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Installing the Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP FAQ

Aug 4, 2009 Tagged with Application, Dex.ini, Support, Support Debugging Tool 6 Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Support Debugging Tool is now GP Power Tools from Winthrop Development Consultants (https://winthropdc.com/GPPT)

I have been asked a few times recently about installing the Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP on a live system. This post covers some of the Frequently Asked Questions about installing the tool.

Developing For Dynamics GP

Where are Dynamics GP’s Business Rules Defined and Enforced?

Aug 2, 2009 Tagged with Application, Dexterity, eConnect, History, Integration Manager, SQL, VBA 4 Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

In a recent forum post, the question of where the business logic for Dynamics GP resides was raised. This is an excellent question which, sadly, does not have a simple answer.

Developing For Dynamics GP

Modifier – How to Expand the GL Transaction Entry Scrolling Window Example

Jul 28, 2009 Tagged with Modifier, VBA 1 Comment

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

One of the customisations that I have heard requests for a number of times is to open the General Ledger Journal Entry (GL Transaction Entry) window’s scrolling window (grid) to its expanded state when the window is opened.

Developing For Dynamics GP

Arabic Version of Microsoft Dynamics GP

Jul 27, 2009 Tagged with Blogsphere, Language, Translation 4 Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

One of our community’s MVP, Mohammad Daoud, is giving us a preview of the Arabic version of Microsoft Dynamics GP he has created.

He has used Modifier and Report Writer to update all the messages and strings in the dictionaries, which leaves the original application dictionaries unchanged.

Developing For Dynamics GP

What does the Preprinted Form option on the Report Definition window do?

Jul 26, 2009 Tagged with Application, Fonts, Report Writer No Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

When working with the Report Writer to print a report onto a preprinted form it is important to ensure that the report prints to the same position regardless of the printer or printer driver used. This article explains the option that allows a report to always print in the same physical position. This can also be handy for plain paper reports; for example: An invoice that had an address which needs to show through a “windowed” envelope.

Developing For Dynamics GP

Getting Started with Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP

Jul 22, 2009 Tagged with Blogsphere, C#, Developer Toolkit, Development Tools, Dexterity, VB, Visual Studio Tools No Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

The Dynamics GP Blogster, Mariano Gomez, has begun an awesome series of posts about how a Dexterity developer can get started using Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Developing For Dynamics GP

VBA – Determine if the Caps Lock button is enabled on Password entry

Jul 22, 2009 Tagged with Advanced Topic, NDM, Passwords, Patrick Roth, VBA 6 Comments

This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

With password policies in place in Dynamics 10.0 RTM, it was easy to be able for your user to ‘lock themselves out’ after a mistyped password or two.

Because Dynamics GP doesn’t give you any kind of warning that the Caps Lock key is enabled, the user wouldn’t necessarily notice this is the real issue and not a typo and all of a sudden you are locked out.

Developing For Dynamics GP

Dexterity Pragma Pre-compiler directives

Jul 14, 2009 Tagged with Best Practice, Dexterity No Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

Most Dexterity developers would have seen the pragma(disable warning LiteralStringUsed) command used at some stage to avoid literal string warnings when hard coded strings are needed as part of a script. This can often be the case when building SQL where clauses or pass through SQL, sanScript or macro code.

Developing For Dynamics GP

RW – Getting RW_ConvertToWordsAndNumbers() to show cents in words

Jul 7, 2009 Tagged with Dexterity, Report Writer, RW Functions 5 Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

A little while ago I wrote an article about how to get the RW_ConvertToWordsAndNumbers() report writer user defined function to work correctly for both originating and functional currency views. Today, a comment was added to that article asking about how to get the RW_ConvertToWordsAndNumbers() function to return the cents in words rather than numbers.

Usually the function will convert the dollar amount into words but the cent amount is shown as numbers.

Developing For Dynamics GP

Any Font in the Dexterity Script Editor

Jul 5, 2009 Tagged with Dex.ini, Dexterity, Fonts, Fun, NDM, Patrick Roth 2 Comments

This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

Aren’t secrets fun? And while having a secret is fun in and of itself, it is also fun to share them from time to time (and allowed to share them).

The secret today is an undocumented feature that I believe was added to 10.0 SP2. As an undocumented feature, this means:

It might not work for you
It might cause “issues”
Don’t ask support about it if it causes “issues”
Might not work in the future

That said:

I can’t see why it wouldn’t work
I don’t see what issues it would cause and is completely reversible