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Starting in August 2026, the planned changes to the subscription model for 2027 for Visual Studio Integration Toolkit (VSIT) have been taking effect.
This article explains how those changes effect customers and partners of the product and hopefully answers any and all questions you might have. This article has been added to the VSIT Portal: https://winthropdc.com/VSIT
This is a repost of an original article by Jason Carr from August 2009 that I found very useful but is no longer available online. Originally published as
Thanks to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine I was able to recover the last version of the article from November 2020 and am posting it here as a reference.
The release of Build 18 of Visual Studio Integration Toolkit fulfills a long-term plan to add advanced modules to the product that extend its functionality beyond the original menu navigation that was offered by its predecessor, Menus for Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP.
The last big jump in functionality happened with Build 15 when support for Area Pages was added to the Menus module, and over 260 Helper Functions exposing “Dexterity only” functionality to Visual Studio Tools developers was added to the Helpers module.
Build 18 adds an advanced Custom Forms module which allows Visual Studio Tools developers to create their own Dexterity custom windows. These custom forms have the advantage over WinForms as they will work on the Web Client and all other Microsoft Dynamics GP features.
GP Power Tools is a subscription based product. This means it needs current, valid Registration Keys to stay operational.
If you have written Mission Critical Custom Code using GP Power Tools – Developer Tools module, you will want to ensure that those triggers and scripts stay active at all times and if the registration fails for any reason that you are notified immediately.
Community Summit Conference 2021, hosted by Dynamic Communities (DC) ran in Houston, Texas, USA last week from 12th to 15th October 2021.
I presented a session on Microsoft Dynamics GP development tools. Because I am still unable to leave Australia due to the pandemic border closures, the session was a pre-recorded video presentation.
Community Summit Conference 2021, hosted by Dynamic Communities (DC), is happening right now in Houston, Texas, USA until from 12th to 15th October 2021.
I am presenting a session on Microsoft Dynamics GP development tools as the first session of the day on Friday. As I am still unable to leave Australia due to the pandemic border closures, the session has been pre-recorded and will be run as a video presentation.
However, I will be online in a Microsoft Teams Meeting for the duration of the session and would love for anyone attending the conference (and those just interested in GP Development) to join me and others in the community for a chat and Q & A session.
Over the last couple of months I have been seeing a huge uptake on the sale and use of GP Power Tools – Development Tools module as more and more Microsoft Dynamics GP customer sites move their customizations away for the now “End of Life” Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
This article explains some of the differences and techniques for the common method driving the user interface using code written in VBA, Dexterity and Visual Studio Tools (C# or Visual Basic .Net).
Dynamic Communities (DC), the team behind GPUG, will be hosting their Community Summit Conference on 12th to 15th October 2021. The agenda with sessions has now been posted online and I will be presenting a session on Microsoft Dynamics GP development tools.
The Dynamics User Group (DUG) will be hosting its DynamicsCon Conference on 20th to 23rd September 2021. The agenda with sessions has been posted online after the session voting and selection has been completed and I will be presenting a session on Microsoft Dynamics GP development tools.
Today is the last day to vote for your favourite DynamicsCon conference sessions ahead of the conference scheduled for 20th to 23rd September 2021.
Make sure that you register and apply your 12 votes today to shape what you want to see at the conference.