Properties overview

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This section describes the properties that are available to developers in Business Central for controlling the behavior of objects, like tables, pages, and reports.

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There are different properties for various AL object types. Some properties can be set on the object-level, and others pertain to specific controls of the object. Properties are added at the beginning of the code for the object or control, after the its definition, by using the syntax: Property_name = value;. For example:

page 50100 MyPage
{
    // Page object properties
    PageType = Card;
    ApplicationArea = All;
    UsageCategory = Administration;
    SourceTable = Customer;
    
    layout
    {
        area(Content)
        {
            group(GroupName)
            {
                field(Name; Name)
                {
                    // Field properties
                    ApplicationArea = All;                                     
                }
            }
        }
    }

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