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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

Defining the project


Before you start installing software and designing windows, you need a plan. It's almost time to search for your flowcharting template, but first you need to answer this query: Just what are you trying to accomplish? Let's begin to define the project by responding to some fundamental questions:

  • Do you want to change the way a window looks or behaves?

  • Do you want to change or extend current Dynamics GP functionality?

  • Do you need to create brand-new functionality?

  • Do you need to exchange data between dissimilar systems?

  • Are you just trying to store some additional static data?

Changing a window's look or behavior

Maybe the field prompts are wrong or the tabbing order is unacceptable. Perhaps there are not enough, or even too many, fields on the window. The window may need additional navigation options such as menus or buttons. You might want a field to be created only if certain criteria are met. For instance, if your customer were a reseller, the Tax Schedule ID field would...