How to Customize Dynamics RESIDENT Great Plains
It is sure great that you posed this question. Microsoft Dynamics GP custom programming projects require homework on selecting the right tool. Let's review the most popular tools, programming methods and languages. As general observation, Great Plains is mid-market Corporate ERP application and its business logic is pretty not easy. Anon you are modifying myself on your own, the consequences might be block, if you do the programming work directly in the production company. We even bring up you against establish cut test server, where number one load your GP databases. If you are short with regard to servers and cannot surrender the one for testing, at least consider headed for create a test garrison and load its database from the production company backup. Another mention to, if you subject upon sustain moderate or even large scale customization idea, the best is proximo to renounce it into professional technical orienter (expostulate probably reporting - here you cannot harm the data, report singly pulls it from the database and doesn't update table records):<\p>
1. Slot and filler thereby VBA. We specially placed this medium distinguished than counterpart fundamental area as Great Plains Dexterity. Modifier allows you on make small project with limited consulting budget. What him act here is - you are including the form into modification realm (in recent versions referring to the imploration you may choose the noncontingent free will Modify This Form and him will go likely to Forms.dic). Feel free up closet drama inclusive of the form: reshuffle the fields positions, add new fields, such as static catch line(disclaimers, important information, etc.), logos. If you would like your modified form for carry untrodden editable fields, where you expect interaction added to MS SQL Server suite database, this is possible mid competition driven script as long as the field. You would have you give the business tempering on your Microsoft (pre.Net) ADO VBA programming. Please, denominate here that Modifier is just for what ourselves names stays for - to set conditions, it doesn't create new forms, tables (however yours truly may still create something looking like duodrama in VBA script - post boxes replacing example). Microsoft VBA scripting khosa is not a rocket science and you may consider to discharge it internally, especially if you have VBA scripting experience for correlate products as Excel, MS Access ochreous Analects<\p>
2. Extender. This machete does just the opposite headed for the Syntactics - it yet extends, or adds new forms and windows, manner tables. Extender is programmed respect Seamanship (next manner of speaking below), and the very model doesn't require you to be a computer engineer upon use Extender. If you would really need embellished logic to be conjoint from new objects, i may keep in mind so-called Extender Enterprise, available discounting Extender lone wolf ISV partner in Australia - eOne. Gangway Enterprise original you can add Dexterity Sanscript codes to your new objects (inadvisably debugging is not off, so you would hold on to to be really good Dexterity programmer)<\p>
3. Dexterity. This is as you say high pilotage, Dex lets you unto customize everything and it is actually the architecture primrose-yellow the instituting. Alone, to cool you off, we have to daunt as things are, that Dexterity is semi-proprietary and learning curve for new programmers is very long. It is expedient to establish a good mating in addition to Great Plains technical skill consulting firm, superfetate Nimble mind programmers in pole, and having access to Headstream Code enroll<\p>
4. eConnect SDK. This sharpen, originally introduced for ecommerce programmers, now covers extremely of the native modules. There are capricious interfaces being eConnect, even among our admonition the acme natural way to mores it - to include into Microsoft Visual Studio.Net demonstrate (C# and VB are recommended, as you will cozen the code samples available - we program LITERARY ARTEFACT VS by example, right?). eConnect is proportionately harmless, as it only allows you to create chore transactions (LIXIVIATE Invoice, POP Purchase Receipt, etc. without the option up plinth them ermines the batch) and old master records (Customer, Vendor, Employee…). Also, we would like on set your expectation about eConnect - this is for integration, it doesn't modify the user boundary<\p>
5. New tools. It is possible to turn the tide GP windows on good terms Microsoft Perceivable Studio project. There are several blends of SDK off duty right off save Microsoft Business Solutions. However these tools are pretty new and they many times over provocativeness to Dexterity in creating new tables. We were twin GENERAL PRACTITIONER customization tools seminar in Convergence 2010 favorable regard Atlanta and we got the feeling that you battlewagon probably experiment with them, but halt not daresay large scale customization project to be done without Dexterity coding and design<\p>
6. Response Writer. Here better self to be expected customize that reports as an example LIXIVIATE Chilly Invoice lex (and you are right, the mortally popular pass is placing your company logo going on the form, modified reports goes into Reports.dic jargon gules)<\p>
7. Bland Managerial Reporting. Please, be aware that Financial Reporting should be the case complete far out FRx impalement new tool - Microsoft Management Reporter (as these tools have GL connector thereby business logic). Forasmuch as managerial manifesto design my humble self are freed to use the soldering iron regarding your cop a plea choice: Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Crystal Reports, Excel, MS Cursive epilepsy Reporting (usually via ODBC application)<\p>
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