Winthrop Development Consultants is pleased to announce Build 14 of Batch Posting Service Toolkit (BPST) for Microsoft Dynamics GP was released on 08-Apr-2024.
This build adds the ability to transfer Sales Order Processing batches.
Batch Posting Service Toolkit
Installation Failing with ANSI_WARNINGS and CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL Errors
A couple of weeks ago, we had an unusual support case: upgrading two of our products, Visual Studio Integration Toolkit and GP Power Tools, was failing with a SQL Server error I had never seen before.
The errors only occurred on the customer’s live system, but the install worked fine on their development system. Eventually the cause for the issue was identified.
Today, my good friend Beat Bucher, had the same error and I was able to tell him the cause straight away. Read on for a full explanation.
Registration Expired or Failed Dialog shown when launching Microsoft Dynamics GP
We are currently seeing an increase in customer sites reporting the Registration Expired or Failed dialog when launching Microsoft Dynamics GP.
This dialog is to notify users that a Winthrop Development Consultants product is no longer registered and action needs to be taken by the system administrator to fix the subscription and restore the product’s functionality.
Uninstalling Winthrop Products and Removing previous versions from Programs and Features
This article covers how to uninstall Winthrop Products and also how to remove previous versions showing in Programs and Features in the Control Panel.
Winthrop Products use a two-step uninstall process and will not uninstall from the Programs and Features applet in the Control Panel until they have first been uninstalled from the Microsoft Dynamics GP application. This allows the products to clean up all the settings, tables and other SQL objects from the SQL Server as well as removing themselves from the application installation before the files are removed by uninstalling from the control panel.
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#MSDynGP Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.6 – October 2023 has released
The latest and greatest version of Microsoft Dynamics GP has been released, and it contains a number of new features and bug fixes.
Winthrop Development Consultants has already updated its products for this Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.6 – October 2023 release. They are now built against the final build and so are no longer beta builds.
Check out the previous article for more information:
Installer Error: Microsoft Dynamics GP Process Monitor (DPM.exe)
Today, we have an interesting support case where the installer for a Winthrop Development Consultants product failed to complete with the following error message:
- A version of Microsoft Dynamics GP Process Monitor (DPM.exe) is currently running, please exit the application and click Retry or click Cancel to exit the installer.
#MSDynGP Microsoft Dynamics GP v18.6 ISV Pre-release installers now available
Some more great news after the release of new builds of our products.
This morning (Perth Time) I had an email from Terry Heley from Microsoft with a link to a pre-release (ISV Drop) of the upcoming Microsoft Dynamics GP version 18.6 (October 2023) release. This download is provided to the ISV community to help them prepare for the final code when it is released.
Discontinued Builds for Winthrop Products
This article should help clarify which old builds are discontinued, what this means, and why the builds are discontinued anyway.
With the release of the latest builds for GP Power Tools, Batch Posting Service Toolkit and Visual Studio Integration Toolkit, we have also announced that builds containing the known security vulnerability will be discontinued at the end of 2023.
This is not discontinuing products, we are fully committed to Microsoft Dynamics GP and continuing our products and product development on the platform.
#BPST Batch Posting Service Toolkit build 13.1 released
Winthrop Development Consultants is pleased to announce Build 13 of Batch Posting Service Toolkit (BPST) for Microsoft Dynamics GP was released on 21-Aug-2023.
This build includes improvements to the registration and installer systems.
Great New Introduction Videos
Winthrop Development Consultants was the proud sponsor of the Microsoft Dynamics GP track at the recent DynamicsCon Virtual March 2023 conference. Part of the conference sponsorship package required us to create a 60 second video advert for Winthrop Development Consultants.
Thanks to Carol Livingston from Dynamics Connections who recommended the great tool Renderforest which was used to eventually create four new videos, including two shortened one-minute versions.
Subscription Keys Not Renewing Automatically
Winthrop Development Consultants products are sold using an annual subscription model which means they need to have their subscription renewed and updated each year to remain functional.
This process is usually fairly smooth and transparent as long as the invoice is paid by the due date and the system is internet connected. Invoices are due one month before the expiry date so that if they are paid on time, the subscription is renewed automatically before any expiry warnings are displayed.
#GPPT #BPST Reminder Pricing Increase from January 2023
Back in August 2022 we announced that after 7 years, we would be increasing the module pricing for Winthrop Development Consultants products, specifically GP Power Tools and Batch Posting Service Toolkit.
For more details see the original article:
Changing Registration Contact Details for Winthrop Products
I am often asked to change the contact details for the registration data for our products. These contact details are used for sending emails from Winthrop Development Consultants.
Emails sent include Renewal Notices and Invoices to partners and direct customers, and update notices and newsletters to all customers (cc’d to their partners).
It is vital that the contact details use a valid (and unique) email address for each registration record. The email must be for a person or team at the registered company. Partners cannot use their email addresses for customer registrations.
#MSDynGP Winthrop Products and Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.5 Year End 2022
Last week, Terry Heley from Microsoft announced that the Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.5 Year End 2022 service pack has been released.
Since then, we have been asked numerous times if the Winthrop products are compatible with this new 18.05.1596 release. The short answer is yes.
How Do I Get Keys For A New Version?
Recently, I have been getting a lot of requests for subscription keys for Winthrop products before upgrading to new versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
This article will explain how Winthrop products obtain new subscription keys automatically over the internet and what the process is if a system is not internet connected.
Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.5 – October 2022 has released
The latest version of Microsoft Dynamics GP was released today, and it contains a number of new features and bug fixes. Winthrop Development Consultants has already updated its products for this Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.5 – October 2022 release. They are now built against the final build and so are no longer beta builds.
Check out the previous article for more information:
#MSDynGP Microsoft Dynamics GP v18.5 ISV Pre-release installers now available
Fantastic News.
This morning (Perth Time) I had an email from Terry Heley from Microsoft with a link to a pre-release (ISV Drop) of the upcoming Microsoft Dynamics GP version 18.5 (October 2022) release. This download is provided to the ISV community to help them prepare for the final code when it is released.
Winthrop Development Consultants Newsletter – August 2022
It has been a long time between Newsletters, but that does not mean nothing’s been happening. On the contrary, we have been really busy working hard to improve our software products with the aim of making your lives better.
This newsletter contains important information about price changes, and new releases of all our software (including a critical security update). Please forward this newsletter to anyone in your organization who would find this information useful. They can subscribe to future newsletters using the link below:
#GPPT #BPST Pricing Increase from January 2023
We have not changed our pricing since 2016 when the current module-based pricing was adopted with the release of Build 21 of GP Power Tools.
Since then, we have released many new builds with lots of added functionality and features in all modules of all our products, providing a massive increase in the value. So, from January 2023 there will be a minor increase in the module pricing.
Benefits Presentation Updated for GP Power Tools Build 29
We are pleased to announce that the Benefits Presentation for Winthrop Development Consultants products has been updated to match the recently released builds of GP Power Tools (GPPT), Batch Posting Service Toolkit (BPST) and Visual Studio Integration Toolkit (VSIT).
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