Variable Naming

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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.

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    WIPBuffer@1002 : Record 1018
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OBJECT Table Job WIP Buffer

Good code

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    JobWIPBuffer@1002 : Record 1018
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OBJECT Table Job WIP Buffer

Bad code

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    Postline@1004 : Codeunit 12;
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OBJECT Codeunit Gen. Jnl.-Post Line

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    GenJnlPostLine@1004 : Codeunit 12;
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OBJECT Codeunit Gen. Jnl.-Post Line

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LOCAL PROCEDURE HandleCustDebitCredit@17(...;"Amount (LCY)"@1001 : Decimal;...);
BEGIN
    IF ((... ("Amount (LCY)" \> 0)) ...) OR
        ((... ("Amount (LCY)" < 0)) ...)
    THEN BEGIN
    ...

Good code

LOCAL PROCEDURE HandleCustDebitCredit@17(...;AmountLCY@1001 : Decimal;...);
BEGIN
    IF ((... (AmountLCY \> 0)) ...) OR
        ((... (AmountLCY < 0)) ...)
    THEN BEGIN
    ...

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