Weird standard functions

rocatis
rocatis Member Posts: 163
edited 2010-08-25 in NAV/Navision Classic Client
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
Brian Rocatis
Senior NAV Developer
Elbek & Vejrup

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  • ara3n
    ara3n Member Posts: 9,258
    I ran it through dev toolkit and it's not used anywhere.
    It could be unfinished functionality.
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  • themave
    themave Member Posts: 1,058
    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
    rocatis Member Posts: 163
    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.
    Brian Rocatis
    Senior NAV Developer
    Elbek & Vejrup

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