Fix aldoc in BC 25.0 (#1233)

Co-authored-by: freddydk <freddydk@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Alexander Holstrup <117829001+aholstrup1@users.noreply.github.com>

Actions/BuildReferenceDocumentation/BuildReferenceDocumentation.HelperFunctions.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 function DownloadAlDoc {
     if ("$ENV:aldocPath" -eq "") {
+        $ENV:aldocCommand = ''
         Write-Host "Locating aldoc"
         $artifactUrl = Get-BCArtifactUrl -type sandbox -country core -select Latest -accept_insiderEula
         Write-Host "Downloading aldoc"
@@ -13,6 +14,14 @@
         Remove-Item -Path "$($tempFolder).zip" -Force
         if ($IsLinux) {
             $ENV:aldocPath = Join-Path $tempFolder 'extension/bin/linux/aldoc'
+            if (Test-Path $ENV:aldocPath) {
+                & /usr/bin/env sudo pwsh -command "& chmod +x $ENV:aldocPath"
+            }
+            else {
+                # If the executable isn't found, use dotnet to run the dll
+                $ENV:aldocPath = Join-Path $tempFolder 'extension/bin/linux/aldoc.dll'
+                $ENV:aldocCommand = 'dotnet'
+            }
         }
         else {
             $ENV:aldocPath = Join-Path $tempFolder 'extension/bin/win32/aldoc.exe'
@@ -21,12 +30,11 @@
             throw "aldoc tool not found at $ENV:aldocPath"
         }
         if ($IsLinux) {
-            & /usr/bin/env sudo pwsh -command "& chmod +x $ENV:aldocPath"
         }
         Write-Host "Installing/Updating docfx"
         CmdDo -command dotnet -arguments @("tool","update","--global docfx --version 2.75.3") -messageIfCmdNotFound "dotnet not found. Please install it from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download"
     }
-    return $ENV:aldocPath
+    return $ENV:aldocPath, $ENV:aldocCommand
 }
 
 function SanitizeFileName([string] $fileName) {
@@ -167,7 +175,15 @@ function GenerateDocsSite {
     }
     $indexContent = ReplacePlaceHolders -str $indexTemplate -version $version -releaseNotes $releaseNotes -indexTemplateRelativePath $thisTemplateRelativePath
 
-    $alDocPath = DownloadAlDoc
+    $aldocPath, $aldocCommand = DownloadAlDoc
+    if ($aldocCommand) {
+        $aldocArguments = @($aldocPath)
+    }
+    else {
+        $aldocArguments = @()
+        $aldocCommand = $aldocPath
+    }
+
     $docfxPath = Join-Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) ([Guid]::NewGuid().ToString())
     New-Item -Path $docfxPath -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
     try {
@@ -181,14 +197,14 @@ function GenerateDocsSite {
         }
         $apps = @($apps | Select-Object -Unique)
 
-        $arguments = @(
+        $arguments = $aldocArguments + @(
             "init"
             "--output ""$docfxpath"""
             "--loglevel $loglevel"
             "--targetpackages ""$($apps -join '","')"""
             )
-        Write-Host "invoke aldoc $arguments"
-        CmdDo -command $aldocPath -arguments $arguments
+        Write-Host "invoke $aldocCommand $arguments"
+        CmdDo -command $aldocCommand -arguments $arguments
 
         # Update docfx.json
         Write-Host "Update docfx.json"
@@ -214,14 +230,14 @@ function GenerateDocsSite {
         Get-Content $tocYmlFile | Out-Host
 
         $apps | ForEach-Object {
-            $arguments = @(
+            $arguments = $aldocArguments + @(
                 "build"
                 "--output ""$docfxpath"""
                 "--loglevel $loglevel"
                 "--source ""$_"""
                 )
-            Write-Host "invoke aldoc $arguments"
-            CmdDo -command $aldocPath -arguments $arguments
+            Write-Host "invoke $aldocCommand $arguments"
+            CmdDo -command $aldocCommand -arguments $arguments
         }
 
         # Set release notes

RELEASENOTES.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ### Issues
 
 - Issue 1184 Publish to Environment fails on 'Permission Denied'
+- AL Language extension in 25.0 doesn't contain the linux executable, use dotnet to invoke the dll instead.
 
 ### New Settings