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Customize Base-Application

Although it is really not the way how we should develop new functionality, it is sometimes still necessary to customize standard code in Base Application. I do not usually allow developers working on my projects to customize the standard apps if it is not absolutely necessary. Even if I allow it, the customization is done

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C/AL + AL: SetAutoCalcFields

SetAutoCalcFields is very similar method to CalcFields method. The only difference is that CalcField is run on the records already loaded from the database. On the other hand, SetAutoCalcFields is set before the records are loaded from the database. Although it can be seen as a small difference, it could have a huge impact on

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C/AL + AL: CalcFields

CalcFields is a method to calculate the FlowFields in a record. Flowfields are special fields (virtual) that are not stored physically in the database/table. Standard fields are loaded once the record is retrieved from the database. However, as the flowfields are virtual and show data (or grouped data) from another table, calculating these fields means

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