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 some additional scripts).

Here is an example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to add a Virtual Field to display the Customer Status to every window in the entire Microsoft Dynamics GP application where a Customer ID is displayed, without needing Modified or Alternate windows.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageGP Power Tools Build 31 added Virtual Fields as a feature to the Developer Tools module. Virtual Fields allow additional fields to be added to windows without needing Modified or Alternate windows.

Virtual Fields are implemented using a series of Helper Functions which allow windows to be expanded, Virtual Fields to be added and then triggers and scripts applied to use the new fields.

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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 (or with a small conditional script).

Here is an example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to conditionally control the User Defined fields on the Account Maintenance window.

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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 is a real-life example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to set default values on a window when it opens.

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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 is a real-life example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to add formatting, validation and even Autocomplete to a field to ensure it is entered from a list of desired values.

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

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageWinthrop Development Consultants is a proud member of the Microsoft Dynamics GP community and we continue to invest in the community we love by being a sponsor at three upcoming conferences, the first starting in a week’s time:

  • Sponsor for the Microsoft Dynamics GP focused GPUC 24 conference (18th to 22nd November 2024) in Fargo, ND, USA in-person and virtually, hosted by Implementation Specialists.

In preparation for these conferences, we have used the great video creation tool, Renderforest, to update our product introduction videos for our latest builds and create a video for the amazing new GP Power ToolsForm Control module.

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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 is a real-life example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to add menus with shortcut keys to run any script on a window (usually a button).

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageBuild 31.3 of GP Power Tools was released on 01-Oct-2024. This build consolidates the fixes and enhancements made to the product since Build 31 was released, including compatibility with Microsoft Dynamics GP version 18.7.

We strongly encourage all our customers to stay updated with the latest builds of our products for their version of Microsoft Dynamics GP. We always want our customers on the latest code to get the best experience with all the new features and fixes, but we have also discontinued old builds primarily because of the Security Vulnerability discovered and fixed in August 2022.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThe latest and greatest version of Microsoft Dynamics GP has been released, and it contains many new features and bug fixes.

Winthrop Development Consultants has already updated its products for this Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.7 – October 2024 release. They are now built against the final build and so are no longer beta builds.

Check out the previous article for more information:

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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 is a real-life example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to mask or hide the Item Cost fields on the Item Maintenance window. A masked field is unreadable unless it has the keyboard focus.

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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 (or with a small conditional script).

Here is a real-life example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to automatically set the Posting Type to the correct value when the Account Number is entered on the Account Maintenance window.

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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 is a real-life example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to prevent users changing the Journal Entry number on the General Ledger Transaction Entry window.

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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 is a real-life example showing how you can quickly use Form Control to prevent entering Shipment/Invoices on the Receivings Transaction Entry window.

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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 (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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