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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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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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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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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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Recently I responded to a question on a newsgroup asking how to minimise a window from VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). The short answer is that it is not possible. But just because a Microsoft Dynamics GP window VBA object does not expose any methods
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Named Printers is a module to allow controlling of the printer and settings used when printing reports. It was originally developed for v3.00 by me while I was working for Sequel Technology (that's why the tables and calls are prefixed with ST). Later
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Over the last few weeks I have been asked a number of times about methods of customising a 3rd party form. This purpose of this post is to clarify what can and cannot be achieved with Dexterity. Usually, the developer has created a combined dictionary
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I found some great reference pages on PartnerSource and CustomerSource today. They are the Developer Documentation pages for Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 and 10.0. They contain links to information about every customisation tool available as well as links
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After the release of Menus for Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 , my good friend Mariano Gomez asked me if it was possible to use the tool to add menus from Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Mariano was initially working on an approach
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This example shows how you can call a Dexterity report from Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). The report can be either a built in report or a custom report. If a built in report is used security will define whether the original, modified, alternate
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One of the Report Writer functions added to v7.00 onwards (see Using the built-in Report Writer Functions ) was the RW_ConvertToWordsAndNumbers() function to convert a currency amount into words. After the code was added, it was realised that Report Writer
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Some brilliant news for Microsoft Visual Studio developers who use Visual Studio Tools to integrate with Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0. Menus for Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 has now been released on PartnerSource and CustomerSource
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I spent this morning discussing a very interesting customisation with my good friend Mariano Gomez . We had both seen a newsgroup posting asking if it was possible to add access to the Item Master's record note from the Item Inquiry window using VBA.
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The following VBA example shows how a macro file can be started from VBA. This particular example will close Microsoft Dynamics GP when the Check Links window closes. As macros wait for background processes to complete, the macro will not start until
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