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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

Extender


Extender is one of the most remarkable modules available for Dynamics GP. Using Extender, you can build an unlimited number of additional data-entry windows that you can tie to existing Dynamics GP windows. You can even tie additional windows to the rows in a scrolling window. Furthermore, you can create your own standalone forms that do not need to be associated with an existing Dynamics GP window. You get all of this functionality through a point-and-click interface.

Overview

Your Dynamics GP system tracks a plethora of information, but still we crave for more. The native user forms often do not provide enough fields to house all of the data you need to store. For example, would you like to have line item notes on the Sales Transaction Entry window? How about an Inventory options window that displays different sets of information based on the kind of item you selected?

All of the features just mentioned, and more, are available if you use the Extender module. As a bonus, Dynamics...