This is a page to provide links to Dexterity related articles and materials. Note that articles which mention specific versions are often valid for other versions as well.
Getting Started Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
How to set up the development environment when you use Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 949622)
Description of product IDs for Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 914899)
How to create a chunk file in Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 894700)
Creating a Microsoft Dynamics GP Chunk File
How to use an index file and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Dexterity source code control functionality to make sure that the resources that you create maintain the same resource ID in different builds and versions of your code (KB 894699)
How to use an Index File
How to upgrade a Dexterity-based application in Microsoft Dynamics GP or in Microsoft Great Plains by using the Dexterity Source Code Control Service (KB 910527)
Description of the different ranges in Dexterity for Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 922057)
Working with v8.00 Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
Tips and references for upgrading your Great Plains Dexterity-based application to Great Plains 8.0 Dexterity (KB 894701)
How To Create a Company and Copy in my Existing Data for Great Plains on Pervasive.SQL 2000 or C-tree (KB 850489)
Working with v9.00 Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
Information about version numbers and build numbers of Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 920831)
Working with v10.00 Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
Error message when you try to open a lookup window in Dexterity debug Test Mode in Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0: "Form Load Failed" (KB 942326)
Working with SQL Server Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
How to control the location of the Dexterity tables in SQL Server by using Dexterity path names in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 or in Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains (KB 919347)
How to create SQL tables for an integrating Dexterity program (KB 874554)
How to use the Table_SetCreateMode function library command and the Table_SetDeleteOptions function library command in Dexterity in Microsoft Great Plains (KB 910700)
How to write "Passthrough" SQL statements and "Range Where" clauses in Microsoft Great Plains Dexterity (KB 910129)
How to pass dates and times to SQL Server from Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 929786)
How to use a "Range Where" clause that is based on more than one table in Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 922056)
Best Practices Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
Rules to maintain alternate windows when you make customizations in Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 929211)
Referring to third party fields in focus triggers (KB 850482)
Error message when you access new fields from an alternate window in Microsoft Dynamics GP: "Illegal Address for field 'field name' in script 'script name'" (KB 941327)
Information about how to handle literal string warnings by using messages in Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 943178)
Guidelines for how to write code that can be easily translated and that can be run in multiple languages in Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 942749)
Description of the Language ID global system variable in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 942751)
Description of "permanent" temporary tables in Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 921638)
A third-party customization is still triggered even if a user cannot log on to the company in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 943959)
Information about table hierarchy inconsistency errors in Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 921637)
Advanced Techniques Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
How to add Named Printers support to a report by using triggers in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 921636)
How to combine the Dynamics.dic core dictionary and an extracted dictionary by using Dexterity Utilities in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 930350)
How to improve the performance of user-defined Report Writer functions in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 or in Microsoft Great Plains (KB 920830)
Cross Dictionary Development Materials
Cross Dictionary Dexterity Development conference sessions materials
Training Materials
Dexterity Integration for Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0
Note: The latest materials are for v9.0, but the content is applicable to v10.0 and later.
Dexterity Development System Downloads
You might need to check both the PartnerSource and CustomerSource pages as sometimes the latest versions are not updated on both pages.
Dexterity Development System Releases for Great Plains 8.0 (PartnerSource)
Dexterity Development System Releases for Great Plains 8.0 (CustomerSource)
Dexterity Development System Releases for Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (PartnerSource)
Dexterity Development System Releases for Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (CustomerSource)
Dexterity Development System Releases for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 (PartnerSource)
Dexterity Development System Releases for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 (CustomerSource)
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