Re: Integration Questions
It is very possible to modify the GP interface. In fact, I would go so far as to say that GP is the most modifiable ERP solution available! (big statement, eh?)
Your only options to change the GUI are Dexterity, which is the tool Great Plains developed to create the "Dynamics" application long before Microsoft was in the picture, or you can use Modifier/VBA, which is basically a baby version of Dexterity with VBA thrown in.
Generally speaking, end users will use Modifier/VBA to do something that you're describing. Dexterity takes a LONG TIME to learn, and is usually only used by VARs supporting many GP customers. Modifer/VBA will allow you to modify copies of original windows (note how I say that: you don't risk ruining a GP window by changing it's source code, you will always only be modifying a copy of a window). You will be able to add a button, and from VBA code behind the button execute a URL to your doc mgmt solution.
Assuming you are a GP user, not a VAR, you will need to purchase the Modifer/VBA license in order to do this. If you have your VAR or a GP developer such as me do the work, then you need to either have a Modifer/VBA license, or the cheaper "Customization Site License", that allows you to import modifications made by a licensed VAR.
Good luck,
Ron
Ron Draganowski
Senior Solution Developer
Olsen Thielen Technologies, Inc.St Paul, Minnesota
rdrag@ottechnologies.com
http://www.ottechnologies.com Find me on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rondraganowski
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