Indentation

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Best Practice

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."Unrealized VAT" OR
  (GLSetup."Prepayment Unrealized VAT" AND NewCVLedgEntryBuf.Prepayment)

Good code

IF GLSetup."Unrealized VAT" OR
    (GLSetup."Prepayment Unrealized VAT" AND NewCVLedgEntryBuf.Prepayment)

Bad code

IF GenJnlLine."Account No." <> ICPartner.Code THEN
  ICPartner.GET("Account No.");
  IF GenJnlLine.Amount \> 0 THEN BEGIN
    ...

Good code

IF GenJnlLine."Account No." <> ICPartner.Code THEN
  ICPartner.GET("Account No.");
IF GenJnlLine.Amount > 0 THEN BEGIN
  ...

Bad code

Dialog.OPEN(WindowTxt +
            '@1@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@');

Good code

Dialog.OPEN(
    WindowTxt +
    '@1@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@');

Bad code

TempOldCustLedgEntry.DELETE;
  // Find the next old entry for application of the new entry

Good code

TempOldCustLedgEntry.DELETE;
// Find the next old entry for application of the new entry

Bad code

IF NOT ("Applies-to Doc. Type" IN
   ["Applies-to Doc. Type"::Receipt,
    "Applies-to Doc. Type"::"Return Shipment"])

Good code

IF NOT ("Applies-to Doc. Type" IN
        ["Applies-to Doc. Type"::Receipt,
         "Applies-to Doc. Type"::"Return Shipment"])

Bad code

WHILE (RemAmt > 0) OR
  (RemAmtLCY > 0)
DO

Good code

WHILE (RemAmt > 0) OR
      (RemAmtLCY > 0)
DO

Bad code

UNTIL (RemAmt > 0) AND
  (RemAmtLCY > 0);

Good code

UNTIL (RemAmt > 0) AND
      (RemAmtLCY > 0)

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Last modified October 4, 2024: Merge pull request #249 from Busschers/ErrorHandling-ListOfReferenceText (5e76983) by Arend-Jan Kauffmann