It is that time of year again. The holiday season has arrived and I will be taking some time off from work and blogging until the new year.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish a everyone a Merry Christmas 2017 and a Happy New Year 2018.
Month: December 2017
Getting Ready for Christmas: *Santa* Brand Guidelines and Workshop
As I am getting ready for Christmas, I wanted to share some important information on how the *Santa* ®™ brand can be used in the community.
In the same way that many corporations have guidelines on how their brand and logos can be used, so does the *Santa* brand.
Please read on to make sure your use of *Santa* is compliant. We would not want any legal proceedings to spoil your holiday season.
#GPPT Using GP Power Tools to set default values on windows
I was recently asked whether GP Power Tools can be used to set a default value on a window. The answer is a very definite “Yes!”.
In fact, this sort of customisation is extremely simple with GP Power Tools and is just the tip of the iceberg for what is possible. Because we have access to Dexterity, Transact-SQL, Visual C# and Visual Basic.Net from inside GP Power Tools, the possibilities are endless and limited only by your imagination.
Also, you have the benefits of instant deployment once the triggers and scripts are enabled and saved, and everything works just fine in the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client too.
Why are objects missing from the Security Resource Descriptions (SY09400) table?
If you want to do any reporting on Microsoft Dynamics GP application level security from the SQL Server level, you need to use the Security Resource Descriptions (SY09400) table to map the Resources Type, Dictionary ID and Security/Resource ID to actual named resources that make sense to humans.
I have often seen questions raised about why some systems have all the resources listed in this table and other systems only have a subset of the resources or the table is empty.
Calling Service Enabled Procedures from Visual Studio Tools and Dexterity
With the addition of Service Based Architecture (SBA) into Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 and later, Dexterity global procedures can be marked as Service Enabled.
This allows a Dexterity global procedure to be a Service procedure which is exposed as a REST based web service via Service Base Architecture.
#GPPT Why I continue to develop GP Power Tools
While at GPUG Summit in Nashville, TN, USA in October, I came to an interesting realisation. I did mention this during one of the sessions I presented, but I wanted to write an article to reach a wider audience.
It suddenly dawned on me “Why I continue to develop GP Power Tools”.
GPUG Summit Phoenix 2018 Registration Now Open
Dynamic Communities have recently opened registration for the next GPUG Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, USA on the 15th to 18th October 2018.
GPUG Summit is the premier event for the Microsoft Dynamics GP community. Learn and connect with fellow Dynamics experts, Microsoft Support Technicians, Engineers, MVPs and more from around the globe, all while enjoying Phoenix, Arizona!
Updates to Installers for all Winthrop Products
Following on from yesterday’s article: Visual Studio Tools: Best Practice when adding References to Projects, I wanted to highlight that all of Winthrop Development Consultants product installers have been updated to help avoid the problems caused by duplicate old DLL files in the Addins folder.
This issue is most likely with Visual Studio Integration Toolkit where developers use the toolkit from their products by adding the reference to the Dictionary Assembly DLL file.
Visual Studio Tools: Best Practice when adding References to Projects
I am writing this article after seeing the side effects of Visual Studio Tools developers not following Best Practice when adding references to their projects.
Two mistakes made by the developer in this example resulted in Microsoft Dynamics GP failing to launch with the “An exception occurred while trying to load or initialize the addin” error.
#GPPT Building Microsoft Dexterity Cross Dictionary Applications with GP Power Tools
I love writing these sorts of articles. My good friend and fellow MVP, Mariano Gomez, has been using GP Power Tools to assist him in his role as Development Manager at Mekorma and has written blog articles about his experiences.
GP Power Tools removes much of the complexity and time needed for Cross Dictionary development in Dexterity.
Friday Funny: Scam the Scammers
Are you getting sick and tired of spam emails?
Have you had your fill of scams and phishing emails trying to steal your hard earned cash by fooling you into giving away money or personal details?
Well, now you have an opportunity to fight back and Scam the Scammers.
#GPPT Fixed Issue with Integration Manager Standard Adapters failing
This article is an informational post to help anyone who might have come across this issue with Integration Manager and is searching online for a solution.
The issue is Integration Manager only imports a few transactions before failing when using the Standard Adapters for some integrations.
One possible cause for this issue was fixed many months ago in GP Power Tools code, but as not all sites keep up to date with their software, it might still be occurring. A recent support case for this issue is the reason for publishing this article.
#GPUGSummit 2017 Conference Wrap Up
With the conference over and everyone leaving Nashville, all that was left was the journey home. It was surprising how quickly the hotel changed all the banners for the next event!
I managed to organise a late checkout, as my flight was in the afternoon, allowing me to sleep in for the first time in two weeks. The journey was smooth and uneventful and would make a boring blog post. All I can say it was great to get picked up at Perth Airport by my two sons and get back to the real world.
Product Updates for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018
After the release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 over the weekend, I am pleased to announce that all Winthrop Development Consultants products are now available for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018.
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 has released
True to their word, the Microsoft Dynamics GP Development team have released Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 as scheduled on the 1st December 2017.
Overnight, I received email notifications and saw the blog posts from Microsoft and a couple of the MVPs. Continue reading
#GPUGSummit 2017 Conference Day 3
The third and final day of the conference had arrived. Everyone was a little slower after the excitement of the previous day and the partying during the downtown experience last night.
Mariano and I had two more session to present in the morning and then we would be free to relax a little.
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