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An ISV ran across an interesting problem a few days ago in his Dexterity/Dynamics 9.0 solution. The goal of a particular procedure was to copy records from one table into a nearly identical duplicate temporary table. The duplicate table contained all
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I have seen this issue come up a number of times. Trying to automate processes which involve reports and wanting to automate the Report Destination window. Sometimes you can add the Report Destination to Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and sometimes
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Trivia question for today: Given the following sequence of events: In Microsoft Dynamics GP, in a control field such as Customer Number, the user types in "AARON". The user then presses the associated lookup button. What happens? A. Focus moves to the
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Here is another post about an interesting support incident. I kind of like sharing these interesting cases with you in this format, so I think I will try to keep doing that. I hope you enjoy these cases. This case came in as a problem when running pass
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In the past, I was known for my pioneering work with and promotion of Cross Dictionary Dexterity Development . More recently I have been talking up the benefits of Hybrid Development and Developing Outside of the Box . With all the tools available to
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This blog post is about a Dexterity support incident that I recently had that ended up to be more difficult than I originally thought. This one should have been easy, when a chunk doesn't merge, it's usually always easy. Except this case. The background
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Following on from last week's post on OLE Attachments and Record Notes , I can now get to the reason for the interest in notes and OLE attachments. The partner was trying to copy master records for Vendors from one company to a new company. They wanted
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While working on a recent support case, I was asked again about how Notes work and in particular the OLE attachments. In the previous post, Understanding Notes and the Note Index field , we discussed where the next Note Index value comes from. In this
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Now is your chance. If you have not attended a Dexterity Training class and are either new to Dexterity or want to get started with Dexterity, this is an opportunity that should not be missed. My good friend, Leslie Vail, will be training the 5 day Dexterity
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A recent newsgroup post has raised the question of whether it is possible to customise an alternate form using Dexterity. This is covered on my earlier blog post: Can I customise a 3rd party form with Dexterity? However, I thought I would try and clarify
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If you have not found it already, the Service Pack 4 update for Dexterity version 10.0 (build 10.00.0324) is now available for download. Please download and use it when developing Dexterity code which is meant to run on a Service Pack 4 system . Note:
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When you use Integration Manager on a system with Analytical Accounting (AA) installed, integrations often fail because Analytical Accounting will open windows which are unhandled by Integration Manager. However, there are time when you still want to
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One of the major changes to the Microsoft Dynamics GP user interface occurred with the release of version 10.0. This change was from the MDI (Multiple Document Interface) to the SDI (Single Document Interface). Version 9.0 had a single application window
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This is an oldie but a goodie. It came up again in the newsgroups recently. When Great Plains released Dynamics and eEnterprise v6.0, they sported a new look user interface. As part of the enhancements for version 6.0, the Advanced Lookups functionality
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In a recent forum post , the question of where the business logic for Dynamics GP resides was raised. This is an excellent question which, sadly, does not have a simple answer. When Great Plains Dynamics was first developed for the Ctree and Btrieve ISAM
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