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    Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 - Modified Dictionary Upgrade

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    11 Apr 2013 7:00 AM

    Good Morning!

    After upgrading your DYNAMICS and Company Databases, you need to remember that if you have any modified forms or reports.dic files, those need to be upgraded as well.  Here are the steps that you need to take to upgrade your modified forms and reports.dic files.

    1. Make a backup of each reports dictionary or forms dictionary prior to the upgrade. The name of the reports dictionary for Microsoft Dynamics GP is Reports.dic and the name of the forms dictionary for Microsoft Dynamics GP is Forms.dic.   We recommend making a copy of the .DIC files as well as exporting the modified reports and forms to a package file under Microsoft Dynamics GP | Tools | Customize | Customization Maintenance.

    2. Open the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 launch file (Dynamics.set) and verify that the paths to the modified reports and forms are correct. The paths must be the location of the reports dictionary and forms dictionary from the previous release.  For example, if your modified dictionaries are located out on a network share, the paths would look like the following:

    :C:Program Files(x86)/Microsoft Dynamics/GP2013/Dynamics.dic
    //server/dictionary_share/FORMS.DIC
    //server/dictionary_share/REPORTS.DIC

    3. Launch Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Utilities and click Next to get to the Additional Tasks window.  In the Additional Tasks window, select Update modified forms and reports and click Process. The Locate Launch File window appears.

    4. Select the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 launch file (Dynamics.set) that you use to start Microsoft Dynamics GP on this client, then click Next. The Update Modified Forms and Reports window appears.

    5. Select Microsoft Dynamics GP and any additional components whose modified forms and reports dictionaries you’re upgrading.

    6. For each component, choose the Details button, if necessary, to open the Product Details window, where you can select the location of the original dictionary from the previous release, such as Dynamics.dic or HR.dic. For example, if you are upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010, you would browse to the Dynamics.dic in the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 client folder for the Microsoft Dynamics GP dictionary upgrade.  If you are upgrading the Human Resources modified dictionaries, you would browse to the HR.dic from the previous release.  Click OK in the Product Details window.

    7. In the Update Modified Forms and Reports window, click Update.

    Your modified forms and reports dictionaries are upgraded, and a report named Update2013.txt is generated, which contains information about upgraded modified forms. Be sure to review the report, located in the \Data folder, to verify that your modified forms have been upgraded correctly.

    8. Click Next. The Additional Tasks window reappears.

    At this point in time, you should know if your modified reports and forms upgraded successfully or not but to be sure you can review the Update2013.txt and Update2013.log, for more information about the modified forms and reports upgrade. I hope that this helps to answer your questions in regards to the steps to upgrade your modified reports and forms dictionaries!


    VIDEO!!  VIDEO!!!!  Check out a video demo of upgrading your modified Reports.dic and Forms.dic files - Demo Video!

    Check back with our Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Upgrade Blog Series Schedule for more upgrade blogs!!

    Happy Upgrading!

    Thank you!
    Sarah Purdy
    Microsoft Dynamics

    Tags: GP 2013 Upgrades

    Comments

    Almas Mahfooz picture
    Almas Mahfooz

    good and informative!

    over 3 years ago
    Dave Westphal picture
    Dave Westphal

    Sarah,

    I noticed that you mention exporting the modified forms and reports to a package file at the start but the package file is not mentioned again.  How does importing the package file into the new instance of GP differ from the process you describe above?

    Thanks

    over 3 years ago
    Sarah Purdy picture
    Sarah Purdy

    Hello Dave,

    I do mention exporting the modified forms and reports to a package file at the start.  We always recommend taking these precautionary steps in case the forms or reports.dic files become corrupt or you run into issues with the reports in regards to the upgrade itself.  This is to ensure that you have a back-up "file" of sorts of your modified forms and reports.  We would recommend that you go through the above steps when upgrading in order to ensure that your modified forms and reports.dic files get updated appropriately as well.  If you just import the package file into the new instance of GP (upgraded version), then you are not truly putting the forms and reports.dic files through the upgrade process however there are scenarios in which this is the only option that works.

    Thank you!

    Sarah

    Microsoft Dynamics

    over 3 years ago
    AMD picture
    AMD

    You saved my life:)

    over 3 years ago
    Sarah Purdy picture
    Sarah Purdy

    I am glad to hear that this helped you out!! :)

    over 3 years ago
    gp2010_newbie picture
    gp2010_newbie

    I am getting this error after upgrading to GP2013

    dicrionary needs to be upgraded. use microst dynamics gp utilities to update your modified forms and reports

    I logged in as sa to GP and i cant see anything in the export package section.

    over 2 years ago
    Nizamudeen picture
    Nizamudeen

    Great , i have resolved one of my issue like  upgrade forms  through this information.

    Thanks,

    Sarah.

    over 2 years ago
    Sarah Purdy picture
    Sarah Purdy

    Glad to hear that this helped!

    over 2 years ago

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