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#MSDynGP 2024 Report on the Future of Dynamics GP

Posted on 6 February 2024 Posted in Business, Dynamics, GP, Microsoft, News Tagged with Application, News 2 Comments

Last week, AccountingWare, the people behind the ActivReporter reporting tool for GP, released the updated 2024 version of their report on the future of Dynamics GP. You might remember that I asked for my readers to complete the two surveys on the future of Microsoft Dynamics GP, well this is the resulting report from the second survey.

This report (based on 149 respondents) again confirms anecdotal evidence that most of the Microsoft Dynamics GP customer base is happy staying with Dynamics GP for the foreseeable future, and also that most of the few who are moving off GP are moving away from Microsoft’s ERP solutions.

#GPPT You do not have permission to run FN_TRACE_GETINFO

Posted on 5 February 2024 Posted in Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products, SQL Server Tagged with Application, GP Power Tools, GPPT, SQL No Comments

GP Power Tools has the ability to capture SQL Profile Traces as one of the five different types of logs it can generate from Microsoft Dynamics GP.

To achieve this, GP Power Tools needs to change some permissions on the SQL Server so that it can both generate the Trace programmatically and also copy the resulting files to the shared Logging Folder.

Registration Expired or Failed Dialog shown when launching Microsoft Dynamics GP

Posted on 31 January 2024 Posted in Batch Posting Service Toolkit, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products, Visual Studio Integration Toolkit Tagged with Application, Batch Posting Service Toolkit, BPST, GP Power Tools, GPPT, Visual Studio Integration Toolkit, VSIT No Comments

We are currently seeing an increase in customer sites reporting the Registration Expired or Failed dialog when launching Microsoft Dynamics GP.

This dialog is to notify users that a Winthrop Development Consultants product is no longer registered and action needs to be taken by the system administrator to fix the subscription and restore the product’s functionality.

#MSDynGP Understanding the Modern Lifecycle for Dynamics GP

Posted on 19 January 2024 Posted in Business, Dynamics, GP, Microsoft, News, Public Service Announcement Tagged with Application, News, PSA 2 Comments

There have been a number of articles on the future of Microsoft Dynamics GP with the change to the Modern Lifecycle in 2021 and the announcement about ceasing new customer site sales in April 2023.

[Edit] GPUG All-Star, SQL Guru and good friend Kerry Hataley has consolidated all the information from Microsoft into a single article and also produced a Dynamics GP Consolidated Timeline based on the official Microsoft Roadmap, product lifecycle information and the April 2023 announcement.

#GPPT Tracking changes to Item Cards Version 3

Posted on 18 January 2024 Posted in Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products, SQL Server Tagged with Application, Development, Dexterity, GP Power Tools, GPPT, SQL No Comments

This is a further update to the previous version of the change tracking project for Item Cards:

#GPPT Tracking changes to Item Cards Version 2

Based on the version 2 project, this update adds optional emailing of the changes made to a specified address.

#GPPT Tracking changes to Customer and Vendor Cards Version 4

Posted on 17 January 2024 Posted in Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products, SQL Server Tagged with Application, Development, Dexterity, GP Power Tools, GPPT, SQL No Comments

This is another update to the previous versions of the change tracking projects for Customer and Vendor cards:

#GPPT Tracking changes to Customer and Vendor Cards Version 3

Based on the version 3 projects, this update adds optional emailing of the changes made to a specified address.

#MSDynGP Dynamics GP’s Future So Bright Survey Results

Posted on 15 January 2024 Posted in Business, Conference, Dynamics, GP, Microsoft, News, Public Service Announcement Tagged with Application, Conference, News, PSA No Comments

At Community Summit 2023 in Charlotte, NC, USA we had a session on the future of Dynamics GP immediately after the GP General Session. The Dynamics GP Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades session interviewed customers, partners and ISVs to discuss their commitment to the Microsoft Dynamics GP platform.

During the session there was a quick live poll, as well as the link for a more detailed survey was shared.

#GPPT GP Power Tools has detected mismatched product dictionaries

Posted on 11 January 2024 Posted in Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products Tagged with Application, GP Power Tools, GPPT No Comments

When GP Power Tools Build 28 was released, it added a new Product Version Validation feature. One function of Product Version Validation is to warn when it detects Dexterity Product Dictionary version mismatches.

A dialog will be displayed after logging into Microsoft Dynamics GP explaining which product dictionary versions are mismatched for the current workstation. Once dismissed the application will continue as normal. However, mismatched product dictionaries are a security and data damage risk, and the issue should be resolved as soon as possible.

#MSDynGP Problems with MFA Email after upgrading Microsoft Dynamics GP

Posted on 22 December 2023 Posted in Dynamics, GP, Microsoft Tagged with Application, Exception No Comments

In the forums recently, I have noticed an increase in threads reporting issues with sending emails using MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) from Microsoft Dynamics GP.

It is possible that you are facing a permissions issue with the App Registration in Azure AD which needs to be resolved before emailing will work smoothly again.

#GPPT Making the Multicurrency Access Setup window usable

Posted on 11 December 2023 Posted in Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products Tagged with Application, Development, Dexterity, GP Power Tools, GPPT No Comments

During the Dexterity Fundaments Bootcamp training, which was run in the week prior to the Community Summit 2023 conference, one of the attendees came up with an issue using the Multicurrency Access Setup window in Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Their problem is that the list of companies shown on the right-hand scrolling windows are unsorted and the customer has over 300 companies. This makes using this window extremely frustrating and slow. They already owned GP Power Tools and wanted to use it for a fix.

#GPUC23 Don’t miss tomorrow’s free GP Power Tools Webinar

Posted on 29 November 2023 Posted in Conference, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products Tagged with Application, Conference, GP Power Tools, GPPT, GPUC No Comments

After the successful Great Plains User Conference (GPUC) event held in Fargo, ND, USA and online recently by Implementation Specialists, they are also hosting webinars for the sponsors of the event.

Winthrop Development Consultants has their session coming up tomorrow. See why GP Power Tools is the favorite addon product for all GP Customers globally. It’s free, so register now.

[Edit] If you did miss the live session, don’t worry the link for the recording is provided below.

#MSDynGP Surveys on the Future of Microsoft Dynamics GP

Posted on 20 November 2023 Posted in Business, Conference, Dynamics, GP, Microsoft, News, Public Service Announcement Tagged with Application, Conference, News, PSA No Comments

In April 2023, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Dynamics GP will not be available for sale to new customers after April 2026. While the announcement has very little effect on the existing customers, there have been lots of discussions on the future of Microsoft Dynamics GP and its client base.

Microsoft has indicated that they will be supporting the product to 2028 & Beyond. That “& Beyond” clause will be very dependent on what the existing customers using GP do. If the existing customer base continues to use GP and pay their annual enhancement fees, Microsoft’s management will be able to justify continued support beyond 2028 due to the income stream.
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#MSDynGP Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.6 – October 2023 has released

Posted on 3 October 2023 Posted in Batch Posting Service Toolkit, Conference, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, GPUG, Microsoft, Products, Training, Visual Studio Integration Toolkit Tagged with Batch Posting Service Toolkit, BPST, Community Summit 2022, Conference, GP Power Tools, GPPT, GPUG, Training, User Group Summit North America, Visual Studio Integration Toolkit, VSIT No Comments

The latest and greatest version of Microsoft Dynamics GP has been released, and it contains a number of new features and bug fixes.

Winthrop Development Consultants has already updated its products for this Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.6 – October 2023 release. They are now built against the final build and so are no longer beta builds.

Check out the previous article for more information:

#MSDynGP Microsoft Dynamics GP v18.6 ISV Pre-release installers now available

#GPPT Speeding up Custom Report Writer Functions

Posted on 28 September 2023 Posted in Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products, Report Writer, SQL Server Tagged with Application, Development, GP Power Tools, GPPT, Report Writer, SQL 1 Comment

A few years ago I published an article showing you can use a GP Power Tools custom RW Function to execute a SQL query and return data to a report. This article used some techniques which were valid at the time and while they still work, there are better and faster methods available in the later GP Power Tools builds.

Here is the link to the original article:

#GPPT Adding data from any SQL table to SOP Documents

#GPPT Adding a QR Code to a GP Report Writer Report

Posted on 27 September 2023 Posted in Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products, Report Writer Tagged with Application, Development, GP Power Tools, GPPT, Report Writer No Comments

I have been approached a couple of times with the request to place a QR Code (Quick-Response Code) onto a Microsoft Dynamics GP Report Writer report.

My initial response was that it was not possible as there is no way to include a dynamic image in a report. Only static images (such as logos) can be stored in the dictionary and added to reports.

But then I found online a couple of vendors selling QR Code True Type fonts….

#MySummitNA Dynamics GP Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Posted on 22 September 2023 Posted in Conference, GP, GPUG, Microsoft, Public Service Announcement Tagged with Application, Community Summit 2023, Conference, GPUG No Comments

Microsoft Dynamics GP customers, please take this quick, anonymous Current State of Dynamics GP survey now.

For the last 25 years or so, questions have been asked about the future of Microsoft Dynamics GP. I partially based my decision to leave Winthrop Dexterity Consultants in 2000 to become a Microsoft employee because of the “imminent demise” of Dynamics GP.

Fourteen years later, when I left Microsoft and started Winthrop Development Consultants, Microsoft Dynamics GP was still well and truly alive and going strong.

#GPPT Controlling Any Dialog. Automatic Email Login

Posted on 20 September 2023 Posted in Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products Tagged with Application, Development, Dexterity, GP Power Tools, GPPT No Comments

This week I was asked if GP Power Tools could automatically handle the login to email dialogs. Initially, I was thinking that this would not be possible as the login dialogs for both the Exchange Web Service and Multi Factor Authentication modes are not Dexterity based.

Then I decided to experiment with the .Net SendKeys Class using a .Net Execute script in GP Power Tools to see if the dialogs could be controlled by using code to insert keystrokes into the keyboard buffer.

#MySummitNA Winthrop Development Consultants at Community Summit Charlotte 2023

Posted on 13 September 2023 Posted in Conference, Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, GPUG, Microsoft, Products, Training, Visual Studio Integration Toolkit Tagged with Community Summit 2023, Conference, Dexterity, GP Power Tools, GPPT, GPUG, Training No Comments

In just over three weeks my wife, Jennifer, and I will be flying from Perth via Sydney and Dallas/Fort Worth to Charlotte, North Carolina, USA for two weeks at the Community Summit 2023 conference.

During the first week (Monday 9^th to Friday 13^th October 2023), I will be running Dexterity Fundamentals training at the JW Marriott hotel. Then on Sunday 15^th October, I will be running Academy training for GP Power Tools.

Once the conference starts, please come see us at Expo Booth 718. Read on for more information on the two training classes and seven sessions I am presenting.

#GPPT Fixing the 80 character limitation for the rw_CreateSOPTrackingNumberString report writer function

Posted on 12 September 2023 Posted in Band, Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products, Report Writer Tagged with Application, Development, Dexterity, GP Power Tools, GPPT, Report Writer No Comments

Yesterday, I had a quick chat with one of the legends of the Microsoft Dynamics GP community as they were preparing a session for the upcoming Community Summit 2023 in Charlotte, NC, USA and hit a technical issue which is actually a limitation in Dexterity (the development tool behind Microsoft Dynamics GP).

Read on to find out who is returning to Summit this year and how GP Power Tools solved their problem with the rw_CreateSOPTrackingNumberString() report writer function.

#GPPT Using GP Power Tools to fix GP Power Tools

Posted on 1 September 2023 Posted in Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products Tagged with Application, Development, Dexterity, GP Power Tools, GPPT No Comments

With the release of the ISV Drop of Microsoft Dynamics GP v18.6 yesterday. I went through the process of creating Pre-Release Beta builds of the Winthrop Development Consultants products.

One of the issues I came across with the update of GP Power Tools was that the parameters of a form procedure in Dynamics GP had changed and my code could no longer compile as I was receiving a “Wrong number of arguments to ‘MSGraphEmailSendEmail’.” error.

Here is how I used GP Power Tools to fix the code in GP Power Tools.

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