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The type or method 'Exists' / 'TemporaryPath()' cannot be used for 'Cloud' development.

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Posted on by Antonio Llanero 95

Hi.
I'm having trouble moving my Business Central 15 extension from On Premis to Cloud.
I have several functions that fail me like Exists 0 TemporaryPath (). It gives me the following error: The type or method 'Exists' / 'TemporaryPath()' cannot be used for 'Cloud' development.
Can someone tell me what to do for these cases or where can I find the new functions that replace them?

Greetings and thanks.

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    Bilal Haider Profile Picture
    Bilal Haider 414 on at

    Yes, you need to refactor your solution as Binesh wrote.

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    Binesh Profile Picture
    Binesh 7,885 on at

    Hi Antonio,

    In Cloud /SaaS you can not use file directly, you should refactor your extension / Solution.

    Try to use Stream instead of file.

    There are many articles on File Handling in BC Cloud, few of them are below.

    1.  sbinesh.blogspot.com/.../file-handling-in-business-central-saas.html

    2.  www.archerpoint.com/.../microsoft-business-central-file-handling-part-1

    3.  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/introduction-basics-file-management/

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