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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

Scrolling windows


Scrolling windows are called Grids in VBA. Scrolling windows are used extensively throughout the application. The body of the Sales Transaction Entry and Purchase Order Entry windows are scrolling windows. A single screen can contain a number of separate scrolling windows. The following screenshot shows two screens that contain scrolling windows:

Adding a scrolling window to the project

When you add a window containing a scrolling window to a project, you automatically add a separate object for each scrolling window. You do not have to do anything extra; the VBA system does it for you. In your project, you should have several scrolling windows, called grids, listed as objects. Your project will look something like the following screenshot:

Grid events

The fields on a grid have the same events as the fields on a window. The grid itself, however, has some unique events that apply only to grids.

Line got focus

The LineGotFocus events occur as soon as you enter a new line. You...