Released on: June 18, 2008, 4:26 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Microsoft Dynamics GP has large number of installations and
successfully implemented for various industries: wholesale, retail, transportation &
logistics, pharmaceutical, project organization, non-profit, government and others.


Press Release Body: Microsoft Dynamics GP has large number of installations and
successfully implemented for various industries: wholesale, retail, transportation &
logistics, pharmaceutical, project organization, non-profit, government and others.
GP has vertical and horizontal solutions, which you can purchase in the form of
modules. In some cases you business processes are so unique or customization scope
is small that it is feasible to develop add-on to GP standard ERP logic from
scratch. In this small article we would like to highlight tools and scenarios:

1. GP Dex. This is the foundation of GP technology. Microsoft Dexterity has its
own programming language Sanscript, plus integrated development environment,
database indexing and data reading and writing mechanism. Most of traditional
add-ons or also referred as GP satellite products are written in Great Plains
Dexterity and are distributed in the form of Dex chunk, which is automatically
integrated to GP user workstation software at the first launch of your Dynamics GP.
If you review Dynamics.set file - you will see all Dex add-ons, currently
pre-integrated in your installation

2. Developing in Dexterity. If you are convinced programmer who is ready to learn
new programming language, you can install Dexterity from CD#2 (please check
licensing requirement with your GP VAR). We also recommend you to consider
contracting Dex development project to Dexterity ISV partner, as Dex is pretty
proprietary and in some cases it is not feasible to come through Dex training for
your in-house IT professionals

3. Alternatives to Dexterity. When Microsoft acquired Great Plains Software - Great
Plains Dynamics was reoriented to become dedicated to Microsoft technologies
exclusively: Microsoft SQL Server, .Net, Sharepoint, SRS. The new tool, initially
intended to eCommerce developer - eConnect (which is the set of encrypted SQL stored
procedures) was emphasized as new development platform. eConnect opens GP objects
realm to Microsoft Visual Studio C# and VB programmers. eConnect is especially
good, when you are creating sort of integration, and it is a bit restricted when you
are creating new forms and windows, which should be seamlessly integrated with GP
user workstation. If all you need is simple data feeding routine, then instead of
using eConnect, you can create simple SQL stored procedure or DTS package to do the
job



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