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#GPPT Implementing Custom Forms using GP Power Tools 2

David Meego - Click for blog homepageWhen GP Power Tools Build 32 was released, it added powerful Custom Table functionality which allows for a developer to create a custom table definition and have that table created in each company automatically. The table can then be used in a similar fashion to a native Dexterity table using a suite of Custom Table Buffer Helper Functions.

This article updates the original article (below), which explained how to create a Custom Forms Module demonstration project, to use Custom Tables instead of SQL Tables for a much faster and simpler implementation.

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#MySummitNA See you soon at Community Summit 2025 in Orlando

David Meego - Click for blog homepageToday, I am off on my way to Orlando, Florida, USA for the Community Summit 2025 conference. With a 12 hour time difference between Perth and Orlando and an almost equal distance from the equator, I will truly be going halfway around the globe with my Friday lasting 36 hours.

I will be presenting a 5 day Dexterity class and a 1 day GP Power Tools class and then being involved with and presenting at least seven sessions. I will also be taking advantage of a number of “Advanced Networking Opportunities” including being a sponsor of the PowerGP Online party on Wednesday night.

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#GPPT Beginner’s Guide to Adding Custom Fields – Update: Using Custom Tables

David Meego - Click for blog homepageWelcome to the eleventh article as an update to the series of articles that explains in detail the steps to add a user defined custom field to a window using Modifier, Report Writer and GP Power Tools to add the business logic.

The series should be read in order starting with the introduction article:

In this article we will show how to use Custom Tables (added in Build 32) to store data rather than the DUOS table. In the previous articles we included the Customization Maintenance packages and showed how to use manual SQL tables.

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#Robotics Handling Reversed Tiles and Wide Lines

David Meego - Click for blog homepageOne of the challenges with the Robocup Junior Australia Line Rescue challenge is handling when the tile colours are reversed, that is a white line on a black background. This tile is called “Night Drive”.

There is also a tile which has a wider black line but is still on a white background. This tile is called “Wide Road” but is probably only used for the Western Australian competition.

         

This article explains techniques that can be used to update the line following algorithm for a two-sensor line following robot to handle these two tiles.

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#GPPT Beginner’s Guide to Adding Custom Fields – Update: Using manual SQL tables

David Meego - Click for blog homepageWelcome to the tenth article as an update to the series of articles that explains in detail the steps to add a user defined custom field to a window using Modifier, Report Writer and GP Power Tools to add the business logic.

The series should be read in order starting with the introduction article:

In this article we will show how to use manual SQL tables to store data rather than the DUOS table. In the previous article we included the Customization Maintenance packages. In the following article we will show how to use GPPT Custom Tables (even better than manual SQL tables).

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#GPPT Beginner’s Guide to Adding Custom Fields – Update: Including the Modified Resources

David Meego - Click for blog homepageWelcome to the ninth article as an update to the series of articles that explains in detail the steps to add a user defined custom field to a window using Modifier, Report Writer and GP Power Tools to add the business logic.

The series should be read in order starting with the introduction article:

In this article we will provide updates to the project adding the modified window and report to the project. In the following articles we will show how to use manual SQL tables and then GPPT Custom Tables (even better than manual SQL tables).

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#MSDynGP Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.8 – October 2025 has released

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

Winthrop Development Consultants has already updated its products for this Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.8 – October 2025 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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#GPPT Adding Virtual Fields to Item Maintenance Version 2

David Meego - Click for blog homepageGP Power Tools Build 32 added Custom Tables as a new feature to the Developer Tools module. Custom Tables can automatically create and maintenance SQL tables in company (or system) databases as defined by the definition in the Custom Tables Setup window.

This is an updated version of the #GPPT Adding Virtual Fields to Item Maintenance project which uses a Custom Table to store the data rather than the DUOS. Easy access to the Custom Tables is provided by a series of Custom Table Buffer Helper Functions which replicate how Dexterity table buffers work.

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Repost: DexSense by Tim Gordon from AlphaSoft

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is a repost of an original article by Tim Gordon October 2017 that I found very useful but is no longer available online. Originally published as

Thanks to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine I was able to recover the last version of the article from June 2021 and am posting it here as a reference.
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Repost: Centering a Message Box on the Active Window in C# by Jason Carr

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is a repost of an original article by Jason Carr from August 2009 that I found very useful but is no longer available online. Originally published as

Thanks to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine I was able to recover the last version of the article from November 2020 and am posting it here as a reference.
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#GPPT Last Chance to register for GP Power Tools Workshop 2025

David Meego - Click for blog homepageAre you looking to unlock the full potential of your Dynamics GP system?

Hi, I’m David Musgrave, Managing Director of Winthrop Development Consultants from Perth, Western Australia. I’m thrilled to invite you to the one-day workshop: “Optimizing your system with GP Power Tools” at Summit Academy, on Sunday 19th October.

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#Dexterity Last Chance to register for GP Dexterity Bootcamp 2025

David Meego - Click for blog homepageAre you ready to take your Dynamics GP skills to the next level?

Hi, I’m David Musgrave, Managing Director at Winthrop Development Consultants from Perth, Western Australia. I’m excited to invite you to the upcoming GP Dexterity Bootcamp, happening in Orlando the week before Community Summit—from Monday 13th to Friday 17th October.

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#MySummitNA Dynamic Communities Summit MVP Insights Podcast

David Meego - Click for blog homepageA little while ago I recorded an MVP Insights podcast with Pam Misialek from Dynamic Communities.

We discussed the future of Microsoft Dynamics GP and the Academy training and sessions I am presenting at Community Sumit 2025 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

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#MySummitNA Winthrop Development Consultants at Community Summit Orlando 2025

David Meego - Click for blog homepageIn just over a month’s time my wife, Jennifer, and I will be flying from Perth via Sydney and Dallas/Fort Worth to Orlando, Florida, USA for two weeks at the Community Summit 2025 conference.

During the first week (Monday 13th to Friday 17th October 2025), I will be running Dexterity Fundamentals training at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee. Then on Sunday 19th October, I will be running Academy training for GP Power Tools.

Once the conference starts, please come see us at Expo Booth 310. Read on for more information on the two training classes and seven sessions I am presenting or assisting with.

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#MySummitNA PowerGP Online Party at Community Summit Orlando 2025

David Meego - Click for blog homepageWinthrop Development Consultants is still fully committed to the Microsoft Dynamics GP product and its fantastic community. We continue to put a huge amount of effort into making the lives of the members of the GP Community easier, simpler and less stressful.

As part of this stress release effort and to help provide advanced networking opportunities, we are very proud to sponsor the PowerGP Online Party at Community Summit 2025 in Orlando, FL, USA.

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#GPPT Using .Net Math Functions from Microsoft Dynamics GP

David Meego - Click for blog homepageA recent customization project I was working on using GP Power Tools required the calculation of a square root as part of some number crunching needed to work out material quantities on a Sales Order Processing transaction.

While Dexterity (the language behind Microsoft Dynamics GP) is great at accounting style mathematics (as per a standard calculator), it does not have advanced functions for powers, logs, and trigonometry (as per a scientific calculator). This means that there is no “native” method to calculate a square root.

However, Dexterity (from v14.0 onwards) has a .Net Interop which allows you to import and call .Net libraries directly from your Dexterity scripts. This example shows how to call the System.Math library as well as other advanced techniques, such as Custom Forms and Virtual Fields.

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#GPPT Making Tax Registration Number on Purchasing Vendor Detail Entry Required

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is the sixth article in the series on making window fields required. If you have not yet read the introduction article to the series, please read that first:

This example uses GP Power Tools code to make the Tax Registration Number field on the Purchase Order Entry – Purchasing Vendor Detail Entry sub window (separate form) required.

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#GPPT Making Salesperson ID on Sales Customer Detail Entry Required

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is the fifth article in the series on making window fields required. If you have not yet read the introduction article to the series, please read that first:

This example uses GP Power Tools code to make the Salesperson ID field on the Sales Transaction Entry – Sales Customer Detail Entry sub window (separate form) required.

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#GPPT Making Substitute Item 1 on Item Maintenance Options Required

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is the fourth article in the series on making window fields required. If you have not yet read the introduction article to the series, please read that first:

This example uses GP Power Tools code to make the Substitute Item 1 field on the Item Maintenance Options sub window (same form) required.

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#GPPT Making Tax Registration Number on Vendor Maintenance Options Required

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is the third article in the series on making window fields required. If you have not yet read the introduction article to the series, please read that first:

This example uses GP Power Tools code to make the Tax Registration Number field on the Vendor Maintenance Options sub window (same form) required.

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