Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition

Some C/AL naming conventions

In previous chapters, we discussed naming conventions for Tables, Pages, and Reports. In general, the naming guidelines for NAV objects and C/AL encourage consistency, common sense, and readibility. Use meaningful names. These make the system more intuitive to the users and more self-documenting.

When we name variables, we must try to keep the names as self-documenting as possible. We should differentiate between similar, but different, variable meanings, such as Cost (cost from the vendor) and Amount (selling price to the customer). Embedded spaces, periods, or other special characters should be avoided (even though we find some violations of this in the base product). If we want to use special characters for ...