David Meego - Click for blog homepageGP 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 (or with a small conditional script).

Here is a real-life example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to control phone and fax numbers in Microsoft Dynamics GP throughout the whole product.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageGP 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 are some real-life examples showing how you can quickly use Form Control to control how key fields such as Customer ID, Vendor ID and Item Number are entered into Microsoft Dynamics GP throughout the whole product.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageIn just two weeks’ time my wife, Jennifer, and I will be flying from Perth via Sydney and Dallas/Fort Worth to San Antonio, Texas, USA for two weeks at the Community Summit 2024 conference.

During the first week (Monday 7th to Friday 11th October 2024), I will be running Dexterity Fundamentals training at the San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk hotel. Then on Sunday 13th October, I will be running Academy training for GP Power Tools.

Once the conference starts, please come see us at Expo Booth 1425. Read on for more information on the two training classes and seven sessions I am presenting.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageForm Control provides a “No Code/Low Code” Customization tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP that can revolutionize how users, consultants and developers can make changes to the GP windows work. It was added as a new module to GP Power Tools with the release of Build 31.

This is the fourth article in a series of four articles. The series provides an introduction to Form Control, why it was created, how it works and what it is capable of doing. I will describe how the initial example of making Maintenance windows Read Only was configured. Then I will provide details of some extensions that can be added. The final article has downloadable sample projects for both Customer and Vendor Maintenance.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageForm Control provides a “No Code/Low Code” Customization tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP that can revolutionize how users, consultants and developers can make changes to how GP windows work. It was added as a new module to GP Power Tools with the release of Build 31.

This is the third article in a series of four articles. The series provides an introduction to Form Control, why it was created, how it works and what it is capable of doing. I will describe how the initial example of making Maintenance windows Read Only was configured. Then I will provide details of some extensions that can be added. The final article has downloadable sample projects for both Customer and Vendor Maintenance.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageForm Control provides a “No Code/Low Code” Customization tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP that can revolutionize how users, consultants and developers can make changes to how GP windows work. It was added as a new module to GP Power Tools with the release of Build 31.

This is the second article in a series of four articles. The series provides an introduction to Form Control, why it was created, how it works and what it is capable of doing. I will describe how the initial example of making Maintenance windows Read Only was configured. Then I will provide details of some extensions that can be added. The final article has downloadable sample projects for both Customer and Vendor Maintenance.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageForm Control provides a “No Code/Low Code” Customization tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP that can revolutionize how users, consultants and developers can make changes to how GP windows work. It was added as a new module to GP Power Tools with the release of Build 31.

This is the first article in a series of four articles. The series provides an introduction to Form Control, why it was created, how it works and what it is capable of doing. I will describe how the initial example of making Maintenance windows Read Only was configured. Then I will provide details of some extensions that can be added. The final article has downloadable sample projects for both Customer and Vendor Maintenance.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageI recently had a discussion with a customer about GP Power Tools appearing to slow down Microsoft Dynamics GP performance during login.

In summary, GP Power Tools was not slowing down performance, but it was making users wait until all background login processes had completed before they could use GP. The option to display the “Please Wait” dialog is controlled by a setting in the Administrator Settings window.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageSomething that is always a question when adding an ISV (Independent Software Vendor) add on product to Microsoft Dynamics GP is whether it negatively affects performance.

The short technical answer is always going to be Yes. As any additional code will take time to process. However, the real question is whether the effect on performance is noticeable to users.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageCommunity Summit 2024 in San Antonio, Texas, USA is fast approaching. David Musgrave from Winthrop Development Consultants will be running two extremely valuable training courses and now it is time to register.

The conference will be held on the 13th to 17th October 2024. There will be pre-conference training in the week before, from 7th to 11th October 2024, as well as Academy days before and after the conference itself.

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