Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Renaming/reorganizing files

As mentioned earlier, this is the most widely used functionality of the tool:

• Renaming is renaming the file.
• Reorganizing is renaming the file AND placing it in a subfolder that matches its object type.

The essence is captured in four commands that are again available from the Visual Studio Code command palette:

• CRS: Rename – Current File.
• CRS: Rename – All Files.
• CRS: Reorganize – Current File.
• CRS: CRS: Reorganize – All Files—note that Reorganize will move a test codeunit to the test folder.

There's also a setting to start the file renaming/reorganizing automatically when saving a .al file:

"CRS.OnSaveAlFileAction": "Rename"

Another interesting functionality of rename/reorganize is the ability to ...