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Naming of DotNet Variables in Business Central V16.5

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Posted on by Martin4310 15

How to name DotNet Variables on prem.

example:

var
        MySQLDataSet: DotNet SQLDataSet;
        SQLDataSet: DotNet SQLDataSet;
        SQLDataSetSystemDataDataSet:  DotNet SQLDataSet;
        MySQLDataSetDotnet: DotNet SQLDataSet;
        MyDotnetSQLDataSet: DotNet SQLDataSet;

i tried all this but still the same Message. AL(AA0072) The name of XXX is not valid. ...

Have anybody any idea?

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    raelhefn Profile Picture
    raelhefn Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi Martin,

    first you must declares the DotNet assemblies that you need to use. after that declares the functions that uses the DotNet variables and performs the actions.

    For more information please refer to this blog post, an example of how to declares / name DotNet Variables.

    demiliani.com/.../

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
    Suresh Kulla 50,269 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Please check the below blog, which uses SqlDataSet

    www.hannesholst.com/.../

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    Martin4310 15 on at

    Sorry, but this is not my problem everything works fine with DotNet. But the source control shows me always that i have to change the naem of the variables. See error AL[AA0072) as i mentioned before.

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    Guillem Padilla Profile Picture
    Guillem Padilla 427 on at

    Hi Martin,

    Using the actual assembly name is working for me to bypass this rule warning, I think Microsoft team should check it out as the alias assigned to dotnets is not working properly for this rule.

    Example:

    dotnet
{
    assembly(mscorlib)
    {
        type(System.DateTime; MyDateTime){}
    }
}

MyDateTime: DotNet MyDateTime; //AL(AA0072) Warning
"System.DateTime": DotNet MyDateTime; //Not warning

    As it seems wrong to me to declare the variable in this way ("System.DateTime"), I would give it the same name as the alias (MyDateTime) and wait for Microsoft to correct the error, you can add a case in Github informing about this here
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    Martin4310 15 on at

    Thank you very much. This solve my problem but it is really strange. I add a case in Github.

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    Guillem Padilla Profile Picture
    Guillem Padilla 427 on at

    For anyone who wants to follow the course of this issue, this is the link: github.com/.../6457

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