Developing for Microsoft Dynamics GP

Serializing CDATA tags in eConnect XML Documents

Developing for Dynamics GP — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

I had a recent support incident where the customer was trying to update a field to a blank value using the eConnect serialization assembly and the value was not being removed. Specifically, they were attempting to remove the existing value in the ADDRESS2...(read more)

Project Natal for Xbox 360 Coming Soon

Developing for Dynamics GP — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Back in June, Microsoft announced Project Natal for the Xbox 360. The extremely cool way to interact with your Xbox 360 without needing a controller. See the post below for the announcement video. Microsoft Project Natal for Xbox 360 Now there is a new...(read more)

Improving Performance Accessing Tables in Dexterity

Developing for Dynamics GP — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Here are a couple of really cool tricks that can boost performance of your Dexterity code for almost no effort at all. The techniques discussed below can significantly speed up accessing table buffers in functions and procedures when looping through a...(read more)

Safepay Integration

Developing for Dynamics GP — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Recently, I have been getting a lot of customization requests for Safepay, specifically, adding information into the detail line in the safepay file. Safepay customizations like that are pretty much all the same thing, no matter what field you want to...(read more)

Update to Support Debugging Tool For Build 12

Developing for Dynamics GP — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

I admit it. I broke it .... well, just a little bit. Yesterday, I found out that the XML Table Import window in the Support Debugging Tool was failing to work. It would just say "0 Tables imported". This issue was caused by the changes to provide...(read more)

Unexpected Hidden Talents - Another Birthday, Another Cake and more

Developing for Dynamics GP — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

March is here and with it comes my son Rohan's Birthday. His actual Birthday is in the second half of the month, but I have a work trip to the US coming up and will be away for the actual day. So we decided to have a party before my trip. So last...(read more)

SmartList Shows Duplicate Year End Journal Entry Distributions

Developing for Dynamics GP — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

I have had two support cases with this issue recently. So I thought I would post an explanation of the problem along with a script to fix it. The good news is that the underlying cause of the issue has been fixed in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 (v11.00...(read more)

How to filter Dynamics GP Notes - Not!

Developing for Dynamics GP — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

A month or three ago, I had a case where special characters entered into a Note on a Sales Invoice were causing the eConnect Requester to fail. Since the Requester utilizes XML to pass the data, characters like Control-B can cause problems. If you want...(read more)

Support Debugging Tool Portal launched

Developing for Dynamics GP — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

I am pleased to announce the creation of the Support Debugging Tool Portal. This page contains overview details of the tool and has links to the release announcement blog pages, the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, download pages on PartnerSource...(read more)

Differentiating Companies in Microsoft Dynamics GP

Developing for Dynamics GP — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

One issue that I have seen cause much pain in the past is entering data into the wrong company. This could be entering a day's worth of transactions into the test company instead of the live company, or entering data into the wrong subsidiary company...(read more)

ThinkUKnow - Online safety for our kids

Developing for Dynamics GP — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

This is not related to Microsoft Dynamics GP, but is something that I strongly believe in and want to help raise awareness of. Microsoft Australia in conjunction with the Australian Federal Police have announced the expansion of the ThinkUKnow program...(read more)

Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Beta

Developing for Dynamics GP — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Following on from the release of Support Debugging Tool Build 12 , I am pleased to announce the release of the Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Beta . This is an updated build 12 release with some changes to take advantage of new...(read more)

PartnerSource and CustomerSource Access (26-Feb-2010 to 01-Mar-2010)

Developing for Dynamics GP — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Just a quick note to let you know that there is a big update happening on PartnerSource and CustomerSource this weekend. You will not be able to access either site (including Knowledge Base and eSupport) during this time. Expect to see the following message...(read more)

Windows Phone 7 Series Demo Video

Developing for Dynamics GP — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

As I mentioned last week Windows Phone 7 Series is coming and with it comes a whole new way of interacting with a phone. Have a look at the demo video below: Go ahead and stare the user interface of the Windows Phone 7 Series deserves it. That's the...(read more)

SnapShot for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Beta

Developing for Dynamics GP — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

I am please to announce that SnapShot for the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Beta is available. If you have not heard of SnapShot before, have a look at the previous post about this handy free tool. SnapShot for Microsoft Dynamics GP NOTE: SnapShot is not...(read more)

The Vendor Client Relationship

Developing for Dynamics GP — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Thanks to Vaidy who highlighted this great post by Martin Olsen from eOne which discusses the Vendor Client Relationship. I am sure that almost every partner has had at least one customer like those shown in the video. You will need to watch the video...(read more)

Sessions at Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2010

Developing for Dynamics GP — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

As mentioned in my earlier post, See you at Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2010 , I would provide details of the sessions that Mariano and I will be presenting. So here they, please make sure you attend these sessions as we have some great material to...(read more)

Debugging ISV Application Crashing Dynamics

Developing for Dynamics GP — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT

I recently had a case that I thought I'd share with you. A well known ISV opened an incident with Developer Support to help solve an issue at their customer site. This ISV has an application that encrypts certain sensitive data in the custom application...(read more)

Welcome Waqas Butt to the Blogsphere

Developing for Dynamics GP — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Please join me in a belated welcome to Waqas Butt. I have just added his blog, which started last June, to the Blog List on the left hand pane of this blog and also to the Microsoft Dynamics GP Blogs page. If you want to have a read of what Waqas has...(read more)

Support Debugging Tool Build 12 released

Developing for Dynamics GP — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Some of you might have had a sneak peak at a few of the new features in build 12 of the Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP when an early beta version was demonstrated at the Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Conference 2009 . Since then there...(read more)

Vote for Barbie as a Computer Engineer - Results

Developing for Dynamics GP — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

The votes are in, the poll is closed and the results are out. If you saw the previous post and did Vote for Barbie as a Computer Engineer , you would be interested in the outcome. So, announcing the Popular Vote winner for the "I Can Be..."...(read more)

Windows Phone 7 Series is coming

Developing for Dynamics GP — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:30:00 GMT

I have always loved my Windows Phone, but it has fallen behind the competition recently. It is not quite as cool in the consumer market as a certain fruit based phone. Well, that is about to change. Today was the official launch of the Windows Phone 7...(read more)

We need your feedback!

Developing for Dynamics GP — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

We, the authors of this blog need your feedback. We need your feedback for six reasons: We need to know if the articles we are posting are helpful to you. Do they cover topics you need or want to know about? Do they cover the topic with enough depth?...(read more)

What's New in Visual Studio Tools 2010

Developing for Dynamics GP — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:33:00 GMT

Today, I want to share with you what I think are the 3 coolest new features in Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 (VSTools). Modal Dialog Notifications In this version, VSTools joins VBA with the capability for modal dialog notifications...(read more)

Removing Extender Data when deleting Transactions or Lines Revisited

Developing for Dynamics GP — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Last week, I tackled the subject of orphaned records in the Extender tables when the parent records were deleted and the Extender data was left behind. If you have not read this post the link is below: Removing Extender Data when deleting Transactions...(read more)