Import and Export for Office in GP 2013
This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
A customer ran across an interesting issue with Excel Based Budgeting after they upgraded to GP 2013.
Tag: Dex.ini
Using Named Printers with Terminal Server revisited
This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
This is an update to the original Using Named Printers with Terminal Server post from August 2008.
Window Scrollbar Is Too Wide and Obscures Data
This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
A customer recently ran across an oddity on several (but not all) of their new Windows 7 machines. The previous Windows XP machines being replaced were OK.
Purchase Order Returns Modification
This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
This post is a public service announcement for those customers and partners using the free customization from Microsoft, Purchase Order Returns Modification (Product ID: 4159) for Microsoft Dynamics GP versions 9.0 and 10.0.
Note: The functionality of this customization has been incorporated into the core Dynamics.dic dictionary for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 and so is no longer required.
Workstation Level Settings Lost during Upgrade
This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
When upgrading Microsoft Dynamics GP, it is quite common to get one client (often on the SQL Server) updated first and then update the system and company databases using Dynamics GP Utilities. The final step is then to go around the various workstations and upgrade the client application on those machines.
Where has my Microsoft Dynamics GP window gone?
This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
The technique I will discuss in this post is not specific for Microsoft Dynamics GP, but as this is a Microsoft Dynamics GP related blog, I will put a GP “spin” on it.
Since the user interface change from MDI (Multiple Document Interface) to SDI (Single Document Interface) for version 10.0 of GP (see Version 10.0 and its individual windows), we now have a situation that can occur when a window can open outside of the visible area of your windows desktop.
Why making the Dex.ini file read only is evil
This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
Time and time again I have heard consultants say that the solution to stopping Microsoft Dynamics GP remembering the last user on a Terminal Server or Citrix installation is to make the Dex.ini file read-only. There was even a Knowledge Base (KB) article that suggested clearing the SQLLastUser setting from the Dex.ini file and then marking the file as read-only. Well, in my opinion this method has always been evil and from Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 onwards will not work anyhow.
Users (other than ‘sa’) unable to login after upgrade
This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
A couple of nights ago, my friend Sivakumar Venkataraman (Siva) pinged me on Messenger about an issue he was having. He was in the process of upgrading a customer’s site from Microsoft Business Solutions – Great Plains 8.0 to Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0, and after the upgrade none of the users were able to log into Dynamics GP. The only exception was the ‘sa’ user.
My first thought was … Security.
Dynamics GP Lists: Exports slowly to Excel
This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
Breaking with my recent series on Smartlist and specifically the Smartlist: Exports slowly to Excel – Part 1 post, a comment and followup question to that post was:
This is great! But is there a similar switch for the Dynamics GP lists such as the “All Sales Transactions” or “Accounts” list?
Good question and honestly I did wonder about that myself. But it was outside my “all things Smartlist” topic so I figured I’d check it out later.
Now that it came up – today looks like “later” so I thought I’d dig into it.
Smartlist: Exports slowly to Excel – Part 2
This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
This is the 4th post in a series of Smartlist posts in the last weeks. In these articles, I’ve given answers and solutions to common questions about Smartlist that are typically of the “Why doesn’t Smartlist..?” variety.
Last week, the question we were looking at was: