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Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications

By : Leslie Vail
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Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications

By: Leslie Vail

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics GP is a sophisticated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application with a multitude of features and options. Microsoft Dynamics GP can also be used to develop dynamic, mission critical applications. In "Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications" you will learn how to create and customize Dynamics GP Applications. This hands-on guide will take you through the initial steps of setting up a development environment through to customizing and developing an example application using tools such as Dexterity, VSTools and sanScript. "Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications" will take you through the complex steps of creating and customizing Microsoft Dynamics GP applications. Starting with an overview of Microsoft Dynamics GP architecture you'll then move onto setting up your development environment. You will learn how to make your application come to life with Dexterity and sanScript. You will create table operations and ranges as well as object triggers to make powerful and practical business applications. You will deploy your Dexterity solution before moving onto customization with Modifier and VBA. This book will also take you through ways of enhancing and extending your application without code using the SmartList Builder and Excel Report Builder. Using these highly flexible tools you'll be able to create data connections that will increase the usability and functionality of your ERP applications.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications
Credits
About the Author
Index

Architecture


Special runtime components give VS Tools the ability to work with Dynamics GP resources. You must install these runtime components before you can use VS Tools to create a Dynamics GP integration project. You will install the runtime components when you install VS Tools for Dynamics GP SDK. The runtime components include:

  • Dexterity Shell

  • Dexterity Bridge

  • Application assemblies

  • AddIns folder

Dexterity Shell

The Dexterity Shell assembly (Microsoft.Dexterity.Shell.UI.dll) provides the means for you to develop windows using VS Tools that look like native Dynamics GP windows. The assembly adds the following three additional properties to WinForms you created:

  • AutoSetDexColors: This property is used to match the color of Dynamics GP windows and controls

  • ControlArea: This property denotes the area located at the top of the window containing the button bar (refer to the following screenshot)

  • StatusArea: This property denotes the area located at the bottom of the window containing the browse...