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Posted on by Pushparaj P

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Hi,

When i tried to open the App file in the .alpackage Folder i get the Following Error

Could Someone Help me With this?

Thank You

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YUN ZHU 75,723 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at

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RE: The file is not displayed in the editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding

Hi, please install the following VS Code extension.

Then you can open app file.

Hope this helps.

Thanks.
ZHU
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Inge M. Bruvik 993 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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RE: The file is not displayed in the editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding

Add this extension to VS code

marketplace.visualstudio.com/items

and look at the YouTube videos i liked to.
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RE: The file is not displayed in the editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding

Hi,

then How could I view The Table And Page Code in the Base and System Application?

It Did Open on the Other System of Mine.

but I don't Know Whats the Issue with the Current one.
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Inge M. Bruvik 993 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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RE: The file is not displayed in the editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding

You will always get that error because you can not open the .app file in VS Code.

The file you use in VS code when developing for Business Central are .al files

The .app files are only using during installation of the app in Business Central.

docs.microsoft.com/.../devenv-get-started
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RE: The file is not displayed in the editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding

Hi,

i did Download That Extension.

Still I get the error.
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Inge M. Bruvik 993 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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RE: The file is not displayed in the editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding

Good.

Then you can use object browser tool to look at the objects and code if they are shared.

www.hougaard.com/.../
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RE: The file is not displayed in the editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding

hi,

i did Download the reference Symbols By Running the AL : Download Symbols in the Comment Pallet.
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Inge M. Bruvik 993 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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RE: The file is not displayed in the editor because it is either binary or uses an unsupported text encoding

You can not really open an .app file directly i VsCode.

If you want to look at the code you must do that through the actual code or the symbols.

Here you can learn more about the app files:

www.youtube.com/watch

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