot;Fix Exchange Rate Amount&quot; :: Currency:
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<pre><code>&quot;Currency Exchange Rate&quot;.&quot;Fix Exchange Rate Amount&quot;::Currency:
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<pre><code>IF FIND (Which) THEN
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<h1>Spacing Unary Operators</h1>
<p>There must be no space between a unary operator and its argument (except for the NOT keyword).
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<pre><code>IF NOT(Type = Type::Item) THEN
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF NOT (Type = Type::Item) THEN
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<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>DiscAmt := - &quot;Discount Amount&quot;;
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<pre><code>DiscAmt := -&quot;Discount Amount&quot;;
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/ title="1. Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/>1. Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/activity-log/ title="Activity Logs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/activity-log/>Activity Logs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/argument-table/ title="Argument Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/argument-table/>Argument Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/ title="Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/>Blocked Entity</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/data-driven-blocked-entity/ title="Data Driven Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/data-driven-blocked-entity/>Data Driven Blocked Entity</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/ title="Cached Web Server Calls" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/>Cached Web Server Calls</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/ title="Conditional Cascading Update" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/>Conditional Cascading Update</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/ title="Copy Document" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/>Copy Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/ title="Create Data from Templates" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/>Create Data from Templates</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/ title="Create URLs to NAV Clients" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/>Create URLs to NAV Clients</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/ title="Creating Custom Charts" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/>Creating Custom Charts</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/ title="Cross Session Events" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/>Cross Session Events</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/ title="Currently Active Record" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/>Currently Active Record</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/ title="Data Migration Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/>Data Migration Facade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/ title="Discovery Event" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/>Discovery Event</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/ title=Document class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/>Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ title="Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/ title="Error Message Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/>Error Message Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ title="Extending the Role Center Headlines" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/>Extending the Role Center Headlines</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ title="Feature Localization For Data Structures" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/>Feature Localization For Data Structures</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/ title=Hooks class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/>Hooks</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ title="Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ title="Instructions in the UI" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/>Instructions in the UI</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/ title="Integration of Addresses" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/>Integration of Addresses</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/ title="No Series" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/>No Series</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ title="In-context Notifications" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/>In-context Notifications</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ title="Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/ title=Observer class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/>Observer</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ title="Posting Routine - Select Behavior" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/ title=Queries class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/>Queries</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ title="SELECT DISTINCT with Queries" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ title="use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/>use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ title="Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ title="Read-once Initialization and Validation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/>Read-once Initialization and Validation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/ title="Released Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/>Released Entity</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/ title="Report Selection" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/>Report Selection</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/ title=Security class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/>Security</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ title="Setup Specificity Fallback" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/>Setup Specificity Fallback</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/ title="Silent File Upload and Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/>Silent File Upload and Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/ title=Singleton class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/>Singleton</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ title="Singleton Codeunit" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/>Singleton Codeunit</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ title="Singleton Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/>Singleton Table</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ title="Cue Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/>Cue Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/ title="Standard Journal" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/>Standard Journal</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/ title="Temporary Dataset Report" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/>Temporary Dataset Report</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ title="Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ title="Transfer Custom Fields" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/>Transfer Custom Fields</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ title="2. Anti-Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/>2. Anti-Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ title="Reusable Bugs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/>Reusable Bugs</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ title="3. CAL Coding Guidelines" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ title=Design class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/>Design</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ title="Begin as an 'After Word'" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/>Begin as an 'After Word'</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ title="Line Start Keywords" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/>Line Start Keywords</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/ title="Lonely Repeat" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/>Lonely Repeat</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/ title="Named Invocations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/>Named Invocations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/ title="Nested WITHs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/>Nested WITHs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/ title="One Statement Per Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/>One Statement Per Line</a></li>
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<h1>Suggested Abbreviations</h1>
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<p>Whenever possible, do not use abbreviations in variables, functions and objects names.</p>
<p>If there is no other choice, then use the suggestions below.</p>
<p><strong>Abbreviation</strong></p>
<p><strong>Text</strong></p>
<p>Abs</p>
<p>absence</p>
<p>Acc</p>
<p>account</p>
<p>Acc</p>
<p>accounting</p>
<p>Accum</p>
<p>accumulated</p>
<p>Act</p>
<p>action</p>
<p>Activ</p>
<p>activity</p>
<p>Add</p>
<p>additional</p>
<p>Addr</p>
<p>address</p>
<p>Adj</p>
<p>adjust</p>
<p>Adjd</p>
<p>adjusted</p>
<p>Adjmt</p>
<p>adjustment</p>
<p>Agrmt</p>
<p>agreement</p>
<p>Alloc</p>
<p>allocation</p>
<p>Allow</p>
<p>allowance</p>
<p>Alt</p>
<p>alternative</p>
<p>Amt</p>
<p>amount</p>
<p>Amts</p>
<p>amounts</p>
<p>Ans</p>
<p>answer</p>
<p>Appl</p>
<p>applies</p>
<p>Appln</p>
<p>application</p>
<p>Arriv</p>
<p>arrival</p>
<p>Asm</p>
<p>assembly</p>
<p>ATO</p>
<p>assemble to order</p>
<p>Assgnt</p>
<p>assignment</p>
<p>Assoc</p>
<p>associated</p>
<p>Attmt</p>
<p>attachment</p>
<p>Auth</p>
<p>authorities</p>
<p>Auto</p>
<p>automatic</p>
<p>Avail</p>
<p>availability</p>
<p>Avg</p>
<p>average</p>
<p>BA</p>
<p>ba db.</p>
<p>Bal</p>
<p>balance</p>
<p>BOM</p>
<p>bill of materials</p>
<p>Blnkt</p>
<p>blanket</p>
<p>Budg</p>
<p>budget</p>
<p>Buf</p>
<p>buffer</p>
<p>Bus</p>
<p>business</p>
<p>BIM</p>
<p>business interaction management</p>
<p>Buy</p>
<p>buying</p>
<p>Calc</p>
<p>calculate</p>
<p>Calcd</p>
<p>calculated</p>
<p>Calcu</p>
<p>calculation</p>
<p>Cal</p>
<p>calendar</p>
<p>Cap</p>
<p>capacity</p>
<p>CRP</p>
<p>capacity requirements planning</p>
<p>CF</p>
<p>cash flow</p>
<p>CF</p>
<p>cashflow</p>
<p>ctlg</p>
<p>catalog</p>
<p>Cat</p>
<p>category</p>
<p>CPU</p>
<p>Central Processing Unit</p>
<p>Ctr</p>
<p>center</p>
<p>Chg</p>
<p>change</p>
<p>Chgs</p>
<p>changes</p>
<p>Char</p>
<p>character</p>
<p>Chars</p>
<p>characters</p>
<p>Chrg</p>
<p>charge</p>
<p>Chrgs</p>
<p>charges</p>
<p>Chk</p>
<p>check</p>
<p>Class</p>
<p>classification</p>
<p>coll</p>
<p>collection</p>
<p>col</p>
<p>column</p>
<p>Cmt</p>
<p>comment</p>
<p>Co</p>
<p>company</p>
<p>Comp</p>
<p>component</p>
<p>Cmpltn</p>
<p>completion</p>
<p>Comps</p>
<p>components</p>
<p>Compn</p>
<p>composition</p>
<p>Compr</p>
<p>compression</p>
<p>Concrnt</p>
<p>concurrent</p>
<p>Conf</p>
<p>confidential</p>
<p>Cnfrmn</p>
<p>confirmation</p>
<p>Confl</p>
<p>conflict</p>
<p>Consol</p>
<p>consolidate</p>
<p>Consolid</p>
<p>consolidation</p>
<p>Consump</p>
<p>consumption</p>
<p>Cont</p>
<p>contact</p>
<p>Cntr</p>
<p>container</p>
<p>Contr</p>
<p>contract</p>
<p>Contrd</p>
<p>contracted</p>
<p>Ctrl</p>
<p>control</p>
<p>Ctrls</p>
<p>controls</p>
<p>Conv</p>
<p>conversion</p>
<p>Cor</p>
<p>correction</p>
<p>Corres</p>
<p>correspondence</p>
<p>Corresp</p>
<p>corresponding</p>
<p>Cst</p>
<p>cost</p>
<p>COGS</p>
<p>sold</p>
<p>Cr</p>
<p>credit</p>
<p>Cumul</p>
<p>cumulate</p>
<p>Curr</p>
<p>currency</p>
<p>Crnt</p>
<p>current</p>
<p>Cust</p>
<p>customer</p>
<p>CV</p>
<p>customer/vendor</p>
<p>Dly</p>
<p>daily</p>
<p>Damp</p>
<p>dampener</p>
<p>DBMS</p>
<p>database management system</p>
<p>D</p>
<p>date</p>
<p>Def</p>
<p>definition</p>
<p>Demo</p>
<p>demonstration</p>
<p>Dept</p>
<p>department</p>
<p>DP</p>
<p>department/project</p>
<p>Depr</p>
<p>depreciation</p>
<p>Desc</p>
<p>description</p>
<p>Dtl</p>
<p>detail</p>
<p>Dtld</p>
<p>detailed</p>
<p>Dtls</p>
<p>details</p>
<p>Dev</p>
<p>deviation</p>
<p>Diff</p>
<p>difference</p>
<p>Dim</p>
<p>dimension</p>
<p>Dir</p>
<p>direct</p>
<p>Disc</p>
<p>discount</p>
<p>Discr</p>
<p>discrete</p>
<p>Distr</p>
<p>distribute</p>
<p>Distrd</p>
<p>distributed</p>
<p>Distbtr</p>
<p>distributor</p>
<p>Distrn</p>
<p>distribution</p>
<p>Doc</p>
<p>document</p>
<p>Dupl</p>
<p>duplicate</p>
<p>Entrd</p>
<p>entered</p>
<p>Engin</p>
<p>engineering</p>
<p>Exch</p>
<p>exchange</p>
<p>Excl</p>
<p>excluding</p>
<p>Exec</p>
<p>execute</p>
<p>Expd</p>
<p>expected</p>
<p>Exped</p>
<p>expedited</p>
<p>Exp</p>
<p>expense</p>
<p>Expr</p>
<p>expression</p>
<p>Expir</p>
<p>expiration</p>
<p>Ext</p>
<p>extended</p>
<p>Expl</p>
<p>explode</p>
<p>Expt</p>
<p>export</p>
<p>Fnl</p>
<p>final</p>
<p>Fin</p>
<p>finance</p>
<p>Fisc</p>
<p>fiscal</p>
<p>Fnshd</p>
<p>finished</p>
<p>FA</p>
<p>fixed asset</p>
<p>Fwd</p>
<p>forward</p>
<p>Frt</p>
<p>freight</p>
<p>Gen</p>
<p>general</p>
<p>GL</p>
<p>general ledger</p>
<p>Gr</p>
<p>group</p>
<p>Hdr</p>
<p>header</p>
<p>Hist</p>
<p>history</p>
<p>Hol</p>
<p>holiday</p>
<p>HR</p>
<p>human resource</p>
<p>ID</p>
<p>identification</p>
<p>Imp</p>
<p>import</p>
<p>Inbnd</p>
<p>inbound</p>
<p>Incl</p>
<p>including</p>
<p>Incld</p>
<p>included</p>
<p>Incmg</p>
<p>incoming</p>
<p>ISV</p>
<p>independent software vendor</p>
<p>Indust</p>
<p>industry</p>
<p>Info</p>
<p>information</p>
<p>Init</p>
<p>initial</p>
<p>Intra</p>
<p>Intrastat</p>
<p>Interact</p>
<p>interaction</p>
<p>Integr</p>
<p>integration</p>
<p>Int</p>
<p>interest</p>
<p>Intm</p>
<p>Interim</p>
<p>IP</p>
<p>internal protocol</p>
<p>Invt</p>
<p>inventory</p>
<p>Invtbl</p>
<p>inventoriable</p>
<p>Inv</p>
<p>invoice</p>
<p>Invd</p>
<p>invoiced</p>
<p>IT</p>
<p>item tracking</p>
<p>Jnl</p>
<p>journal</p>
<p>Lang</p>
<p>language</p>
<p>Ledg</p>
<p>ledger</p>
<p>Lvl</p>
<p>level</p>
<p>Ln</p>
<p>line</p>
<p>Lt</p>
<p>list</p>
<p>LCY</p>
<p>local currency</p>
<p>Loc</p>
<p>location</p>
<p>Mail</p>
<p>mailing</p>
<p>Maint</p>
<p>maintenance</p>
<p>Mgt</p>
<p>management</p>
<p>Man</p>
<p>manual</p>
<p>Mfg</p>
<p>manufacturing</p>
<p>Mfr</p>
<p>manufacturer</p>
<p>Mat</p>
<p>material</p>
<p>Mktg</p>
<p>marketing</p>
<p>Max</p>
<p>maximum</p>
<p>Meas</p>
<p>measure</p>
<p>Msg</p>
<p>message</p>
<p>Min</p>
<p>minimum</p>
<p>Misc</p>
<p>miscellaneous</p>
<p>Mod</p>
<p>modify</p>
<p>Mth</p>
<p>month</p>
<p>Neg</p>
<p>negative</p>
<p>NonInvtbl</p>
<p>non-inventoriable</p>
<p>Notif</p>
<p>notification</p>
<p>No</p>
<p>number</p>
<p>Nos</p>
<p>numbers</p>
<p>Obj</p>
<p>object</p>
<p>Oper</p>
<p>operating</p>
<p>Opp</p>
<p>opportunity</p>
<p>Ord</p>
<p>order</p>
<p>Ords</p>
<p>orders</p>
<p>Orig</p>
<p>original</p>
<p>Org</p>
<p>organization</p>
<p>Outbnd</p>
<p>outbound</p>
<p>Outg</p>
<p>Outgoing</p>
<p>Out</p>
<p>output</p>
<p>Outstd</p>
<p>outstanding</p>
<p>Ovhd</p>
<p>overhead</p>
<p>Pmt</p>
<p>payment</p>
<p>Pct</p>
<p>percent</p>
<p>Persnl</p>
<p>personnel</p>
<p>Phys</p>
<p>physical</p>
<p>Pic</p>
<p>picture</p>
<p>Plng</p>
<p>planning</p>
<p>Pstd</p>
<p>posted</p>
<p>Post</p>
<p>posting</p>
<p>Pos</p>
<p>positive</p>
<p>Prec</p>
<p>precision</p>
<p>Prepmt</p>
<p>prepayment</p>
<p>Prod</p>
<p>product</p>
<p>Prod</p>
<p>production</p>
<p>ProdOrd</p>
<p>production order</p>
<p>Proj</p>
<p>project</p>
<p>Prop</p>
<p>property</p>
<p>Prspct</p>
<p>prospect</p>
<p>Purch</p>
<p>purchase</p>
<p>Purch</p>
<p>purchases</p>
<p>Purchr</p>
<p>purchaser</p>
<p>PurchOrd</p>
<p>purchase order</p>
<p>Qlty</p>
<p>quality</p>
<p>Qty</p>
<p>quantity</p>
<p>Questn</p>
<p>questionnaire</p>
<p>Qte</p>
<p>quote</p>
<p>RF</p>
<p>radio frequency</p>
<p>Rng</p>
<p>range</p>
<p>Rcpt</p>
<p>receipt</p>
<p>Rcd</p>
<p>received</p>
<p>Rec</p>
<p>record</p>
<p>Recs</p>
<p>records</p>
<p>Recncl</p>
<p>reconcile</p>
<p>Recon</p>
<p>reconciliation</p>
<p>Recur</p>
<p>recurring</p>
<p>Ref</p>
<p>reference</p>
<p>Reg</p>
<p>register</p>
<p>Regn</p>
<p>registration</p>
<p>Regd</p>
<p>registered</p>
<p>Rel</p>
<p>relation</p>
<p>Rels</p>
<p>relations</p>
<p>Rlshp</p>
<p>relationship</p>
<p>Rlse</p>
<p>release</p>
<p>Rlsd</p>
<p>released</p>
<p>Rem</p>
<p>remaining</p>
<p>Rmdr</p>
<p>reminder</p>
<p>Repl</p>
<p>replacement</p>
<p>Rplnsh</p>
<p>replenish</p>
<p>Rplnsht</p>
<p>replenishment</p>
<p>Rpt</p>
<p>report</p>
<p>Rep</p>
<p>represent</p>
<p>Repd</p>
<p>represented</p>
<p>Rqst</p>
<p>request</p>
<p>Reqd</p>
<p>required</p>
<p>Reqt</p>
<p>requirement</p>
<p>Reqts</p>
<p>requirements</p>
<p>Req</p>
<p>requisition</p>
<p>Rsv</p>
<p>reserve</p>
<p>Rsvd</p>
<p>reserved</p>
<p>Reserv</p>
<p>reservation</p>
<p>Resol</p>
<p>resolution</p>
<p>Res</p>
<p>resource</p>
<p>Rsp</p>
<p>response</p>
<p>Resp</p>
<p>responsibility</p>
<p>Rtn</p>
<p>retain</p>
<p>Rtnd</p>
<p>retained</p>
<p>Ret</p>
<p>return</p>
<p>Rets</p>
<p>returns</p>
<p>Revaln</p>
<p>revaluation</p>
<p>Rev</p>
<p>reverse</p>
<p>Rvw</p>
<p>review</p>
<p>Rnd</p>
<p>round</p>
<p>Rndd</p>
<p>rounded</p>
<p>Rndg</p>
<p>rounding</p>
<p>Rte</p>
<p>route</p>
<p>Rtng</p>
<p>routing</p>
<p>Rout</p>
<p>routine</p>
<p>Sales</p>
<p>sales & receivables</p>
<p>Saf</p>
<p>safety</p>
<p>Sched</p>
<p>schedule</p>
<p>Sec</p>
<p>second</p>
<p>Seg</p>
<p>segment</p>
<p>Sel</p>
<p>select</p>
<p>Selctn</p>
<p>selection</p>
<p>Seq</p>
<p>sequence</p>
<p>Ser</p>
<p>serial</p>
<p>SN</p>
<p>serial number</p>
<p>Serv</p>
<p>service</p>
<p>Sh</p>
<p>sheet</p>
<p>Shpt</p>
<p>shipment</p>
<p>Src</p>
<p>source</p>
<p>Spcl</p>
<p>special</p>
<p>Spec</p>
<p>specification</p>
<p>Specs</p>
<p>specifications</p>
<p>Std</p>
<p>standard</p>
<p>SF</p>
<p>frequency</p>
<p>Stmt</p>
<p>statement</p>
<p>Stat</p>
<p>statistical</p>
<p>Stats</p>
<p>statistics</p>
<p>Stk</p>
<p>stock</p>
<p>SKU</p>
<p>stockkeeping unit</p>
<p>Stm</p>
<p>stream</p>
<p>SQL</p>
<p>structured query language</p>
<p>Subcontr</p>
<p>subcontract</p>
<p>Subcontrd</p>
<p>subcontracted</p>
<p>Subcontrg</p>
<p>subcontracting</p>
<p>Sub</p>
<p>substitute</p>
<p>Subst</p>
<p>substitution</p>
<p>Sug</p>
<p>suggest</p>
<p>Sugd</p>
<p>suggested</p>
<p>Sugn</p>
<p>suggestion</p>
<p>Sum</p>
<p>summary</p>
<p>Suspd</p>
<p>suspended</p>
<p>Sympt</p>
<p>symptom</p>
<p>Synch</p>
<p>synchronize</p>
<p>Temp</p>
<p>temporary</p>
<p>Tot</p>
<p>total</p>
<p>Transac</p>
<p>transaction</p>
<p>Trans</p>
<p>transfer</p>
<p>Transln</p>
<p>translation</p>
<p>Trkg</p>
<p>tracking</p>
<p>Tblsht</p>
<p>troubleshoot</p>
<p>Tblshtg</p>
<p>troubleshooting</p>
<p>UOM</p>
<p>unit of measure</p>
<p>UT</p>
<p>unit test</p>
<p>Unreal</p>
<p>unrealized</p>
<p>Unrsvd</p>
<p>unreserved</p>
<p>Upd</p>
<p>update</p>
<p>Valn</p>
<p>valuation</p>
<p>Val</p>
<p>value</p>
<p>VAT</p>
<p>value added tax</p>
<p>Var</p>
<p>variance</p>
<p>Vend</p>
<p>vendor</p>
<p>Whse</p>
<p>warehouse</p>
<p>WS</p>
<p>web shop</p>
<p>Wksh</p>
<p>worksheet</p>
<p>GL</p>
<p>g/l</p>
<p>Pct</p>
<p>%</p>
<p>Three-Tier</p>
<p>3-tier</p>
<p>Osynch</p>
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<h1>Temporary Variable Naming</h1>
<p>The name of a temporary variable must be prefixed with the word Temp and not otherwise. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>JobWIPBuffer@1002 : TEMPORARY Record 1018;
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>TempJobWIPBuffer@1002 : TEMPORARY Record 1018;
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<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>TempJobWIPBuffer@1002 : Record 1018;
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<pre><code>CopyOfJobWIPBuffer@1002 : Record 1018;
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/ title="Copy Document" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/>Copy Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/ title="Create Data from Templates" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/>Create Data from Templates</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/ title="Create URLs to NAV Clients" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/>Create URLs to NAV Clients</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/ title="Creating Custom Charts" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/>Creating Custom Charts</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/ title="Cross Session Events" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/>Cross Session Events</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/ title="Currently Active Record" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/>Currently Active Record</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/ title="Data Migration Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/>Data Migration Facade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/ title="Discovery Event" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/>Discovery Event</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/ title=Document class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/>Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ title="Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/ title="Error Message Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/>Error Message Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ title="Extending the Role Center Headlines" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/>Extending the Role Center Headlines</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ title="Feature Localization For Data Structures" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/>Feature Localization For Data Structures</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/ title=Hooks class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/>Hooks</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ title="Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ title="Instructions in the UI" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/>Instructions in the UI</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/ title="Integration of Addresses" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/>Integration of Addresses</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/ title="No Series" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/>No Series</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ title="In-context Notifications" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/>In-context Notifications</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ title="Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/ title=Observer class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/>Observer</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ title="Posting Routine - Select Behavior" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/ title=Queries class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/>Queries</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ title="SELECT DISTINCT with Queries" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ title="use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/>use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ title="Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ title="Read-once Initialization and Validation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/>Read-once Initialization and Validation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/ title="Released Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/>Released Entity</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/ title="Report Selection" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/>Report Selection</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/ title=Security class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/>Security</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ title="Setup Specificity Fallback" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/>Setup Specificity Fallback</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/ title="Silent File Upload and Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/>Silent File Upload and Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/ title=Singleton class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/>Singleton</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ title="Singleton Codeunit" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/>Singleton Codeunit</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ title="Singleton Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/>Singleton Table</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ title="Cue Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/>Cue Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/ title="Standard Journal" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/>Standard Journal</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/ title="Temporary Dataset Report" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/>Temporary Dataset Report</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ title="Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ title="Transfer Custom Fields" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/>Transfer Custom Fields</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ title="2. Anti-Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/>2. Anti-Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ title="Reusable Bugs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/>Reusable Bugs</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ title="3. CAL Coding Guidelines" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ title=Design class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/>Design</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ title="Begin as an 'After Word'" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/>Begin as an 'After Word'</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ title="Line Start Keywords" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/>Line Start Keywords</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/ title="Lonely Repeat" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/>Lonely Repeat</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/ title="Named Invocations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/>Named Invocations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/ title="Nested WITHs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/>Nested WITHs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/ title="One Statement Per Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/>One Statement Per Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/ title="Separate IF and ELSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/separate-if-and-else/>Separate IF and ELSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/ title="Spacing Binary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-binary-operators/>Spacing Binary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/ title="Spacing Brackets and ::" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-brackets-and/>Spacing Brackets and ::</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/ title="Spacing Unary Operators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/spacing-unary-operators/>Spacing Unary Operators</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/ title="Suggested Abbreviations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/suggested-abbreviations/>Suggested Abbreviations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/ title="Temporary Variable Naming" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/temporary-variable-naming/>Temporary Variable Naming</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/ title="TextConst Suffixes" class="dd-item active"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/textconst-suffixes/>TextConst Suffixes</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/ title="Unary Operator Line End" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unary-operator-line-end/>Unary Operator Line End</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/ title="Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-compound-parenthesis/>Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/ title="Unnecessary ELSE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-else/>Unnecessary ELSE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/ title="Unnecessary Function Parenthesis" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-function-parenthesis/>Unnecessary Function Parenthesis</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/ title="Unnecessary Separators" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/unnecessary-separators/>Unnecessary Separators</a></li>
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<h1>TextConst Suffixes</h1>
<p>TextConst variable names should have a suffix (an approved three-letter suffix: Msg, Tok, Err, Qst, Lbl, Txt) describing usage.
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<pre><code>CannotDeleteLine@1005 : TextConst 'ENU=You cannot delete this line because one or more rating values exists.';
...
ERROR(CannotDeleteLine,TABLECAPTION);
</code></pre>
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<pre><code>CannotDeleteLineErr@1005 : TextConst 'ENU=You cannot delete this line because one or more rating values exists.';
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ERROR(CannotDeleteLineErr,TABLECAPTION);
</code></pre>
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<pre><code>Text000@1011 : TextConst 'ENU=&quot;has been changed (initial a %1: %2= %3, %4= %5)&quot;';
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SalesLine.FIELDERROR(Type,STRSUBSTNO(Text000,...);
...
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>TypeHasBeenChangedErr@1011 : TextConst 'ENU=&quot;has been changed (initial a %1: %2= %3, %4= %5)&quot;';
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SalesLine.FIELDERROR(Type,STRSUBSTNO(TypeHasBeenChangedErr,...);
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</code></pre>
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<pre><code>Text004@1004 : TextConst 'ENU=Indenting the Job Tasks \#1\#\#\#\#\#\#\#\#\#\#.';
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Window@1007 : Dialog;
...
Window.OPEN(Text004);
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IndentingMsg@1004 : TextConst 'ENU=Indenting the Job Tasks \#1\#\#\#\#\#\#\#\#\#\#.';
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Window@1007 : Dialog;
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Window.OPEN(IndentingMsg);
</code></pre>
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<pre><code>Text002@1005 : TextConst 'ENU=You cannot delete a %1 that is used in one or more setup windows.\\ Do you want to open the G/L Account No. Where-Used List Window?';
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IF CONFIRM(Text002,TRUE,GLAcc.TABLECAPTION) THEN
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>OpenWhereUsedWindowQst@1005 : TextConst 'ENU=You cannot delete a %1 that is used in one or more setup windows.\\ Do you want to open the G/L Account No. Where-Used List Window?';
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IF CONFIRM(OpenWhereUsedWindowQst,TRUE,GLAcc.TABLECAPTION) THEN
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>Selection := STRMENU(Text003,2);
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Text003@1002 : TextConst 'ENU=&amp;Copy dimensions from BOM,&amp;Retrieve dimensions from components';
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>Selection := STRMENU(CopyFromQst,2);
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CopyFromQst@1002 : TextConst 'ENU=&amp;Copy dimensions from BOM,&amp;Retrieve dimensions from components';
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>DATASET
{
...
{ 1 ;1 ;Column ;Chart\_of\_AccountsCaption;
SourceExpr=Chart\_of\_AccountsCaption }
...
Chart\_of\_AccountsCaption@9647 : TextConst 'ENU=Chart of Accounts';
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>DATASET
{
...
{ 1 ;1 ;Column ;Chart\_of\_AccountsCaption;
SourceExpr=ChartOfAccountsLbl }
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ChartOfAccountsLbl@9647 : TextConst 'ENU=Chart of Accounts';
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<h1>Unary Operator Line End</h1>
<p>Do not end a line with unary operator.
Bad code</p>
<pre><code>&quot;Quantity Handled (Base)&quot; := -
&quot;Quantity Handled (Base)&quot;);
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>&quot;Quantity Handled (Base)&quot; :=
- &quot;Quantity Handled (Base)&quot;);
</code></pre>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/ title="1. Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/>1. Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/activity-log/ title="Activity Logs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/activity-log/>Activity Logs</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/ title="Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/>Blocked Entity</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/data-driven-blocked-entity/ title="Data Driven Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/data-driven-blocked-entity/>Data Driven Blocked Entity</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/ title="Cached Web Server Calls" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/>Cached Web Server Calls</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/ title="Conditional Cascading Update" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/>Conditional Cascading Update</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/ title="Copy Document" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/>Copy Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/ title="Create Data from Templates" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/>Create Data from Templates</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/ title="Create URLs to NAV Clients" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/>Create URLs to NAV Clients</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/ title="Creating Custom Charts" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/>Creating Custom Charts</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/ title="Cross Session Events" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/>Cross Session Events</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/ title="Currently Active Record" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/>Currently Active Record</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/ title="Data Migration Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/>Data Migration Facade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/ title="Discovery Event" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/>Discovery Event</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/ title=Document class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/>Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ title="Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/ title="Error Message Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/>Error Message Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ title="Extending the Role Center Headlines" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/>Extending the Role Center Headlines</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ title="Feature Localization For Data Structures" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/>Feature Localization For Data Structures</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/ title=Hooks class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/>Hooks</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ title="Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ title="Instructions in the UI" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/>Instructions in the UI</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/ title="Integration of Addresses" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/>Integration of Addresses</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/ title="No Series" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/>No Series</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ title="In-context Notifications" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/>In-context Notifications</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ title="Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/ title=Observer class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/>Observer</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ title="Posting Routine - Select Behavior" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/ title=Queries class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/>Queries</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ title="SELECT DISTINCT with Queries" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ title="use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/>use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ title="Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ title="Read-once Initialization and Validation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/>Read-once Initialization and Validation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/ title="Released Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/>Released Entity</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/ title="Report Selection" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/>Report Selection</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/ title=Security class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/>Security</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ title="Setup Specificity Fallback" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/>Setup Specificity Fallback</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/ title="Silent File Upload and Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/>Silent File Upload and Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/ title=Singleton class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/>Singleton</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ title="Singleton Codeunit" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/>Singleton Codeunit</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ title="Singleton Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/>Singleton Table</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ title="Cue Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/>Cue Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/ title="Standard Journal" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/>Standard Journal</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/ title="Temporary Dataset Report" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/>Temporary Dataset Report</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ title="Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ title="Transfer Custom Fields" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/>Transfer Custom Fields</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ title="2. Anti-Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/>2. Anti-Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ title="Reusable Bugs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/>Reusable Bugs</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ title="3. CAL Coding Guidelines" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ title=Design class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/>Design</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ title="Begin as an 'After Word'" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/>Begin as an 'After Word'</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ title="Line Start Keywords" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/>Line Start Keywords</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/ title="Lonely Repeat" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/>Lonely Repeat</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/ title="Named Invocations" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/named-invocations/>Named Invocations</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/ title="Nested WITHs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/nested-withs/>Nested WITHs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/ title="One Statement Per Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/one-statement-per-line/>One Statement Per Line</a></li>
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<h1>Unnecessary Compound Parenthesis</h1>
<p>Use parenthesis only to enclose compound expressions inside compound expressions.
Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF (&quot;Costing Method&quot; = &quot;Costing Method&quot;::Standard) THEN
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF &quot;Costing Method&quot; = &quot;Costing Method&quot;::Standard THEN
</code></pre>
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<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>ProfitPct = -(Profit) / CostAmt \* 100;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>ProfitPct = -Profit / CostAmt \* 100;
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<h1>Unnecessary ELSE</h1>
<p>ELSE should not be used when the last action in the THEN part is an EXIT, BREAK, SKIP, QUIT, ERROR. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF IsAdjmtBinCodeChanged THEN
ERROR(AdjmtBinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...)
ELSE
ERROR(BinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...);
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF IsAdjmtBinCodeChanged THEN
ERROR(AdjmtBinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...)
ERROR(BinCodeChangeNotAllowedErr,...);
</code></pre>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/ title="1. Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/>1. Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/activity-log/ title="Activity Logs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/activity-log/>Activity Logs</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/ title="Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/>Blocked Entity</a><ul>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/ title="Cached Web Server Calls" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/>Cached Web Server Calls</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/ title="Conditional Cascading Update" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/>Conditional Cascading Update</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/ title="Copy Document" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/>Copy Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/ title="Create Data from Templates" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/>Create Data from Templates</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/ title="Create URLs to NAV Clients" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/>Create URLs to NAV Clients</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/ title="Creating Custom Charts" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/>Creating Custom Charts</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/ title="Cross Session Events" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/>Cross Session Events</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/ title="Currently Active Record" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/>Currently Active Record</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/ title="Data Migration Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/>Data Migration Facade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/ title="Discovery Event" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/>Discovery Event</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/ title=Document class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/>Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ title="Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/ title="Error Message Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/>Error Message Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ title="Extending the Role Center Headlines" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/>Extending the Role Center Headlines</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ title="Feature Localization For Data Structures" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/>Feature Localization For Data Structures</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/ title=Hooks class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/>Hooks</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ title="Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ title="Instructions in the UI" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/>Instructions in the UI</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/ title="Integration of Addresses" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/>Integration of Addresses</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/ title="No Series" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/>No Series</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ title="In-context Notifications" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/>In-context Notifications</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ title="Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/ title=Observer class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/>Observer</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ title="Posting Routine - Select Behavior" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/ title=Queries class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/>Queries</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ title="SELECT DISTINCT with Queries" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ title="use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/>use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ title="Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ title="Read-once Initialization and Validation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/>Read-once Initialization and Validation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/ title="Released Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/>Released Entity</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/ title="Report Selection" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/>Report Selection</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ title="Setup Specificity Fallback" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/>Setup Specificity Fallback</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ title="Singleton Codeunit" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/>Singleton Codeunit</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ title="Singleton Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/>Singleton Table</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ title="Cue Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/>Cue Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/ title="Standard Journal" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/>Standard Journal</a></li>
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ title="Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ title="Transfer Custom Fields" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/>Transfer Custom Fields</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ title="2. Anti-Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/>2. Anti-Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ title="Reusable Bugs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/>Reusable Bugs</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ title="3. CAL Coding Guidelines" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ title=Design class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/>Design</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ title="Begin as an 'After Word'" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/>Begin as an 'After Word'</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ title="Line Start Keywords" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/>Line Start Keywords</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/ title="Lonely Repeat" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/lonely-repeat/>Lonely Repeat</a></li>
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<h1>Unnecessary Function Parenthesis</h1>
<p>Do not use parenthesis in a function call if the function does not have any parameters.
Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF ReservMgt.IsPositive() THEN
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF ReservMgt.IsPositive THEN
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF ChangeStatusForm.RUNMODAL() &lt;\&gt; ACTION::Yes THEN
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF ChangeStatusForm.RUNMODAL &lt;\&gt; ACTION::Yes THEN
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<h1>Unnecessary Separators</h1>
<p>There should be no unnecessary separators. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>IF Customer.FINDFIRST THEN;;
</code></pre>
<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>IF Customer.FINDFIRST THEN;
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<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/ title="1. Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/>1. Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/activity-log/ title="Activity Logs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/activity-log/>Activity Logs</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/argument-table/ title="Argument Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/argument-table/>Argument Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/ title="Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/>Blocked Entity</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/data-driven-blocked-entity/ title="Data Driven Blocked Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/blocked-entity/data-driven-blocked-entity/>Data Driven Blocked Entity</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/ title="Cached Web Server Calls" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cached-web-service-calls/>Cached Web Server Calls</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/ title="Conditional Cascading Update" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/conditional-cascading-update/>Conditional Cascading Update</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/ title="Copy Document" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/copy-document/>Copy Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/ title="Create Data from Templates" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-data-from-templates/>Create Data from Templates</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/ title="Create URLs to NAV Clients" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/create-urls-to-nav-clients/>Create URLs to NAV Clients</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/ title="Creating Custom Charts" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/creating-custom-charts/>Creating Custom Charts</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/ title="Cross Session Events" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/cross-session-events/>Cross Session Events</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/ title="Currently Active Record" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/currently-active-record/>Currently Active Record</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/ title="Data Migration Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/data-migration-facade/>Data Migration Facade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/ title="Discovery Event" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/discovery-event/>Discovery Event</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/ title=Document class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/document/>Document</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/ title="Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/easy-update-of-setup-or-supplementary-information/>Easy Update Of Setup Or Supplementary Information</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/ title="Error Message Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/error-message-processing/>Error Message Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/ title="Extending the Role Center Headlines" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/extending-the-role-center-headlines/>Extending the Role Center Headlines</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/ title="Feature Localization For Data Structures" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/feature-localization-for-data-structures/>Feature Localization For Data Structures</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/ title=Hooks class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/hooks/>Hooks</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/ title="Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/implementation-of-surrogate-keys-using-autoincrement-pattern/>Surrogate keys using Autoincrement Pattern</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/ title="Instructions in the UI" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/instructions-in-the-ui/>Instructions in the UI</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/ title="Integration of Addresses" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/integration-of-addresses/>Integration of Addresses</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/ title="Journal Error Processing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-error-processing/>Journal Error Processing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/ title="Journal Template Batch Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/journal-template-batch-line/>Journal Template Batch Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/ title="Master Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/master-data/>Master Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/ title="Multi-file Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-file-download/>Multi-file Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/ title="Multi-Page List" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multi-page-list/>Multi-Page List</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/ title="Multilanguage Application Data" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/multilanguage-application-data/>Multilanguage Application Data</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/>NET Exception Handling in CAL</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/ title="TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/net-exception-handling-in-cal/tryfunction-net-exception-handling-in-cal/>TryFunction NET Exception Handling in CAL</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/ title="No Series" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/no-series/>No Series</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/ title=Notifications class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/>Notifications</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/ title="In-context Notifications" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/in-context-notifications/>In-context Notifications</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/ title="Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/notifications/notification-lifecycle-management-pattern/>Notification Lifecycle Management Pattern</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/ title=Observer class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/observer/>Observer</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/ title="Posting Routine - Select Behavior" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/posting-routine-select-behavior/>Posting Routine - Select Behavior</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/ title="Product Name" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/product-name/>Product Name</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/ title=Queries class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/>Queries</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/ title="SELECT DISTINCT with Queries" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/select-distinct-with-queries/>SELECT DISTINCT with Queries</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/ title="use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-detect-duplicate-records/>use Queries to Detect Duplicate Records</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/ title="Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/queries/use-queries-to-replace-nested-loops/>Use Queries to Replace Nested Loops</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/ title="Read-once Initialization and Validation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/read-once-initialization-and-validation/>Read-once Initialization and Validation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/ title="Released Entity" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/released-entity/>Released Entity</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/ title="Report Selection" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/report-selection/>Report Selection</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/ title=Security class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/security/>Security</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/ title="Setup Specificity Fallback" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/setup-specificity-fallback/>Setup Specificity Fallback</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/ title="Silent File Upload and Download" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/silent-file-upload-and-download/>Silent File Upload and Download</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/ title=Singleton class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/>Singleton</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/ title="Singleton Codeunit" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-codeunit/>Singleton Codeunit</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/ title="Singleton Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/>Singleton Table</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/ title="Cue Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/cue-table/>Cue Table</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/ title="Setup Table" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/singleton/singleton-table/setup-table/>Setup Table</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/ title="Standard Journal" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/standard-journal/>Standard Journal</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/ title="Temporary Dataset Report" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/temporary-dataset-report/>Temporary Dataset Report</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/ title="Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/totals-and-discounts-on-subpages-sales-and-purchases/>Totals and Discounts on Subpages Sales and Purchases</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/ title="Transfer Custom Fields" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/transfer-custom-fields/>Transfer Custom Fields</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/ title="Variant Facade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/1-patterns/variant-facade/>Variant Facade</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/ title="2. Anti-Patterns" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/>2. Anti-Patterns</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/ title="Nav Upgrade" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/nav-upgrade/>Nav Upgrade</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/ title="Reusable Bugs" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/2-anti-patterns/reusable-bugs/>Reusable Bugs</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/ title="3. CAL Coding Guidelines" class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/>3. CAL Coding Guidelines</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/ title=Design class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/design/>Design</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/ title="Internally-used DotNet Types" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internally-used-dot-net-types/>Internally-used DotNet Types</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/ title=Internationalization class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/>Internationalization</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/ title="Using Calcdate" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/internationalization/using-calcdate/>Using Calcdate</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/ title=Localizability class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/>Localizability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/ title="CaptionML on System Pages" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/captionml-for-system-tables/>CaptionML on System Pages</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/ title="FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/>FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/ title="Global Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/global-text-constants/>Global Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/ title="Use Text Constants" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/use-text-constants/>Use Text Constants</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/ title="Using OptionCaptionML" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/using-optioncaptionml/>Using OptionCaptionML</a></li></ul></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/ title=Readability class="dd-item parent"><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/>Readability</a><ul>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/ title="Begin as an 'After Word'" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-as-an-afterword/>Begin as an 'After Word'</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/ title="Begin-End - Compound Only" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/begin-end/>Begin-End - Compound Only</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/ title="Binary Operator to Start Line" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/binary-operator-line-start/>Binary Operator to Start Line</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/ title="Blank Lines.md" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/blank-lines/>Blank Lines.md</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/ title="CASE Action" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/case-actions/>CASE Action</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/ title="Colon usage in CASE" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/colon-usage-in-case/>Colon usage in CASE</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/ title="Comments inside Curly Brackets" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-curly-brackets/>Comments inside Curly Brackets</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/ title="Comment Spacing" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/comments-spacing/>Comment Spacing</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/ title="END ELSE Pair" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/end-else-pair/>END ELSE Pair</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/ title=Indentation class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/indentation/>Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/ title="Keyword Pairs - Indentation" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/keyword-pairs-indentation/>Keyword Pairs - Indentation</a></li>
<li data-nav-id=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/ title="Line Start Keywords" class=dd-item><a href=/bcalhelp/navpatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/line-start-keywords/>Line Start Keywords</a></li>
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<h1>Unnecessary TRUE/FALSE</h1>
<p>Do not use TRUE or FALSE keywords unnecessarily if the expression is already an logical expression.
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<h1>Variable Already Scoped</h1>
<p>Do not use scope &lsquo;&rsquo;.'' qualifier unnecessarily when a variable is already implicitly or explicitly scoped. It keeps the code simpler.
Bad code</p>
<pre><code>ReturnRcptHeader.SETRANGE(ReturnRcptHeader.&quot;Return Order No.&quot;,&quot;Document No.&quot;);
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>ReturnRcptHeader.SETRANGE(&quot;Return Order No.&quot;,&quot;Document No.&quot;);
</code></pre>
<p>Bad code</p>
<pre><code>WITH ChangeLogSetupTable DO BEGIN
...
IF ChangeLogSetupTable.DELETE THEN
...
END;
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>WITH ChangeLogSetupTable DO BEGIN
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IF DELETE THEN
...
END;
</code></pre>
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<h1>Variable Naming</h1>
<p>Variables that refer to a C/AL object must contain the objects name, abbreviated where necessary.</p>
<p>A variable must begin with a capital letter.</p>
<p>Blanks, periods, and other characters (such as parentheses) that would make quotation marks around a variable necessary must be omitted.</p>
<p>If a variable is a compound of two or more words or abbreviations, each word or abbreviation should begin with a capital letter.
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<h1>Variables Declarations Order</h1>
<p>Variables declarations should be ordered by type. In general, object and complex variable types are listed first followed by simple variables. The order should be the same as the object list in the object designer for C/AL objects. Afterwards come the complex variables like RecordRef, .NET, FieldRef etc. At the end come all the simple data types in no particular order. Bad code</p>
<pre><code>StartingDateFilter@1002 : Text\[30\];
Vend@1003 : Record 23;
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<p>Good code</p>
<pre><code>Vend@1003 : Record 23;
StartingDateFilter@1002 : Text\[30\];
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