David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is the first post in a series of six articles discussing making additional Window Fields required and why the standard technique using Modifier does not always work.

For a field to behave as required, there are a number of different factors that must all fall into place. This article will explain the theory and what can go wrong. Links to examples with sample code will be published over the next week.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is yet another update to the previous version of the change tracking project for Item cards:

Based on the version 4 project, this update for GP Power Tools Build 32 or later adds support for the Accounts window. Note it does require Build 32 or later to work.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is yet another update to the previous versions of the change tracking projects for Customer and Vendor cards:

Based on the version 5 projects, this update for GP Power Tools Build 32 or later adds support for the Accounts window. Note it does require Build 32 or later to work.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageIf you need to customize Microsoft Dynamics GP or maintain existing customizations, David Musgrave from Winthrop Development Consultants will be running two extremely valuable development training courses before Community Summit 2025 and now it is time to register.

The conference will be held on the 19th to 23rd October 2025. There will be pre-conference GP Development training in the week before the conference as well as Academy days before and after the conference itself.

HURRY: LAST DAYS TO REGISTER

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageAs of January 2026, Winthrop Development Consultants will be changing our product pricing to reflect the increases in functionality and features. It has been three years since the last time our pricing changed, and the world economy has also changed significantly in that time.

We have released multiple builds of all of our products in the last three years and will continue to support and develop our products moving forward.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is another update to the previous version of the change tracking project for Item cards:

Based on the version 3 project, 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.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis 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.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageWinthrop Development Consultants is extremely excited to announce that Build 32 of GP Power Tools (GPPT) for Microsoft Dynamics GP was released on 20-Jun-2025, with a minor fix released 22-Jun-2025*.

This amazing build includes new features for every module in GP Power Tools. The build also includes many enhancements and improvements to existing functionality across the entire product.

This article lists the major new features and enhancements. It won’t list everything but to give you an idea of how much has been added, the user guide manual has grown from 833 pages in build 31 to 882 pages in build 32.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageToday, we have an interesting support case where the installer for a Winthrop Development Consultants product failed to complete with the following error message:

  • A version of Microsoft Dynamics GP Process Server (DPS.exe) is currently running, please exit the application and click Retry or click Cancel to exit the installer.

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David Meego - Click for blog homepageThanks 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!

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