- The article titled "Hi, Readers" provides a tip on how to quickly comment one or more lines of code in AL during development in Business Central.
- The article explains that comments in computer programming are programmer-readable explanations or annotations in the source code of a computer program.
- The author mentions that in AL Language, there are two commonly used ways to comment code: single-line comments (delimited by //) and multi-line comments (delimited by /* and */).
- The article also highlights that in Visual Studio Code (VS Code), there are two methods to comment and uncomment lines of code: using the Edit menu or keyboard shortcuts.
- The first method in VS Code is to select the lines and choose "Toggle Line Comment" in the Edit menu (Ctrl+/). This will toggle commenting of the selected lines using //.
- The second method in VS Code is to select the lines and choose "Toggle Block Comment" in the Edit menu (Shift+Alt+A). This will toggle commenting of the selected lines using /* and */.
- The article mentions that there is also a method provided by the operating system, such as in Windows, where pressing Ctrl + K, C can quickly comment one or more lines of code, and pressing Ctrl + K, U can uncomment them.
- The author suggests trying out the methods mentioned in the article and provides a test video and a link to a Business Central short video on quickly commenting and uncommenting code in AL.
- The article concludes by expressing hope that the information provided will be helpful and thanks the readers for reading.
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