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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

Overview of Modifier


Modifier is an end-user tool that allows you to make changes to the user interface without using a full-blown application development environment. Rather than creating a new window, you can seize an existing window and change nearly everything about it.

Changes to windows made with theModifier are stored in a separate dictionary known as a Forms dictionary; each application has its own Forms dictionary. For example, the Forms dictionary for the core application is named Forms.dic; the Forms dictionary for Fixed Assets is named F309.dic. You can find the name and location of the Forms dictionary for each Dexterity application in the Dynamics.set file.

Two tools in one!

As the name implies, the Modifier with VBA comprises of two components. The first, Modifier, has been around as long as Dynamics GP itself. It's a scaled-down version of the Dexterity window design tool.

Essentially, Modifier allows you to make visual changes to the windows. You can also make certain object...