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Al variable naming tool

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Hello community and thanks in advance.

I want to ask for a tool to help me with variable naming.I mean old style C / SIDE when I typed Record "Sales Header", NAV automatically wrote SalesHeader in name. But I think variable naming C/AL way is not easy to do in AL, because in AL you must enter first the variable name, second the type and last subtype, so you come into a back and forth to name the variable. The best alternative could be a later name variable processing in all the variables of the file.
I know the extension marketplace.visualstudio.com/items and I want to ask your opinion about it.

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  • Binesh Profile Picture
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    Hello,

    Install the AL Variable Helper, which will give you Intellisense to assign correct variable names in AL.

    Al-Variable-Helper.gif

  • Jalmaraz Profile Picture
    669 on at

    Thank you very much Binesh for your answer.

    In my message I already place the link of Al variable helper, and that is what I mean when I talk about going back and forth to name the variable.

    This extension, in my opinion is good but the process is not very fast: Enter the variable, then enter the type, then enter the subtype, delete the temporary statement, and when you finish you come back to the “v” of variable name and  choose the name style, short, full, tag.

    As I wrote, I already know the extension, but I want to know:

    - Your opinion.

    - Faster alternatives.

    - May be other operation way to suggest it to the author: name the variables at the end of file edition, to avoid this back and forth movement in the line.

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