AL Language: Import Proprietary Files

StLi

Hi,

We're about to upgrade one of our customers to BC, and - to streamline updates in the future - We're rebuilding all his customizations as extensions. - Not for appsource, but so we don't have to worry about customized standard tables aso.

Most of it works fairly well, but there is a problem on the horizon I'm not sure how to solve yet: Importing/exporting proprietary files. To my knowledge, AL Language can't receive Data from files directly and the System Object "FILE" doesn't exist anymore. I know here are solutions to receive and send Files per WebService.

But is there anything available to just get a file processed, that's sitting on the Users Harddisk? Or, vice versa exporting data into a proprietary file?

I know i COULD build a C/AL based codeunit just to handle the files, but this will defeat the whole "move to extensions" approach.

Ty for your input

Kowa

To develop for SaaS solutions, you have to use AppSource (and provide full documentation, a dedicated web site etc.) . MS does not permit other ways of deployment unless it's an app for on-prem. For the latter you can set the target parameter in the app.json to 'internal' which will enable the normal file handling again, as well as the use of DotNet etc.

Kowa

To develop for SaaS solutions, you have to use AppSource (and provide full documentation, a dedicated web site etc.) . MS does not permit other ways of deployment unless it's an app for on-prem. For the latter you can set the target parameter in the app.json to 'internal' which will enable the normal file handling again, as well as the use of DotNet etc.