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#GPPT Installing GP Power Tools (Upgrading from SDT, Silent Installs and more)

Aug 24, 2015 Tagged with FAQ, GP 2010, GP 2013, GP 2015, GP Power Tools, GPPT, SDT, Support Debugging Tool 3 Comments

Now that GP Power Tools has been out for a little while and I have recently released a hotfix that improves the installer as well as fixes some issues found with the tool, it is time to explain how the installer works and answer some frequently asked questions.

Please note that some of the information in this article only relates to the build 20 hotfix (Last Modified: 19-Aug-2015) or later. If you are unsure what build you have, just go and download the latest installer from the Winthrop website. If you look at the installer’s properties, the File Version will show as XX.0.20.4 or later.

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#GPPT GP Power Tools Build 20 hotfix released

Aug 21, 2015 Tagged with GP 2010, GP 2013, GP 2015, GP Power Tools, GPPT No Comments

I know that I should not be surprised as I have been in this industry for so long, but after all the work and testing done prior to releasing GP Power Tools Build 20, we have still come across some issues that needed fixing.

You probably won’t come across most of the issues as they relate to problems caused when company databases are not installed or are offline for some reason. Anyhow, GP Power Tools is now smart enough to handle these extra situations.

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#GPPT What’s New: Series summary for GP Power Tools build 20

Aug 19, 2015 Tagged with GP 2010, GP 2013, GP 2015, GP Power Tools, GPPT, What's New No Comments

Over the past few weeks I have been posting a number of “What’s New” articles for GP Power Tools build 20.

If you have missed any of them, this article has all the links to the articles, so you can read them at your leisure.

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#GPPT What’s New: Installer and Documentation

Aug 17, 2015 Tagged with GP 2010, GP 2013, GP 2015, GP Power Tools, GPPT, What's New No Comments

GP Power Tools is the first product that I have released over the years to have a proper installation program. As the complexity of the products increases and there are more files involved than a single Dexterity chunk (.cnk) file, it became necessary to use an installer rather than just a zipped archive file.

GP Power Tools has a number of DLL files as well as a text file with version history, a license document and the user guide PDF.

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#GPPT What’s New: Create Custom Service Based Architecture Web Services

Aug 14, 2015 Tagged with GP 2010, GP 2013, GP 2015, GP Power Tools, GPPT, What's New No Comments

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 added Service Based Architecture (SBA) and .Net Interop functionality to the application. Service Based Architecture allows the Dexterity developer to write global procedures and use meta data to expose these service enabled procedures to the outside world as REST Web Services.

GP Power Tools provides five Service Enabled Procedures which can be used to execute custom business logic created in the Runtime Execute window. These services can be called as Web Services, from Visual Studio Tools using Visual C# or Visual Basic.Net, or from any Dexterity product dictionary using sanScript.

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Solving Performance Problems with Microsoft Dynamics GP and Windows 10 – Part 2

Aug 13, 2015 Tagged with Application, Development, Dexterity, GP 2010, GP 2013, GP 2015, Windows 10 2 Comments

Following on from my previous post: Solving Performance Problems with Microsoft Dynamics GP and Windows 10 – Part 1, I was still not happy with the performance of Dexterity and Microsoft Dynamics GP on my newly updated Windows 10 development machine.

This article takes you through the steps to get your Dexterity and/or Dynamics system running fast on Windows 10.

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Solving Performance Problems with Microsoft Dynamics GP and Windows 10 – Part 1

Aug 13, 2015 Tagged with Application, Development, Dexterity, GP 2010, GP 2013, GP 2015, Windows 10 No Comments

Now that I am running Windows 10 and am starting to get back to work with developing for Microsoft Dynamics GP and Dexterity, I have been noticing some serious performance issues.

This article takes you through the steps I used to identify the issue and what I did to resolve the issues. After making the changes listed in this and the next article I am happy with my Windows 10 development environment.

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#GPPT What’s New: Database Validation, copying databases and upgrades

Aug 12, 2015 Tagged with GP 2010, GP 2013, GP 2015, GP Power Tools, GPPT, What's New No Comments

The Database Validation feature was previously demonstrated but never released. GP Power Tools now releases Database Validation for general availability.

Database Validation is a tool designed to ensure that the user, company and table settings at the SQL Server level match what the Microsoft Dynamics GP application says they should be.

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#GPPT What’s New: Company based color schemes enhancements

Aug 10, 2015 Tagged with GP 2010, GP 2013, GP 2015, GP Power Tools, GPPT, What's New No Comments

One of the most popular features of the now discontinued Support Debugging Tool was the Company based Color Schemes. This feature allowed administrators to specify a different color scheme for each Microsoft Dynamics GP company.

GP Power Tools takes this functionality and enhances it to make it more powerful and easier to use.

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#GPPT What’s New: Microsoft Dynamics GP usability enhancements

Aug 6, 2015 Tagged with GP 2010, GP 2013, GP 2015, GP Power Tools, GPPT, What's New No Comments

GP Power Tools is now released and available via my distribution and support partner, Mekorma.

Continuing on with the What’s New series, today’s article will have a quick look at some of the usability enhancements to the Microsoft Dynamics GP application.

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