Dynamics.Application Object not available on Web Client

This article comes about because we have identified a feature of GP Power Tools that does not work as expected on the Web Client. GP Power Tools has the ability to run scripts and register triggers against Modifier added fields and Modal Dialogs. These features uses the Dynamics.Application object and in particular a suite of functionality historically known as “Continuum”.

We can now confirm that the Dynamics.Application object is not available at all when running Microsoft Dynamics GP in the Web Client and so any functionality reliant on this object will fail to work.

Customising the Company Login window series Part 4 – Visual Studio Tools

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

GP Power Tools – Administrator Tools Module can provide this functionality without needing customizations. (http://WinthropDC.com/GPPT)

Following on from my previous posts: Customising the Company Login window series Part 1 – Introduction, Customising the Company Login window series Part 2 – Visual Basic for Applications and Customising the Company Login window series Part 3 – Dexterity, here is a discussion about trying to create a solution using Visual Studio Tools.

Dynamics GP Developer Insights: .NET Interop

This is a reposting of an article Alice Newsam originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

Hello, my name is Alice Newsam and I am software engineer on the Dynamics GP team focusing on Dexterity and I have a question for you:

Have you ever thought to yourself while working in Dexterity “I know there’s a .NET class that does this. It would be handy to access that right about now.” or “If only I could increase the string size to hold that data.”?

Well read on because you’ll be excited to learn about a feature that the GP Development team is currently working on for the GP 2015 release: .NET Interop.

eConnect transaction not rolling back

This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

I ran across an interesting case the other day with eConnect.  I had a similar type of case I wrote about previously, but this one is for a completely different reason.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 – Things to consider when moving your Visual Studio Tools add-ins to the web client

This is a reposting of an article Alice Newsam originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

One of the features included in the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Service Pack 2 release was the ability to now render Visual Studio Tools customizations in the web client. For those of you that missed the overview session of this feature at the recent Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift 2013, I thought I’d share some “things to consider” in a post.

Quick Tip: Debugging Visual Studio Tools

This is a reposting of an article Lee Butenhoff originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

Let’s jump right in. We debug our Visual Studio applications over and over; and attaching to the test environment is among the most important, and time-consuming skills we use. (How many times have I launched GP2010 when I was thinking of GP2013?)

Of course we all simplify our testing by building the dll and pdb files directly in the DynamicsAddins folder (right?). If not, start doing that.

Were that the only thing to learn here, that knowledge alone would be worth the price of admission. But it’s a fairly obvious step, and many of us already send the built dll file to the folder.

Menus for Visual Studio Tools Portal

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Menus for Visual Studio Tools is now Visual Studio Integration Toolkit from Winthrop Development Consultants (http://winthropdc.com/VSIT)

Menus for Visual Studio Tools Build 9 for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Released

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

With the release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, I am pleased to announce the release of Build 9 of Menus for Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP for version GP 2013 (v12.0).

Quick Tip: Capturing the Save Event with Visual Studio Tools

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

I recently responded to a community post which was asking how to ensure that all save events from the Item Maintenance window were captured using Visual Studio Tools. The aim was to make sure that the additional fields added to the window with Modifier were saved when the item data in the window was saved.

Using a GP Web Service Extension in the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics GP

This is a reposting of an article Chris Roehrich originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

The Connector for Microsoft Dynamics provides a powerful integration platform that can be customized and extended with the CRM Connector SDK and Web Services for Microsoft Dynamics GP SDK tool sets.  The CRM Connector for Microsoft Dynamics GP page in PartnerSource has various downloads to get you started with the CRM Connector including the SDK download.   You can find the GP Web Services SDK download here.  Additionally, the Dynamics GP Web Services SDK page on MSDN contains the same reference information found in the download page and is available to those without accessing PartnerSource or CustomerSource and can be helpful for quick access.

Microsoft Dynamics GP Addins DAG Utility

This is a reposting of an article Srinivas Ramidi originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

Today, I have another treat for Visual Studio Tools developers.

After I posted the article: How to update Microsoft Dynamics GP Visual Studio Tools Addins on a live system, I was contacted by another community member, Srinivas Ramidi. He has created a little utility that makes using the DAG (Dictionary Assembly Generator) tool easier by providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to the tool.

Srinivas was graciously willing to share his utility and asked if I could post it.

How to update Microsoft Dynamics GP Visual Studio Tools Addins on a live system

This is a reposting of an article Luc St-Yves and I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

Today I have a treat for all the Visual Studio Tools developers out there.

While at Microsoft Convergence 2012 Houston, I was approached by Luc St-Yves to discuss a tool that he was creating that would allow Visual Studio Tools Addins to be updated on a live system. This is especially useful on a terminal server or Citrix system where you cannot get every user to disconnect when you want to put an update into production.

Drilling back to Project Accounting Inventory Transfer Inquiry Zoom

This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

A few days ago, a user posted a question on the Dynamics GP forums.

Creating a Custom Serialization Assembly for eConnect for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010

This is a reposting of an article Chris Roehrich originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

The eConnect Programmer’s guide discusses creating a custom XML node and stored procedure so developers can process new types of data.   For example, a custom or 3rd party table could be updated when integrating a master record like a Customer or a transaction like a Sales Invoice using eConnect.   The strategy that I will discuss below is for developers out there that would like to go one step further by referencing their own custom assembly.  This assembly can be referenced in their Visual Studio project which would allow them to serialize the eConnect XML document with the custom node.

Retrieve more than 1000 Records using Web Services for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010

This is a reposting of an article Chris Roehrich originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

A question we have received in the past in Developer Support is how to retrieve more than 1000 records using Web Services.   The maximum number of records a GetList method will return is 1000 records.  This is by design as this value is coded into the call to eConnect and it cannot be changed with a configuration file.

Finding Command Forms and Commands to use with Menus for Visual Studio Tools or Dexterity

This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

One of the issues ISV’s have when integrating with the Dynamics GP menu system is to determine the name of a command list and command form to use.

VSTools 2010: Adding Company Name to Dynamics GP Home Page

This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

A few years ago, the question came up (partner, customer, Convergence – I don’t recall) about being able to identify the current company on the Dynamics Home Page of the Navigation pane.

Menus for Visual Studio Tools Build 9 Released

This is a reposting of an article I originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Menus for Visual Studio Tools is now Visual Studio Integration Toolkit from Winthrop Development Consultants (http://winthropdc.com/VSIT)

Well, it has taken a little longer than orginally planned, but I am pleased to announce that Menus for Visual Studio Tools build 9 has now been released for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 (v11.0).

Microsoft Visual Studio Tools window does not open

This is a reposting of an article Patrick Roth originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

This week an ISV logged a support incident to determine why their Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP (VSTools) form wouldn’t open.  The customization worked fine on the developer’s machine (of course) but didn’t work when deploying it to the customer site.

Serializing CDATA tags in eConnect XML Documents

This is a reposting of an article Chris Roehrich originally wrote on my Developing for Dynamics GP blog.

I had a recent support incident where the customer was trying to update a field to a blank value using the eConnect serialization assembly and the value was not being removed.  Specifically, they were attempting to remove the existing value in the ADDRESS2 column of the RM00101 table by setting the string value to a blank value.  The reason why this was happening was really by design with the eConnect stored procedures.   If you do not pass a value, eConnect will use the setup in Dynamics GP to default the value if one exists.   This works great because then as a developer you do not have to worry about passing everything in with the XML document.   That would be painful to have to pass everything in the XML document for being fearful of having data being removed.