Released on: June 19, 2008, 4:55 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Microsoft Great Plains or current name of this mid-market ERP
is Dynamics GP has various development and programming options: Dexterity, eConnect,
VBA/Modifier, SQL stored procedures openness, SDK for Microsoft Visual Studio
developer to name few popular.

Press Release Body: Microsoft Great Plains or current name of this mid-market ERP is
Dynamics GP has various development and programming options: Dexterity, eConnect,
VBA/Modifier, SQL stored procedures openness, SDK for Microsoft Visual Studio
developer to name few popular. The topic is very popular as more GP MRP and
accounting systems are in process of being installed and implemented. Special
interest we expect from eCommerce developers, where such questions as automatic
batch posting, Sales Order deposits application are very popular ones.

1. Microsoft Dexterity. This IDE and programming language remain one of the most
popular and reliable in add-on design and coding. Dex mods are distributed as
so-called Dexterity chunks, which are integrated with GP user application on the
first launch. Dexterity programming or also referred as scripting language is
Sanscript. Such interpretation dictionary files as Dynamics.Dic, Reports.Dic are in
essence Dexterity business logic repositories

2. Integration Add-Ons. Here you are deploying such modern tools as eConnect. In
certain cases, where you need EDI or Electronic Document Interchange format
integration, you may decide to use SQL stored procedure, where you implement fixed
length fields format. Of course you can deploy EDI third party tools, however there
is always a temptation to implement EDI in-house with simple SQL select scripts

3. GP reports. Modern versions of Dynamics GP: 10.0, 9.0 and 8.0 are available on
MS SQL Server DB platform only and you as report designer can deploy such tools as
either SRS or Crystal Reports at your choice. In either case, we recommend you not
to relay on report wizard, but instead create report record set selecting SQL stored
procedure or view, prior to even launching report resign tool. If you are satisfied
with your selection in SQL query analyzer, chances are high that your Crystal report
will be instantly perfect

4. Add-ons version upgrade. If you have legacy Dexterity add-ons, you should also
get or have Dexterity source code for them. If you have the source - then Dexterity
programmer or your GP ISV partner will be able to review custom application and
upgrade it accordingly. If you are not sure what source code is, then you should
consult with your MBS VAR or seek for second opinion


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Contact Details: Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving Great Plains USA and
Canada nationwide. Local service in Chicago, Houston, Dallas, San Diego. Please
visit our information portal Pegas Planet: http://www.pegasplanet.com . If you need
custom programming for GP, we are happy to help you with Dexterity, eConnect,
VBA/Modifier, SQL Stored Procedures, Crystal Reports. We also provide instant
support to new and existing clients via web sessions