{"id":39890,"date":"2022-03-31T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arquiconsult.com\/?p=39890"},"modified":"2024-10-23T10:54:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T09:54:05","slug":"unicode-characters-as-bitmaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arquiconsult.com\/en\/unicode-characters-as-bitmaps\/","title":{"rendered":"#018 UNICODE CHARACTERS AS BITMAPS"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Whenever we wanted to show a picture either on a CardPart or a ListPart, we used a Blob type field. Now that Blob with SubType Bitmap has become obsolete in Business Central, we have a new type of field for its replacement \u2013 the Media type.
\nMedia field works perfectly in a CardPart page, but has some known issues, as for example to appear correctly in a List page. That leaves us with a problem, especially if our clients need for some reason to have an image, logo, or any other type of image in a List.<\/p>\n

There is a solution that might help if you face this issue: use Unicode Characters<\/strong>. We can use symbols such as \u201c\u00a3\u221e\u058d\u06de?\u263c?\u201d and although they are text you might find a replacement for your image.<\/p>\n

In the following example we will show a simple solution for their usage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s imagine that our client wants to see the stock availability of an item in a faster and simpler way. He asks us to show on the Item page a red, green, or yellow sign if the stock is negative, positive or zero. With the Media type issue, we couldn\u2019t help him, but with the Unicode Characters<\/strong> we can go around it, inclusive with a more performant solution.<\/p>\n

First, we have created an extension of the Item table adding a new text field that will receive our Unicode Characters.
\n<\/strong>
\n\"codigo1\"<\/p>\n

Then we have created an Enum that has the colors that we want.<\/p>\n

\"codigo2\"<\/p>\n

After this we created a function that returns the Unicode Characters<\/strong> as text.<\/p>\n

\"codigo3\"<\/p>\n

To finish we did a comparison to turn our positive, negative or zero stock into the colors that we wanted to show.<\/p>\n

\"codigo4\"<\/p>\n

As a result, we get our Item page showing the signal colors depending on the stock inventory.<\/p>\n

\"codigo5\"<\/p>\n\n

\n \t\n\t
\n\t \t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t \t
\n\t\t \n
\n
\n