David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is a further update to the previous version of the change tracking project for Item Cards:

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

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is another update to the previous versions of the change tracking projects for Customer and Vendor cards:

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

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageAt 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.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageGP Power Tools has very powerful and flexible Automatic Logout functionality to gracefully log idle users out of Microsoft Dynamics GP. However, this feature requires the user to be idle for a specified period before it will attempt to logout.

As an Administrator there are times where you would like users to exit Microsoft Dynamics GP immediately and don’t want to wait for Automatic Logout to activate. The sample project in this article makes this possible.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageWhen 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.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis article covers how to uninstall Winthrop Products and also how to remove previous versions showing in Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

Winthrop Products use a two-step uninstall process and will not uninstall from the Programs and Features applet in the Control Panel until they have first been uninstalled from the Microsoft Dynamics GP application. This allows the products to clean up all the settings, tables and other SQL objects from the SQL Server as well as removing themselves from the application installation before the files are removed by uninstalling from the control panel.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepagePreviously, we have discussed controlling the Report Destination Dialogs and even External Dialogs using GP Power Tools but have not published any examples of controlling the standard System Dialogs shown when the warning, error, ask() or debug commands are used in Dexterity.

This example shows how GP Power Tools adds this functionality not normally available for use with Dexterity. Visual Basic for Applications and Visual Studio Tools both have the ability to trigger before and after Modal Dialogs, but Dexterity does not. GP Power Tools adds the functionality with its Modal Dialog Focus Triggers.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageMerry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

I hope you have all had a wonderful Holiday season so far and have taken some time off from work and are spending it with your family and friends.

As 2023 draws to a close, I am very happy with how the year has treated Winthrop Development Consultants. We released new builds of all our products with some great new features and had a very successful trip to the USA for Community Summit, which included receiving a GPUG All Star Award for 2023 and the Community Summit Legends Award.

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