LinterCop LC0068: Fixing Indirect Permissions False Positives in AL
LinterCop rule LC0068 warns when a Business Central AL object is missing the Permissions property for table data it accesses — a critical check for indirect permissions. Without it, users who rely on indirect access will hit runtime errors that are difficult to trace back to the missing declaration.
This stream works through three confirmed false positives in the LC0068 implementation: the Integer virtual table triggering unnecessary warnings, XMLPort table elements with AutoReplace/AutoSave/AutoUpdate all set to false requiring unneeded modify permissions, and a case-sensitivity bug in the InherentPermissions attribute check. Each fix is implemented and tested against LinterCop's Roslyn-based test suite.
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0:00 - Introduction and stream setup
1:09 - Announcement of Microsoft MVP selection
2:59 - Discussing AL Rule for indirect permissions
5:55 - Fixing issues with the AL Rule
17:47 - Addressing XML Port warnings
25:52 - Handling inherent permissions
34:50 - Investigating Rec.FindFirst() issue
1:20:52 - Introduction to MSDyn365BC.Sandbox.Code.History
1:24:24 - Explaining GitHub Actions workflow
1:27:18 - Demonstrating partial clone of repository
1:32:35 - Comparing versions in the repository
1:36:14 - Closing remarks and future streams
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