support for default,latest or preview as vsixFile

AppHandling/Run-AlPipeline.ps1

@@ -702,6 +702,8 @@ if ($bcptTestSuites) { $bcptTestSuites | ForEach-Object { Write-Host "- $_" } }
 Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow "Custom CodeCops"
 if ($customCodeCops) { $customCodeCops | ForEach-Object { Write-Host "- $_" } } else { Write-Host "- None" }
 
+$vsixFile = DetermineVsixFile -vsixFile $vsixFile
+
 $compilerFolder = ''
 
 if ($useCompilerFolder) {

AppHandling/Run-AlValidation.ps1

@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ else {
     $RemoveBcContainer = { Param([Hashtable]$parameters) Remove-BcContainer @parameters }
 }
 
+$vsixFile = DetermineVsixFile -vsixFile $vsixFile
+
 $currentArtifactUrl = ""
 
 if ("$validateVersion" -eq "" -and !$validateCurrent -and !$validateNextMinor -and !$validateNextMajor) {

CompilerFolderHandling/New-BcCompilerFolder.ps1

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ try {
     $version = [System.Version]($parts[4])
     $country = $parts[5]
 
+    $vsixFile = DetermineVsixFile -vsixFile $vsixFile
+
     if ($version -lt "16.0.0.0") {
         throw "Containerless compiling is not supported with versions before 16.0"
     }

ContainerHandling/Get-LatestAlLanguageExtensionUrl.ps1

@@ -17,24 +17,7 @@ function Get-LatestAlLanguageExtensionUrl {
 
 $telemetryScope = InitTelemetryScope -name $MyInvocation.InvocationName -parameterValues $PSBoundParameters -includeParameters @()
 try {
-    $listing = Invoke-WebRequest -Method POST -UseBasicParsing `
-                      -Uri https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/extensionquery?api-version=3.0-preview.1 `
-                      -Body '{"filters":[{"criteria":[{"filterType":8,"value":"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code"},{"filterType":12,"value":"4096"},{"filterType":7,"value":"ms-dynamics-smb.al"}],"pageNumber":1,"pageSize":50,"sortBy":0,"sortOrder":0}],"assetTypes":[],"flags":0x192}' `
-                      -ContentType application/json | ConvertFrom-Json
-    
-    $vsixUrl =  $listing.results | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty extensions `
-                         | Select-Object -ExpandProperty versions `
-                         | Where-Object { ($allowPrerelease.IsPresent -or !(($_.properties.Key -eq 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.PreRelease') -and ($_.properties | where-object { $_.Key -eq 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.PreRelease' }).value -eq "true")) } `
-                         | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty files `
-                         | Where-Object { $_.assetType -eq "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage"} `
-                         | Select-Object -ExpandProperty source
-     
-    if ($vsixUrl) {
-        $vsixUrl
-    }
-    else {
-        throw "Unable to locate latest AL Language Extension from the VS Code Marketplace"
-    }
+    GetLatestAlLanguageExtensionUrl -allowPrerelease:$allowPrerelease
 }
 catch {
     TrackException -telemetryScope $telemetryScope -errorRecord $_

ContainerHandling/New-NavContainer.ps1

@@ -1452,6 +1452,8 @@ try {
         $parameters += "--env bakfile=$bakFile"
     }
 
+    $vsixFile = DetermineVsixFile -vsixFile $vsixFile
+
     if ($vsixFile) {
         $vsixUrl = $vsixFile
         if ($vsixUrl.StartsWith("https://", "OrdinalIgnoreCase") -or $vsixUrl.StartsWith("http://", "OrdinalIgnoreCase")) {

HelperFunctions.ps1

@@ -1170,3 +1170,47 @@ function GetAppInfo {
     $job | Wait-Job | Receive-Job
     $job | Remove-Job
 }
+
+function GetLatestAlLanguageExtensionUrl {
+    Param(
+        [switch] $allowPrerelease
+    )
+
+    $listing = Invoke-WebRequest -Method POST -UseBasicParsing `
+                      -Uri https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/extensionquery?api-version=3.0-preview.1 `
+                      -Body '{"filters":[{"criteria":[{"filterType":8,"value":"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code"},{"filterType":12,"value":"4096"},{"filterType":7,"value":"ms-dynamics-smb.al"}],"pageNumber":1,"pageSize":50,"sortBy":0,"sortOrder":0}],"assetTypes":[],"flags":0x192}' `
+                      -ContentType application/json | ConvertFrom-Json
+    
+    $vsixUrl =  $listing.results | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty extensions `
+                         | Select-Object -ExpandProperty versions `
+                         | Where-Object { ($allowPrerelease.IsPresent -or !(($_.properties.Key -eq 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.PreRelease') -and ($_.properties | where-object { $_.Key -eq 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code.PreRelease' }).value -eq "true")) } `
+                         | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty files `
+                         | Where-Object { $_.assetType -eq "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage"} `
+                         | Select-Object -ExpandProperty source
+     
+    if ($vsixUrl) {
+        $vsixUrl
+    }
+    else {
+        throw "Unable to locate latest AL Language Extension from the VS Code Marketplace"
+    }
+}
+
+function DetermineVsixFile {
+    Param(
+        [string] $vsixFile
+    )
+
+    if ($vsixFile -eq 'default') {
+        return ''
+    }
+    elseif ($vsixFile -eq 'latest') {
+        return (GetLatestAlLanguageExtensionUrl)
+    }
+    elseif ($vsixFile -eq 'preview') {
+        return (GetLatestAlLanguageExtensionUrl -allowPrerelease)
+    }
+    else {
+        return $vsixFile
+    }
+}