Possibility to run functions from NAB AL Tools in a DevOps pipeline

[jwikman]

Some of the functions in NAB AL Tools would be nice to run from a DevOps pipeline.

Describe the solution you'd like

• Figure out how to make this request possible.
  • Must be callable from PowerShell - pipelines are running on Windows
  • Would probably need to download latest versions of vscode and NAB AL Tools.vsix
• Adjust the extension code if needed
• Document how to configure a DevOps pipeline to execute a given function in NAB AL Tools.
  • Prerequisites
  • Yaml sample
  • PowerShell sample

Functions that we want to call in first step:

• NAB: Generate External Documentation
  • Needs extra parameters paths to output
• NAB: Refresh XLF files from g.xlf
  • Could be used to check for differences before/after this function is called - To ensure that all xlf files are up to date

Describe alternatives you've considered
Re-implement some features in PowerShell... But the maintenance would be a nightmare.

[theschitz]

I started sketching on this here https://github.com/theschitz/nab-al-tools/blob/dev/pipeline_inteface/extension/src/PipelineInterface.ts *dead link*

Nothing major but maybe some ideas to use :)