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Development, Dexterity, GP Power Tools, Products

#GPPT Automatic Logout Not Identifying Activity and Logging Out

Jan 23, 2023 Tagged with Development, Dexterity, GP Power Tools, GPPT No Comments

We get reports every now and then of a user being logged out of Microsoft Dynamics GP by the GP Power Tools Automatic Logout feature even though they have been active on GP within the timeout period.

This happens because there is no way to track “Inactivity” in Microsoft Dynamics GP, so instead we attempt to track “Activity” by triggering on common events/scripts within GP and resetting the last active time and date.

However, there are times when a user could be active in GP and manages to avoid invoking any of the actions that would be identified as “Activity”. When this happens, they can be logged out incorrectly.

Fun

Friday Funny: Bo Burnham: “Unpaid Intern” Reaction Video

Jan 20, 2023 Tagged with Friday Funny, Fun No Comments

This is the first Firday Funny post for a while and the first for the year 2023.

While visiting my eldest son in Canberra over Christmas and New Year, he showed me some of comedian, actor, filmmaker and songwriter Bo Burnham’s videos on YouTube and Netflix.

One in particular was really funny while still being safe enough to post on my blog….

Conference, DUG, News

#DynamicsCon Vote for Sessions for March 2023 Conference

Jan 19, 2023 Tagged with Conference, DUG, DynamicsCon, News No Comments

The next installment of DynamicsCon conference is scheduled for 15^th to 16^th March 2023. The session submission period is over and now we enter the session voting period until 27^th January 2023.

During this voting period all registered attendees have 8 votes to apply to sessions as they wish, then the votes will be tallied and the final session lists published. See this explanation for more details of the process.

Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft

#GPPT Automating Printing and Emailing of Sales Order Processing Documents

Dec 21, 2022 Tagged with Application, Development, Dexterity, GP Power Tools, GPPT No Comments

Microsoft Dynamics GP has the ability to output Sales Order Processing transactions to a printer so the documents can be sent via “snail” mail, or you can send the documents via email. You can even send documents both to email and the printer.

However, two issues have been found which make the functionality less than perfect. This sample project for GP Power Tools resolves these issues and restores the perfection.

Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products

#GPPT Installing GP Power Tools Build 29 or later can break older Windows Applications

Dec 20, 2022 Tagged with Application, Exception, GP Power Tools, GPPT No Comments

A recent support case was reported where a site updated to GP Power Tools Build 29 and after the installation a separate Windows Application stopped working.

Initially, the only way the customer was able to get this application working again was to rebuild the workstation by re-imaging back to a clean Windows installation. After a bit of troubleshooting, we were able to identify the cause of the issue.

Fun, News

Merry Christmas 2022 and Happy New Year 2023

Dec 19, 2022 Tagged with Fun, News No Comments

Hello everyone.

This year has been a good year for Winthrop Development Consultants. We have been able to release awesome new builds of our products, write lots of interesting blog articles and share many GP Power Tools sample projects.

This year also marked the return to the conference circuit with David spending a very busy two weeks in Orlando for Community Summit 2022.

Public Service Announcement

PSA: Fake Friend Requests – Have you been Hacked?

Dec 18, 2022 Tagged with PSA, Public Service Announcement No Comments

This Public Service Announcement comes about after I received or saw messages from three Facebook Friends in the last week that they have been “Hacked” because someone was sending out Fake Friend Requests pretending to be them.

While Fake Friend Requests are definitely a problem and need to be dealt with correctly, they are not an indication that you have been hacked or that your account and passwords have been compromised in any way.

Batch Posting Service Toolkit, Business, GP Power Tools, News, Products

#GPPT #BPST Reminder Pricing Increase from January 2023

Dec 16, 2022 Tagged with Batch Posting Service Toolkit, BPST, GP Power Tools, GPPT, News No Comments

Back in August 2022 we announced that after 7 years, we would be increasing the module pricing for Winthrop Development Consultants products, specifically GP Power Tools and Batch Posting Service Toolkit.

For more details see the original article:

#GPPT #BPST Pricing Increase from January 2023

Development, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products

#GPPT Ensuring Custom Triggers Cannot Be Disabled

Dec 15, 2022 No Comments

If you are using GP Power Tools in your Microsoft Dynamics GP system and have the Developer Tools module registered you can use the custom trigger in this article to ensure that GP Power Tools triggers cannot be disabled using the Customization Status window.

This will protect mission critical customizations written using GP Power Tools with triggers from being disabled manually.

Dynamics, GP, GP Power Tools, Microsoft, Products, Report Writer

#GPPT Why Does The Report Writer Screen Close Automatically?

Dec 14, 2022 Tagged with Application, GP Power Tools, GPPT, Report Writer No Comments

With the release of build 29 of GP Power Tools, a feature was added that will automatically close the Report Writer Screen Output window after a period of time.

As customers have been upgrading their systems to the latest GP Power Tools build they have been noticing that the Report Writer Screen Output closes by itself.

This article explains how to change the timeout setting and why this new feature is so important.