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Lead with a complete plugin quick start and add task-oriented usage, troubleshooting, customization, and contribution guides. Preserve the broader plugin framing, correct conflicting contract guidance, support Agents folder reviews, and align repository validation. Convert existing sample references to clickable links without changing knowledge rules. Co-authored-by: Jesper Schulz-Wedde <jesper.schulzwedde@microsoft.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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bc-version: [all]
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domain: style
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keywords: [case, statement, formatting, possibility, action, line-break]
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technologies: [al]
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countries: [w1]
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application-area: [all]
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---
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# `case` action goes on the line after the possibility
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## Description
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In an AL `case` statement, the action for each label is written on the line that follows the label, not on the same line. `'A': Letter2 := '10';` on a single line is the discouraged form; the convention is `'A':` on one line and `Letter2 := '10';` on the next, indented one level deeper. The exception is when the action is a `begin … end` block — there the `begin` follows the colon on the same line, consistent with the rule for `then begin` / `else begin` / `do begin`.
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## Best Practice
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Each case label sits on its own line, terminated by `:`. The action below it is indented; multi-statement actions open with `begin` on the label line and close with `end;` on its own line.
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See sample: [`case-action-on-line-after-possibility.good.al`](case-action-on-line-after-possibility.good.al).
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## Anti Pattern
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`'A': Letter2 := '10';` (single-line label and action), and `'C': begin Letter2 := '12'; DoSomething(); end;` (everything on one line including the block body). Both defeat per-line diff review and crowd the control flow.
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See sample: [`case-action-on-line-after-possibility.bad.al`](case-action-on-line-after-possibility.bad.al).
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