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The altool tag on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft's ALTool, the command-line build tool used with Dynamics 365 Business Central AL extension projects. Recent discussion centers on Business Central 29.0 preview adding structured, project-specific compiler diagnostic logs to ALTool workspace builds, letting development teams retain build findings for automated analysis and code-quality tracking instead of relying on a simple pass-or-fail result. For teams maintaining multiple interdependent AL extensions, that change matters because it preserves the evidence behind a build outcome and feeds reporting pipelines. Coverage here suits Business Central developers and AL engineers working with automated builds and compiler diagnostics.
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    Business Central 29 ALTool Adds CLI Test Automation and JSON Results for CI/CD

    Business Central developers have spent years running automated tests through workarounds: containers, PowerShell helper modules, test pages in a browser, or a person clicking Run. Microsoft says ALTool can now handle that work itself. Roadmap item 573334 says ALTool can compile, deploy and run...
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    Business Central 29 ALTool Adds Project-Specific Compiler Diagnostic Logs for Automated Builds

    Microsoft is adding structured, project-specific compiler diagnostic logs to ALTool workspace builds for Dynamics 365 Business Central. The change gives development teams a way to retain build findings for automated analysis and code-quality tracking, rather than treating compilation as a simple...