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This is another update to the previous versions of the change tracking projects for Customer and Vendor cards:
Based on the version 4 projects, this update for GP Power Tools Build 32 changes the project to use a Custom Table and Custom Table Buffer calls rather than SQL Scripts and Parameter Lists. So, it does require Build 32 or later to work.
Thanks to Noah Moseley for inviting me to be part of his Presenter Spotlights Podcast series.
We had a fun time discussing many topics including Microsoft Dynamics GP development and customization, the End of Support announcement, the training and sessions I will be presenting at Community Summit 2025, and finally Australian chocolates, Tim Tams and Vegemite!
Winthrop Development Consultants is taking part in the upcoming GP Demo Day by The ISV Society on 28th May 2025 at 1:00pm (US Eastern Time).
Join us and see how the new GP Power Tools Form Control module helps you adapt Microsoft Dynamics GP to your exact business needs—with little to no code.
I have been meaning to write this article for quite a while. The Batch Posting Service Toolkit (BPST) is a product created by Winthrop Development Consultants to provide a variety of methods for posting, maintaining, transferring batches, etc.
The API’s (Application Programming Interface) can be called externally as a Service Based Architecture (SBA) Web Service (for GP 2015 or later), or from inside the Microsoft Dynamics GP application using Dexterity, Visual Studio Tools (via C# or VB.Net) or via GP Power Tools.
The Batch Posting Service Toolkit is exactly that, a toolkit designed to be called by a developer and so it does not have an interface (except for testing the API). However, you can use the Scheduling functionality in GP Power Tools to post batches on a scheduled basis, read on for more details ….
Scheduling or automating tasks in Microsoft Dynamics GP is a common request, so this example demonstrates a method that can be used to run any process on a scheduled or automated basis using GP Power Tools.
The specific example we will be using is running an Inventory Item Reconcile on items that have been flagged as needing reconciliation. This code was developed in conjunction with Arthur Achilleos, who has agreed for it to be published.
A recent GP Power Tools customization project for Microsoft Dynamics GP which I assisted a customer to create, ensures that a GL Account Number is entered on each line of a Purchase Order Transaction.
The customer for which this project created for has allowed it to be published on the blog to benefit anyone else who would like similar functionality.
Using the GP Power Tools – Developer Tools module for customization is a great method of automating processes in Microsoft Dynamics GP as well as customizing behavior to meet the requirements of your business.
Many customers are also using GP Power Tools to replace Visual Basic for Applications now that it is “End of Life” and unsupported.
I was recently asked how to hide a window opened and closed as part of an automation using GP Power Tools. This article explains the techniques you can use to open a window as hidden.
Today, I received an email from Terry Heley of Microsoft confirming that the End of Support date for Microsoft Dynamics GP has been extended by 3 months from 30th September 2029 to 31st December 2029.
This extension enables the Microsoft Dynamics GP development and support teams to release an End of Year (EOY) update to meet any of the payroll and tax requirements to complete the year.
Read on for more details and links …
For many years the Microsoft Dynamics GP Community Forum was one of the best places to get help and discuss all things relating to our wonderful Microsoft Dynamics GP / Great Plains product.
That was until 08-Nov-2024 when Microsoft, in its wisdom, consolidated the forums and combined the Microsoft Dynamics GP forum with the Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics SL and Microsoft Dynamics 365 forums into a single forum, the Finance | Project Operations, Human Resources, AX, GP, SL Community Forum.
GP Power Tools build 30.2 added a feature to check the installed SQL Server version against the minimum supported version, as per the published System Requirements for Microsoft Dynamics GP, and will warn on login if the version of SQL Server does not meet the minimum system requirements.