Continuum API and GP 2015, discontinued.

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Has the Continuum API been discontinued starting with GP 2015? What are people using instead or is everyone switching to the web client?

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Beat Bucher GP Gee... 28,058 Moderator on at

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Hi Richard,

I've never used (nor heard before) the Continuum API library, but it looks like the only usable download link I could find from MS was about the version for GP 2010..

The funny thing is that Microsoft mentioned the API in their document "Choosing a Development Tool for GP 2013R2" but fails to provide any useful link inside of the PDF document dated back on May 2014.

Maybe we can get some insights from MS itself... ?

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Richard,

This thread was posted by someone that seems to use Continuum with GP 2013... no mention about more recent versions..

community.dynamics.com/.../157718

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I can verify it works with GP 2013 R2. The continuum library is a C# library that you use to execute Sanscript code automatically. Sanscript is Microsoft's dexterity language which GP is built on. The library is found in your installation folder and is called Interop.Dynamics.dll. Talking with my Partner, it should still be supported in 2015 (I do not see why it would not work since it's just issuing Sanscript commands using C#).

The other alternative is using the SDK for C#. Instead of executing Sanscript commands, you manipulate tables and forms directly using C# objects. The output is a dll you put into your add-ins folder. I have created add-ins that use both the Contiunuum library and SDK together with no problem.

This thread describes how to find the SDK. Or you can find it online if you have your Customer Source login: community.dynamics.com/.../151924

EDIT: Shameless plug: I have add-ins built with continuum and the SDK on my blog linked in my profile.

James

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Beat Bucher GP Gee... 28,058 Moderator on at

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Hi James,

Thanks for sharing this ... great info indeed.

PS: there is no shame in referring back to your own blog :-) it's part of your community contribution as well..

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I have successfully used the Continuum API to interact with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018.

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Richard Wheeler 75,850 Moderator on at

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Did you find any documentation or were you successful through trial and error? Did you find all the tools in the GP 2018 install media?

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The Continuum API is a DLL that comes with the GP installation. The API DLL can be found here :

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Dynamics\GP2018\Interop.Dynamics.dll

The API Reference can be found on the DVD here:

MDGP2018_RTM_DVD_ENUS\Tools\Continuum\ContinuumAPIGuide.pdf

VB.NET Sample project can be found on the DVD here:

MDGP2018_RTM_DVD_ENUS\Tools\Continuum\Samples

The API Reference has a section for each of the sample projects explaining what they do.

When GP installs, it registers the Continuum API as a COM object. There are two ways to reference this API in a Visual Studio project:

1) Reference Interop.Dynamics.dll directly

2) Reference the COM library "Dynamics Continuum Integration Library"

The Continuum API versioning keeps up with the GP versioning (ie. GP 2018 -> Continuum API v.18) however I haven't yet found any issues with using different versions of the Continuum API with a single GP version.

I haven't ever found any official statement from GP about the Continuum API but as far as I know (through trial and success) it still works seamlessly

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