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Developing for Dynamics GP
21 Reasons why every workstation should have the Support Debugging Tool installed
Posted
8 months ago
by
David Musgrave
3
Comments
As I perform my role in the Asia Pacific Microsoft Dynamics GP support team I am finding that more and more sites already have the Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP installed. This makes my job much easier as there are many features of...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Using Microsoft Kinect with Microsoft Dynamics GP
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
6
Comments
Last week our newest Microsoft Dynamics GP MVP, Jivtesh Singh, gave us yet another demonstration of why he deserved the MVP award. After the cool Dynamics AX demonstration at Convergence when Lachlan Cash used a Microsoft Kinect to control Dynamics...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Public Service Announcement: Don't Trust Hard Drives
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
1
Comments
A couple of weeks ago, a good friend of mine posted on his Facebook account that his 1TB external hard drive had failed and that it contained a lot of data that was not stored anywhere else. In particular, there was 10 years worth of digital photos. All...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Quick Tip: Using eConnect to update Customer or Vendor Addresses with a blank Address Line 3
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
3
Comments
I had a case this week that was asking a fairly commonly asked question about integrating address information using eConnect. The scenario is that we want to update a customer or vendor address and the previous address had three lines in the address and...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 RTM HyperV Image and new Microsoft ERP site
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
2
Comments
Just under 3 weeks ago, we mentioned that the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 RTM VPC is now available and that this was the last Technical Demonstration Toolkit to be Virtual PC based and that we are working on a 64-bit HyperV image. Well, the team...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Dilbert Creator Becomes a Windows Phone Fan
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
2
Comments
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, accepted a challenge to try Windows Phone and declared it the winner after pitting it against his old iPhone 3GS and his new Android phone. You never know .... Dilbert might be bringing a new smartphone to the office...
Developing for Dynamics GP
The Creation of the Support Debugging Tool
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
6
Comments
If you have seen me present on the Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP , you know that I usually give a brief overview of why the tool was created. After a chat with my co-presenter, Mariano Gomez, The Dynamics GP Blogster , I decided that...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Dynamics GP Developer Insights: The Evolution of the Silverlight PushButton
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
2
Comments
Hi, I'm Kurt Larson, a software development engineer on Dynamics GP. Despite my friends' dire warnings I moved to Fargo a couple years ago to work for Microsoft and haven't regretted it for a second. (I like to stay inside most of the time anyways to...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Dynamics GP Developer Insights: Introduction
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
5
Comments
Hi, I am Brian Roney, a software development lead on Microsoft Dynamics GP. I have been working on the GP product since 1996 when I was an intern at Great Plains Software. I have mainly focused my development in the system area of GP. Currently I am helping...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Quick Tip: Why does Microsoft Dynamics GP show as Not Responding
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
6
Comments
I am wondering if Joseph Tews is a mind reader, or if he can somehow see my draft blog posts before they are published. Joking aside, it turns out that the same day he posted about Symantec Endpoint Protection , he also posted about this topic that I...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Quick Tip: Dynamics fails to launch on system with Symantec Endpoint Protection installed
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
3
Comments
I recently had a case where the customer was able to install the Microsoft Dynamics GP client on a machine, but when they clicked on the shortcut nothing happened. Even dragging the DYNAMICS.SET launch file onto the DYNAMICS.EXE application did nothing...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Go see the movie: Red Dog
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
4
Comments
I don't normally post about movies, but I saw the Australian movie "Red Dog" on the weekend and must say that it was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. A movie relying on great characters who are real people rather than special effects...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Quick Tip: Best Practice for Dexterity Version and Build Numbers
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
3
Comments
A common question that new Dexterity developers have is what should they use for the version and build numbers when creating a chunk dictionary for distribution. This post discusses how those numbers are used and what the best practice for setting their...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Using the Support Debugging Tool with Real Life Examples
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
1
Comments
You know that I love the Support Debugging Tool and think that it is a wonderful tool to help administer and support your Microsoft Dynamics GP systems. Well, as the creator of the tool, I will admit that I am just a little biased. But, it is really...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 RTM VPC is now available
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
1
Comments
I just received the following announcement and wanted to pass it on. I know many people have been waiting patiently for this VPC image. Today we have released the new Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 RTM VPC image. Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Quick Tip: Table Hierarchy Inconsistency Errors in Runtime Mode
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
4
Comments
Following on from yesterday's post: Quick Tip: Creating Dexterity System Variables , I want to cover a related issue. This is when a Dexterity developer is creating a report (either new or alternate) which will display data from newly added tables...
Developing for Dynamics GP
Quick Tip: Creating Dexterity System Variables
Posted
9 months ago
by
David Musgrave
3
Comments
Hi everyone. This is another Quick Tip post for Dexterity developers. Vaidy's recent post: "Illegal Address Field" Error while accessing a Global , raised the issue and so I thought I would respond with an explanation. The issue is when you create...
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