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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

Introduction to sanScript


sanScript is the engine of Dynamics GP. Like any other programming language, you will never really appreciate what it can do until you see it in action. This chapter will provide that action. sanScript uses a natural language syntax making the scripts very easy to read and easy to learn. It comes with a rich function library, a graphical forms designer, an embedded report writer, a source-level script debugger, and supports COM and .NET technologies. A well-written application in Dexterity provides a seamless integration with Dynamics GP. Your users will not be able to detect when they have switched from the native Dynamics GP code, to yours.

You can get more information about the history and structure of sanScript in the first three chapters of this book.

Scripts

Before you get started writing scripts, you need to understand a few basics about sanScript. There are not that many rules, but still, if you don't follow them your script will never compile. sanScript does...