alguidelines/content/NAVPatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/localizability/fieldcaption-and-tablecaption/index.md

+++ title = "FIELDCAPTION and TABLECAPTION" weight = 580 +++ For user messages, errors etc., use FIELDCAPTION not FIELDNAME and TABLECAPTION not TABLENAME.

Reason:

1. The correct translation will be automatically used.
2. If the caption/name changes, then there will be a single point of change needed.

Bad code

IF NOT CONFIRM(UpdateLocationQst,TRUE,FIELDNAME("Location Code"),...)

Good code

IF NOT CONFIRM(UpdateLocationQst,TRUE,FIELDCAPTION("Location Code"),...)