CHALLENGE #4 - Translate Item Descriptions (LEVEL 2)

Scenario

For companies that provide item descriptions in more than one language, storing these descriptions on the item card (via extended text, for example) provides a ready-to-use reference.  As new items are entered, a service would translate the item description into one or more languages and store the translation for reference or use on orders or e-commerce engines.

To complete this challenge, you will need

To complete this challenge, you will need:

• A Dynamics 365 Business Central Sandbox Environment
  • Use https://aka.ms/bcsandbox to create an Azure VM if you do not have a sandbox environment.
• Visual Studio Code with the AL Extension installed
  • Azure VMs will have VS Code pre-installed
• A translator API Key from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/translator/trial.aspx

Expected result

Steps

• Create an empty app
• Create a table extension for the item table and add fields
• Create a page extension for the item card and add fields
• Add a Codeunit with a function that translates a text from one language to another.
• Add a button to the Item card, calling the translate method for all new description fields.

Hints

• In VS Code, use Ctrl+Shift+P and type AL GO and remove the customerlist page extension
• Use the ttableext, and the tfieldtext snippet
• Use the tpageext and the tpagefield snippet
• Use HttpClient to communicate with the Web Service and use Json types (JsonObject, JsonToken, JsonArray and JsonValue) to build content and extract values from the Web Service result. See /en-us/azure/cognitive-services/translator/reference/v3-0-translate 
• Use taction snippet and add code to call the translate method

Cheat Sheets

• Create an empty app
• Create a table extension
• Create a page extension
• Code for translating text
• Action for translating the description

 

Happy coding

Freddy Kristiansen
Technical Evangelist

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