David Meego - Click for blog homepageThanks to everyone who attended last week’s DynamicsCon Virtual conference. Winthrop Development Consultants was proud to be the Champion sponsor of the Dynamics GP track.

During the conference a sponsor video about the new Form Control module was broadcast. The Form Control module was added to GP Power Tools build 31 or later, available for Microsoft Dynamics GP version 18.2 (modern lifecycle) or later.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageOn 25th September 2024, Microsoft announced they will end product support and updates for Dynamics GP on the 30th of September 2029 (with security patches ending on the 30th of April 2031). As a result, many Dynamics GP users are making decisions on their future plans with GP.

This survey from AccountingWare, the people behind the ActivReporter reporting tool for GP and previous reports from surveys, is intended to learn more about what other GP users think about this announcement, and what strategic plans GP users will make as a result.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThe Great Plains User Conference is fast approaching. The GPUC 2024 event is hosted by Implementation Specialists in Fargo, ND, USA (in person and virtually) from 18th to 22nd of November 2024.

Winthrop Development Consultants is proud to be a sponsor for the conference. If you have not registered yet, please consider signing up to attend the 4 days of sessions either in person or virtually.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageHere is a reminder that the free DynamicsCon November 2024 Virtual Conference is happening tomorrow on Wednesday 13th November 2024.

Winthrop Development Consultants is proud to be the champion sponsor for the Microsoft Dynamics GP track. Please attend for some free training for Dynamics GP and the other Microsoft ERP and Business Applications.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis example adds filtering on an amount and/or a document number to the Apply Sales Document window when the Find window is used. as well as sorting the documents by date. The additional functionality can make it much quicker to find the correct document for a payment to be applied to, by its amount or by any part of its document number.

This customization also demonstrates some very useful techniques including:

  • using Virtual Fields instead of Modifier to add the extra fields we need,
  • using Triggers to capture a table reference to a temporary table,
  • applying a where clause to that temporary table,
  • using a where clause that involves more than one table,
  • adding virtual keys to the temporary table,
  • and manipulating the contents of the temporary table.

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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 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 homepageRecently, I was contacted by Amiee Keenan from The ISV Society and asked if I wanted to join her for a session discussing the future of Microsoft Dynamics GP and why you should come to Community Summit in San Antonio.

Of course I agreed, and we recorded the What’s the Buzz podcast live last Tuesday.

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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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