Weird standard functions

rocatis

Does anybody have a clue what the function UTlocalCall is used for? It exists in about 7 objects (e.g. codeunit 6620) but are not called from anywhere.

I can't work out what on Earth the purpose of the functions is :-k

ara3n

I ran it through dev toolkit and it's not used anywhere.
It could be unfinished functionality.

themave

not a developer, so don't really know, but the all knowing google search, finds it

looks like it might be related to closing inventory periods, I would imagine it was part of the program a long time ago, but the code was replaced and this is just a rement that was forgotten.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=UTlocalCall&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=Ci_JdMk90TOn8GpSEygTruKXYDwAAAKoEBU_Q0_qN

rocatis

themave wrote:

the all knowing google search, finds it

No, it doesn't. Those hits simply refer to a text dump of the function(s) - exactly like your search now finds this conversation.

Looking at the function in codeunit 22 probably gives a clue as to its use:

UTlocalCall(localFunctionName : Text[30];VAR param : ARRAY [20] OF Variant;VAR return : Variant)
CASE localFunctionName OF
  'IsAvgCostException':
    BEGIN
      ValueEntry := param[1];
      IF param[2].ISRECORD THEN
        ItemJnlLine := param[2];
      IF param[3].ISRECORD THEN
        InvtSetup := param[3];
      IF param[4].ISRECORD THEN BEGIN
        ValueEntry2 := param[4];
        ValueEntry2.INSERT;
      END;
      return := FALSE; //ValueEntry.IsAvgCostException;
    END;
  ELSE
    ERROR('Local function %1 is not included for test.',localFunctionName);
END;

Basically, it sets the value of global variables (and even inserts records) which is almost certainly used for testing purposes at Microsoft.