Is TEMPORARY a undocumented C/Side Command?

rthsw · 2007-06-21

Hi, i'Ve stumbled over the following command:

TmpCatGroups := temporary;
where TmpCatGroups is some Table with the Propertie Temporary = YES. But that's no difference.
If you insert this code with any var before the :=, you get by compilation the error
"A Value or an expression was expected" with examples.
Normaly, Navision should respond a
"You have specified an unknown variable".

because "temporary" is similar to the popertie for temp-tables, i tried a
TmpCatGroups := dimensions;, because dimensions is also a propertie for Var's. But here Navision results the right error.

If i write just the "Command" temporary in one line, navision results this must not be the first word in a sentence
This means, temporary in the c/side code has to be something like an Statement. But what is it doing?

MTC · 2007-06-21

This is interesting.

The one thing that I notice is that it has not been capitalised. Therefore it cannot be a command or other C/AL keyword.

What object have you found this in?

deltoid · 2007-06-22

I noticed that command the other day as well when I was doing something. This is what I found from a report. I don't know what the command is used for.

IF (tmprec = TEMPORARY) THEN; //this results in 'a value or expression expected'
tmprec := TEMPORARY; //this results in 'a value or expression expected'
MESSAGE(TEMPORARY); //this results in 'a value or expression expected'
TEMPORARY := 1; //this results in 'this must not be the first word in a sentence'.

kriki · 2007-06-22

I searched exported objects as textfile. And I did find the keyword "TEMPORARY" in it.
It is used in the variables to indicate that a record is used as a temporary table.
So my guess is that the Navision compiler expects that it is used in this way.

Is TEMPORARY a undocumented C/Side Command?

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