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Developing for Dynamics GP
What are those *.dat and *.idx files in the Microsoft Dynamics GP application folder?
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
1
Comments
I had a case last week, where a customer site was being checked by its auditors. They were asking about the .dat and .idx files in the application or data folders. The .dat and .idx files are the data and index files for Ctree tables. They are created...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Happy Thanksgiving Wishes for 2010
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
Patrick Roth
0
Comments
Just a quick post today to wish our readership a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. A time for a get-together with family and friends and (traditionally) eat and eat and eat some more. For those of you out there wondering - Fargo finally has our first...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Another Dynamics GP Consultant Blog
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
4
Comments
I am always on the lookout for new blogs about Microsoft Dynamics GP. There are so many users, consultants and partners in the Dynamics GP community with fantastic knowledge and different perspectives on issues and challenges they face. When they make...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Using Barcodes from the Dynamics GP Report Writer
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
8
Comments
A few months ago, I worked on a support case where we needed to add a barcode to a Sales Order Processing transaction print out. We were able to achieve what we needed using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to handle some of the scripting for us. I...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Dynamics Report Writer is the Best Report Writer in the World
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
3
Comments
Alright, maybe I am stretching the truth a little, but I do get frustrated when people discount the Dynamics Report Writer as a useful tool. [Edit] I am not biased at all.... honest. I recently worked on a support case where the partner had spent a...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Determining Role Access To Extender Objects
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
Patrick Roth
1
Comments
An Extender case came up recently where the customer was having security issues with Extender forms. To solve the issue, we needed to determine which Security Roles have access to particular Extender forms. Note: This method uses the DYNAMICS.dbo...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Announcing the "Must Attend" Conferences for 2011
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
7
Comments
It is with great pleasure that I am announcing the " Must Attend " conferences for 2011. You might ask why they are the " Must Attend " conferences... the answer is simple.... I am planning to be there and I would love to meet with the members of our...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Two New Blogs in Town
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
1
Comments
It has been a while since I posted about any new blogs, but there are a couple of recent additions to the blogsphere. Here is a quick post with the links to the blogs. Please go and have a look. Todd McDaniel has created "a blog dedicated to the...
Developing for Dynamics GP
File not found: VBA6.dll error occurs or GP crashes
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
Beth Gardner
9
Comments
This is a follow up to my previous post on the VBA6.dll not found error (for 64-bit). I have found this can occur on 32-bit computers and Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 and GP 2010. [Edit] Re-installing the VBA 6.4 core components has been shown to resolve...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Procedure or function 'aagCreateGLWorkDist' expects parameter '@LedgerID', which was not supplied
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
0
Comments
A number of support cases have popped up recently with this error message, it can occur when using eConnect to integrate General Ledger transactions or when using the eConnect Adaptor for General Ledger transactions from Integration Manager. Vaidy Mohan...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Changing the Phone Number Format
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
5
Comments
One of the most common customisations outside of North America is changing the Phone Number Format. The North American default format of (XXX) XXX-XXXX Ext. XXXX is not always suitable for other countries. For example: Australia, Singapore and Malaysia...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Login Performance Issue for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 SP5 and GP 2010 SP1
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
8
Comments
It has been brought to my notice that we have another issue with a dictionary adding records to the syMenuMstr (SY07110) table each time a user logs into Microsoft Dynamics GP. This issue is caused by the new Dynamics Online Services dictionary which...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Dexterity: Cannot See Table Buffer Values in 10.0 SP5 or 2010 SP1
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
Patrick Roth
1
Comments
A long standing pain point for ISV's has been the inability to see 3 rd party table buffers while debugging ISV code in runtime. Most development - I assume - is in test mode where your customization and Dynamics are on a level playing field and the...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Why does Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 and later use a Data Folder?
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
2
Comments
I recently responded on a forum post which asked why the paths for the custom forms and reports dictionaries in the Dynamics.set launch file where pointing to the Data folder. The post also asked why the application did not complain about the fact that...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Backing up and Restoring data when recreating SQL Tables
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
3
Comments
Added to the Useful SQL Scripts Series . There are times when you need to recreate a table to change its structure but don't want to lose the data stored in the table. I have had this situation a number of times when working on upgrade support cases...
Developing for Dynamics GP
The Windows Phone 7 Killer App
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
David Musgrave
6
Comments
Every platform has a " Killer App ". This is the application software that drives the sales of the hardware more than any other application available for that platform. For the Apple ][, it was Visicalc , for the IBM PC it was Lotus 1-2-3 , for the...
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