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Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

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I am noticing that our alternate/modified forms are changing back to the canned GP reports or no longer have a selection, which prompts an error when trying to access a window or report.  It has happened a handful a of times over the years, but ever since we have launched GP to our new Azure servers (some still working on old servers, which is where SQL is still sitting) it has been happening quite frequently.

I have gone through every one of the below windows and reports for every series we use. I make sure I am logged in as "sa", but a week or so later, something changes my settings.

Anyone else experience this?

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  • Napolo Profile Picture
    Napolo 752 on at
    RE: Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

    Thank you! I will take a look at this.

  • Tim Wappat Profile Picture
    Tim Wappat 5,703 on at
    RE: Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

    Nicole, 

    Sorry I used the wrong login to respond before, so didn't get notification email that you had replied. 

    Below is a sample .SET file, the configuration for each module in GP is held as three rows in here, the main dic, forms dic then the reports dic.

    So the third row of each group of three rows are the report dic locations for GP (clue is names have R or RPT in them mostly). 

    It may be worth checking this SET file across your GP installs to see where the location of the various dic files are being held. It may be that your install of GP is using a central shared file server to host the DIC files. If they are being held on a network share, you will need to make certain all the .SET files are pointing to the same central copy of the DIC files across all your GP installs, if that makes sense?

    Basically I have the feeling that you are not all using the same reports dictionary and that is why you are not seeing the modified reports. 

    Tim

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  • Napolo Profile Picture
    Napolo 752 on at
    RE: Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

    Thank you Tim. I am not seeing this file in my new server's C drive.

    I found the following DIC files, that I think need to be moved over.  

      EXP1493F.DIC,

      FORMS.DIC

      NCLF2429.DIC,

      R309.DIC,

    I moved these files over.   That didn't do the trick but, may have resolved a future issue.

  • Napolo Profile Picture
    Napolo 752 on at
    RE: Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

    You are right. Some had them and some did not. After changing that setting, I can see it.  Looking at the contents of the file, it looks different than the one in production (old servers).

  • TimDotNet Profile Picture
    TimDotNet 95 on at
    RE: Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

    You probably have file extensions hidden by default on that server so by naming it to DYNAMICS.SET you actually renamed it to DYNAMICS.SET.SET

    As for the general issue, it feels like the dictionaries between these two servers are out of sync with each other. 

    Are the paths for the reports dictionary pointing to the same file?

    In DYNAMICS.SET, I'm guessing these are local copies on the two servers, it it that after updating the reports on one server the dictionary has not been copied with those changes to the other server?

    :C:Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Dynamics/GP2015/Data/REPORTS.DIC

  • Richard Wheeler Profile Picture
    Richard Wheeler 75,772 on at
    RE: Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

    Do you have View File Extensions turned off? There will be several files with the base name of DYNAMICS. You need the one called DYNAMICS.SET.

  • Napolo Profile Picture
    Napolo 752 on at
    RE: Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

    When I close GP, I am getting "Unhandled object exception: The parameter is incorrect".

  • Napolo Profile Picture
    Napolo 752 on at
    RE: Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

    Oh geesh. After I changed my APP selection, to notepad (looked a bit different on new server), the file now opens up.

    Both files are located at C:\GP2013 (one old and new servers)  

    Old server, my SET file name is "DYNAMICS.SET"

    New server, my SET file name is "DYNAMICS"

    So, I tried to rename the DYNAMICS file to DYNAMICS.SET on the new server, and when I launch GP, I get "This launch file is invalid".  GP does launch when I change it back to "DYNAMICS", however the modified settings are still missing.

  • Richard Wheeler Profile Picture
    Richard Wheeler 75,772 on at
    RE: Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

    The unknown application means the OS does not know what application to use to read it. I often set mine to NotePad so I do not get prompted all the time. You don't have profiles that get confused and forget where the DYNAMICS.SET file is located do you? "C\MyApps\Microsoft Dynamics\GP2016\Dynamics.exe" Dynamics.set should be the property of your GP icon.  Please provide how yours reads.

  • Napolo Profile Picture
    Napolo 752 on at
    RE: Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports

    Thank you both.

    I am noticing a difference between servers..

    Left image is GP in our New Azure Servers.  It is not pulling the Modified reports.

    Right image is our current/old Servers. I see the modified selections.

    I have noticed when reassigning the settings, they save for a few days, something happens and everything goes haywire.

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    So, i located Dynamics.set file for both servers. I do notice that the new server that is giving us grief, is showing up with an unknown application.

    Do I need to delete the below file on the new server and copy over DYNAMICS.SET file?

    set.png

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