Cannot publish app when it uses an interface and enum from another extension

[narongschmidt]

Describe the bug It's not possible to publish an app that uses an interface and enum that is defined in another extension.

Publishing results in error code 422 and message: Unable to cast object of type 'Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.CodeAnalysis.Symbols.ReferenceEnumTypeSymbol' to type 'Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.CodeAnalysis.Symbols.SourceEnumTypeSymbol'.

To Reproduce Steps and to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create new app A and define an interface with a corresponding enum.
2. Create new app B and add a page action with this trigger code to any page (it doesn't matter):

   // Code in app B
   trigger OnAction()
   var
   RecordWithEnumFieldFromAppA: Record SomeRecord;
   InterfaceFromAppA: Interface SomeInterface;
   begin
   InterfaceFromAppA:= RecordWithEnumFieldFromAppA.EnumField;
   end;

Expected behavior The app is successfully published to the instance.

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5. Versions:

• AL Language: 5.0.254558
• Business Central: 16.0 (Platform 16.0.11233.12061 + Application 16.0.12076.0)

[kalberes]

@PooyaKharamesh is this the case?

[Weichwolf]

@PooyaKharamesh I can confirm this bug.

You can not publish an app if it initializes an interface with a enum value defined in a referenced application.

procedure TestSquareValues()
var
    MathInterface_l: Interface MathInterface;           // defined in referenced application
    MathEnum_l: Enum MathEnum;                          // defined in referenced application
    MathSquare_l: Codeunit MathSquare;
begin
    MathInterface_l := MathSquare_l;                    // works correctly
    MathInterface_l := MathEnum_l::"Square Values";     // can not be published
    LibraryAssert_g.AreEqual(4, MathInterface_l.Calculate(2), '');
    LibraryAssert_g.AreEqual(36, MathInterface_l.Calculate(2, 3), '');
end;

Version: CH Business Central 16.0 (Platform 16.0.11233.12163 + Application 16.0.11240.12188)

[nicolassaleron]

I can confirm the bug too. It breaks my test pipelines: I am unable to publish my test apps if I use interfaces.

[nicolassaleron]

I have noticed that publishing from VSCode works but it fails when using the Powershell commands.

[kalberes]

@Weichwolf , @narongschmidt Have you create a workspace with proper dependencies (project references) and are you trying to publish from VsCode, or powershell? Since this should be working with project references in a workspace as mentioned above

[Weichwolf]

@kalberes A workspace with project references was created and I publish from VS Code.

https://github.com/Weichwolf/EnumInterfaceTest

[preetgor]

I do face the similar issue in Business central 16.0.

[thpeder]

Thanks for reporting the issue and providing reproduction steps, it helps a lot. I verified with the code from @Weichwolf repository and the issue has been fixed but please give it a try when the next update comes.

[Weichwolf]

It's still not working in 16.1.12629.12805

[atoader]

Are you able to test this on the preview version of the product by any chance?

[jwikman]

@thpeder Why is this closed? I still get this in platform 16.0.12630.12758

[jwikman]

I can confirm that it is solved in preview of 16.0 CU2 (Platform 16.0.13347.0). So @thpeder forget my question about why it is closed, it should be closed. :)