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Any Font in the Dexterity Script Editor

Jul 5, 2009 Tagged with Dex.ini, Dexterity, Fonts, Fun, NDM, Patrick Roth 2 Comments

This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

Aren’t secrets fun? And while having a secret is fun in and of itself, it is also fun to share them from time to time (and allowed to share them).

The secret today is an undocumented feature that I believe was added to 10.0 SP2. As an undocumented feature, this means:

It might not work for you
It might cause “issues”
Don’t ask support about it if it causes “issues”
Might not work in the future

That said:

I can’t see why it wouldn’t work
I don’t see what issues it would cause and is completely reversible

Developing For Dynamics GP

How to Play a Sound File with Dexterity

Apr 29, 2009 Tagged with Application, Dave Dusek, Dexterity, Fun, History, NDM 6 Comments

This is a reposting of an article Dave Duesk originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

This is really an extension of the blog article that David Musgrave wrote VBA – Welcome to Dynamics Example, but instead of using VBA to play the sound file, we are using Dexterity. The same method is called in the winmm.dll, but this is just the Dexterity way to do it. I didn’t include trigger information on this because you could really put this anywhere.

Developing For Dynamics GP

The term “Musgravion” and Wikipedia

Apr 20, 2009 Tagged with Blogsphere, Fun, General, Musgravion 5 Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

Doug Pitcher on the Rose Business Solutions blog (now Armanino Blog) had me laughing with his post The famous David Musgrave.

He has coined the term “Musgravion” to mean followers of my opinions and ways.

Developing For Dynamics GP

Dexterity’s Hidden About Window

Apr 14, 2009 Tagged with Dexterity, Fun No Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

Dexterity has a long development history, dating back to the late 1980’s. There were many people involved in the design, development, testing and documentation of Dexterity. If you want to see some of these names, you can use a little bit of code to open the Hidden_About form in the Dex.dic dictionary. The Dex.dic is available as dictionary ID 1, even though it does not appear in the Dynamics.set launch file.

Developing For Dynamics GP

Farewell and Good Luck to The Fabulous Matt G

Jan 26, 2009 Tagged with Blogsphere, Fun, General, News 13 Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

I have been involved with Great Plains (the product and company) since 1994 and during that time there has been one person in the Fargo Great Plains organisation who has always been there to answer my questions. I could direct any question at him and he would answer it himself or find someone who could. He has supported me personally in many of my projects and given me honest feedback (sometimes brutally honest) on my ideas.

Developing For Dynamics GP

Unexpected Hidden Talents – Decorating Cakes

Oct 13, 2008 Tagged with Cakes, Fun, General, Hobbies 13 Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

I have been involved in the Great Plains world now since 1994. During that time I have become known for my work with development techniques and pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

Developing For Dynamics GP

Customise the Microsoft Dynamics GP Splash Screen

Sep 30, 2008 Tagged with Application, Fun, History, Logo 9 Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

Even though support for a splash screen was added to Dexterity v3.00, Great Plains Dynamics v5.50 was the first version to include a splash.bmp file and Microsoft Business Solutions – Great Plains v8.00 was the last version to include a splash.bmp file. This uncompressed bitmap was displayed as a splash screen when the application was launched. A number of partners had worked out that the splash.bmp file could be customised to add a customer or partner logo, but now the splash.bmp file is not longer used.

Developing For Dynamics GP

VBA – Welcome to Dynamics Example

Sep 9, 2008 Tagged with Application, Fun, History, VBA 7 Comments

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

For those of you who have been involved with the Great Plains product for a while, you will remember the “Welcome to Dynamics” wave that played when the application was launched. Well, if you want that functionality again, you can use VBA to add it back.

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