This page contains links to articles related the Microsoft Dynamics GP development tools.
Dexterity Knowlege Base (KB) Articles
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)
- 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 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 Dexterity 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)
- Menus for a third-party product appear in Microsoft Dynamics GP but do not appear in the “by Menu” view of the Advanced Security window (KB 927701)
- Information about version numbers and build numbers of Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 920831)
- How To Create a Company and Copy in my Existing Data for Great Plains on Pervasive.SQL 2000 or C-tree (KB 850489)
- 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 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)
- 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)
- How to use multiple string formats in a scrolling window by using Dexterity in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 949623)
- Using the Script Debugger in runtime (KB 850487)
- Useful functions for developers to use instead of creating alternate reports in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 888884)
Report Writer Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
Troubleshooting Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
- How to use and troubleshoot Report Writer in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 861803)
- How to re-create the Reports.dic file in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 850465)
Report Writer Functions Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
- How to access information about Report Writer functions in the Microsoft Dynamics GP SDK (KB 928172)
- How to use Customization Maintenance packages to enable Great Plains Report Writer functions from a 3rd party report dictionary (KB 862665)
- How to display a date in any format in a report in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 925970)
- How to round a calculated field in Report Writer in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 872275)
- How to display a string label instead of an integer representation of a radio group in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 926393)
- How to create a Line Number field for the lines items on the SOP Blank Quote Form, on the SOP Blank Order Form, on the SOP Blank Invoice Form, on the SOP Blank Return Form, and on the SOP Blank Back Order Form reports in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 857285)
Graphics Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
Fonts Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
- Font used when Best Text Fit is marked (KB 849370)
- How to control the printer font size in Great Plains (KB 869078) (Not Available)
- Printer Fonts Selected by Dynamics (KB 870341)
Other Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
- Copying The Layout From a Modified Invoice to an Unmodified Invoice in version 6.0 (KB 856003) (Not Available)
- Formats Not Exported to .Package Files (KB 851092)
Extender Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
Modifier & VBA Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
- How to add a hidden field by using Modifier with Visual Basic for Applications in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 951230)
- Error message when you expand a scrolling window by using VBA in Microsoft Dynamics GP: “Run-time error ‘1008’: Unsafe Operation” (KB 951231)
- How to use ActiveX Data Object (ADO) with VBA on a window with Microsoft Dynamics GP and with Microsoft Business Solutions – Great Plains 8.0 (KB 942327)
- How to use an ActiveX Data Object (ADO) with VBA on a report in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 954619) (Not Available)
- Information about the new connection objects in VBA that replace the RetrieveGlobals.dll and RetrieveGlobals9.dll files in Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 (KB 936115)
- Error message when you run the UserInfoGet.CreateADOConnection VBA function in Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0: “Login failed for user ‘[User Name]'” (KB 941457)
- Formats Not Exported to .Package Files (KB 851092)
- A user who is not an administrator experiences VBA permission problems in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 929612)
- Error “VBA Cannot be initialized. Cannot Import this package because it contains VBA components.” when importing a package file in Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 861062)
- Type mismatch error comparing currency fields in VBA (KB 843656)
Developer Toolkit Knowledge Base (KB) Articles
- How to upgrade applications to use the GPConn.dll file or the GPConnNet.dll file in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (KB 912960)
- How to use the new RetrieveGlobals9.dll file in Integration Manager and in Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (KB 913341)
- Information about the new connection object in Integration Manager for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 (KB 939371)
- Error message when you try to install Dexterity or the Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 SDK: “.NET Framework 2.0 is not detected. Fatal error during installation” (KB 952376)
- You cannot insert a menu item that is always visible by using Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP (KB 922871)
- You receive error messages when you install Web Services for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 or for Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 (KB 973027)
This page is based on pages previously published on the Developing for Dynamics GP blog.
Last updated: 24-Feb-2020.
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