Released on = September 6, 2006, 8:12 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = Microsoft Great Plains upgrade, customization redesign,
placing back into Microsoft Dynamics annual enhancement program, custom reports
version revision, Dexterity and VBA/Modifier custom logic upgrade

Press Release Body = Alba Spectrum Group: 1-866-528-0577, Brazil: 55-11-3444-4949,
help@albaspectrum.com skype: albaspectrum

Microsoft Great Plains upgrade, customization redesign, placing back into Microsoft
Dynamics annual enhancement program, custom reports version revision, Dexterity and
VBA/Modifier custom logic upgrade

When you have out-of-the-box non-modified version of Microsoft Dynamics GP Great
Plains 6.0, 7.0, 7.5, 8.0 or 9.0 upgrade is pretty straight forward process,
Dynamics GP Utilities do the job. However this ideal case is rare, real customers
have Microsoft Dexterity customizations, ReportWriter modified reports, modified
Great Plains forms (Modifier with VBA scripts), Crystal Reports, SQL stored
procedures - all these modifications needs professional consultant to be analyzed,
upgraded and even redesigned. Let's look at technical highlights:
. Microsoft Dexterity. Great Plains Dexterity customizations were introduced in
earlier 1990th and since then the whole spectrum of Great Plains clients depends on
these modifications. Dexterity was initially aimed to provide database independence
(with Dexterity cursors - these were working with Btrieve/Pervasive SQL, Ctree as
well as MS SQL Server 6.5). In 2004 Microsoft Business Solutions stopped support
for all the other DB platforms, except Microsoft SQL Server 2000/7.0. This single
fact makes Dexterity cursors pretty slow and less efficient, than aggregated logic
of SQL select and update statements. The other typical Dexterity customization
upgrade issues are alternate forms.
. ReportWriter reports. Microsoft Dynamics GP upgrade guidelines list reports, that
needs to be recustomized, or modified from scratch. Our experience indicates that
in the majority of cases we can "upgrade" these reports without "demolition" by
analyzing change to Dexterity functions, introduced in the new version.
. VBA Modifier. These mods are the likely candidates to be redesigned on the new
technology base: eConnect, MS Visual Studio.Net and even Dexterity. VBA is not a
.Net technology


Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http://www.albaspectrum.com
http://www.enterlogix.com.br ) - Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains,
Navision, Axapta, MS CRM, Oracle Financials and IBM Lotus Domino Partner, serving
corporate customers in the following industries: Aerospace & Defense, Medical &
Healthcare, Distribution & Logistics, Hospitality, Banking & Finance, Wholesale &
Retail, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Placement & Recruiting, Advertising & Publishing,
Textile, Pharmaceutical, Non-Profit, Beverages, Conglomerates, Apparels, Durables,
Manufacturing and having locations in multiple states and internationally.


Web Site = http://www.albaspectrum.com

Contact Details = Please give us a call: Alba Spectrum Group: 1-866-528-0577,
Brazil: 55-11-3444-4949, help@albaspectrum.com skype: albaspectrum