This chapter will introduce you to the basics of building customizations for Dynamics GP with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). You will get a feel for how you can enhance the functionality of Dynamics GP windows. You will learn how to work with multiple dictionaries within your VBA project. This chapter will also introduce how you can change field values, populate data fields, and store and retrieve additional data from a special table in the company database.
Key points in this chapter include the following:
How to work with windows and window fields
The special characteristics of scrolling windows
How to read and manipulate modal dialogs
How to store and retrieve data using the Dynamic User Object Store
Important considerations when deploying Modifier/VBA customizations