GP Power Tools Form Control is a “No Code/Low Code” customization tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP. It can be used to solve many requirements without any coding.

Here is a real-life example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to change the window titles and field captions.

In Microsoft Dynamics GP, the entity used for accounts receivable is called a “Customer” (or “Debtor” in some international English installs). So, we have Customer ID field on the Customer Maintenance window. Depending on the type of business, this entity might more accurately be called something else, for example: Some businesses have “Clients” and educational institutions have “Students”.

A business requirement for these organizations could be to rename the entity on all fields and windows in Microsoft Dynamics GP.

This requirement can be created with the Form Control module in a few minutes.

Changing Window Title

The FORM CONTROL CUST CAPTION Form Control ID is limited by the Base Settings Resource Filters to forms beginning with RM_, SOP_, IVC_, and SVC_ to avoid Form Control processing every form in the entire product looking for Customer related fields.

The Change Window Title rule is limited to only windows which have fields containing “Customer”.

The Expression field can contain the text to replace the window title with or contain find-and-replace values separated by a semicolon to dynamically update the window titles.

Changing Field Captions

The Change Field Caption rule is limited to fields which contain the word “Customer”.

The Expression field can contain the text to replace the field caption with or contain find-and-replace values separated by a semicolon to dynamically update the field captions.

Downloading and Installing

Download the example settings, import using the Project Setup window (without any project showing, select the path to the xml file and click Import):

• GP Power Tools Settings Form Control Cust Caption.dbg.zip

The Form Controls will be active immediately when the affected windows are next opened.

More Information

For an introduction series for Form Control with step-by-step instructions see:

• #GPPT Form Control Introduction – Making Maintenance windows Read Only

For more information see:

• GP Power Tools Portal: http://winthropdc.com/GPPT
• GP Power Tools Samples: http://winthropdc.com/GPPT/Samples
• GP Power Tools Videos: http://winthropdc.com/GPPT/Videos

Hope you find this example useful.

David

This article was originally posted on http://www.winthropdc.com/blog.