David Meego - Click for blog homepageEveryone wants extra user defined fields on their Microsoft Dynamics GP windows. In the previous articles we showed how easy it is to add, modify and format the layout of extra fields using GP Power Tools with the new Custom Fields feature.

We thought we were done, but now the request has come through from the HR team to include the Pet related custom fields on the Employee report.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageEveryone wants extra user defined fields on their Microsoft Dynamics GP windows. In the previous articles we showed how easy it is to add, modify and format the layout of extra fields using GP Power Tools with the new Custom Fields feature.

Now we have one final request…. The HR Team want to have the custom fields displayed on the Employee Inquiry window.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageEveryone wants extra user defined fields on their Microsoft Dynamics GP windows. In the previous articles we showed how easy it is to add and modify extra fields using GP Power Tools with the new Custom Fields feature.

Now we have a yet another problem …. “Boss Level Scope Creep”….

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageEveryone wants extra user defined fields on their Microsoft Dynamics GP windows. In the previous article we showed how easy it is to add extra fields using GP Power Tools and its new Custom Fields feature.

Now we have a new problem …. “Scope Creep”. The HR department has realized that their employees might have more than once pet and so would need allow for multiple types of pets to be selected.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageEveryone wants extra user defined fields on their Microsoft Dynamics GP windows.  It is possible to add extra fields but there have always been compromises. Either it requires custom development with scripting and modified or alternate windows, or fields are in a separate window or sidebar, and the data is often stored in multiple records across multiple tables.

This year, as we celebrate 20 years of GP Power Tools, the upcoming Build 33 adds Custom Fields to the Developer Tools module. This amazing new feature allows you to add almost any field to any window without any code or using Modifier.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis year GP Power Tools turns 20 years’ old, and we will celebrate by releasing Build 33 with many enhancements and new features and some fixes. The release of GP Power Tools Build 33 for Microsoft Dynamics GP v18.4 or later is planned for mid-year, once all the development and documentation is completed.

We are excited to tell you about one of the major new features … Login Control.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageWinthrop Development Consultants is fully committed to the continued support of Microsoft Dynamics GP and its ecosystem. Our ISV products are only compatible with Dynamics GP and have been created to solve pain points and missing features as requested by the GP community.

While Microsoft has stated that they will cease support for Dynamics GP in 2031, it is important to note that “End of Support” does not equate to “End of Life”. There is plenty of life left in the product and, with the support of the community, GP will live on well past the official end of support. A driving force in the community support will be the Knights of GP.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageRecently, Mike from Thybar Corporation contacted me about an issue he was seeing in Microsoft Dynamics GP v18.7 with General Journal document attachments.

Journal Entry attachments that had been added before upgrading Microsoft Dynamics GP to v18.7 could no longer be viewed from the Journal Entry Inquiry window after the upgrade.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis article is an update to previous articles about errors on temporary tables when using Microsoft Dynamics GP. We have seen a recent increase in issues of this type as well as a misunderstanding of what is happening to cause the issues.

The issue shows as a dialog with a message like:

An open operation on table ‘MBS_sySecurityView’ failed because the path does not exist
An open operation on table ‘WDC_Field_Security_Tag_TEMP’ failed because the path does not exist
An open operation on table ‘IV_Reconcile_PO_TEMP’ has an incorrect record length.

The name of the table can vary but the examples above include a couple of common ones from products I created, being GP Power Tools and Field Level Security (Advanced Security). However, this issue is due to the Windows environment and has nothing to do with the Dexterity product or SQL Server.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageHere is an awesome update to the previous sample customization which added 6 Additional Item Category Fields:

This update makes the following improvements, but does need at least Build 32 of GP Power Tools to work:

  1. Replacing the data storage location with GPPT Custom SQL Tables instead of the DUOS (Dynamic User Object Store) table, including providing a script to move any existing DUOS data to the new tables.
  2. Updating the Report Writer functions with the faster memory-based parameters options.
  3. Adding the 6 additional Item Category fields to the Item Class Setup window, including pulling the fields when a class is added and roll down class level changes.

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