Developing for Dynamics GP
by David Musgrave (Perth, WA, Australia) and Microsoft Dynamics GP Developer Support Team (Fargo, ND, USA)
eConnect transaction not rolling back
I ran across an interesting case the other day with eConnect. I had a similar type of case I wrote...
Author: Patrick Roth Date: 11/01/2013
All About Listbox, Button Drop Lists, and Drop Down Lists
It seems like a trivial subject for our dedicated readers but we had a new customer who is just...
Author: Patrick Roth Date: 10/29/2013
Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro videos
Last month, I wrote an article about the Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 and accessories being announced....
Author: David Musgrave Date: 10/27/2013
Windows Comparisons Videos
You might have already seen some of this adverts comparing Windows devices with a certain other...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 10/24/2013
Windows Everywhere Videos
With the release of Windows 8.1, Microsoft has a new Windows Everywhere campaign to promote Windows...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 10/22/2013
Quick Tip: Where does that customisation come from?
I was recently asked about a custom button that was added to a window and how to change the internet...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 10/20/2013
Windows 8.1 released and available for download
Today signals another milestone in computing history with the release of Microsoft Windows 8.1. If...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 10/18/2013
Friday Funny: Every Tech Commercial
My eldest son spends too much time on the internet. He loves looking at internet memes and also...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 10/10/2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Service Pack 2 fixes Named Printers and Page Orientation settings not being honoured
As mentioned in my post, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, Printer Selection, Named Printers, Page...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 10/06/2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2 - Things to consider when moving your Visual Studio Tools add-ins to the web client
One of the features included in the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Service Pack 2 release was the...
Author: Alice Newsam (Msft) Date: 10/03/2013
RoboCup Junior Australia 2013 National Championships and more
As mentioned in my previous post, RoboCup Junior WA 2013 Rescue Premier & Senior Dance State...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 10/01/2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Service Pack 4
It has been a long time between Service Packs for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 with Service Pack 3...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 09/29/2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift 2013 Wrap Up
Last week, the Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift 2013 hosted by GP Partner Connections in...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 09/26/2013
Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 and accessories announced
A few months ago I found a home for my Samsung Series 7 slate and purchased a Microsoft Surface Pro....
Author: David Musgrave Date: 09/25/2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SmartList Export to Excel shows currency values with 5 decimal places
This topic has been in my drafts list for ages after it was mentioned in this partner forum thread:...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 09/22/2013
Date Function Errors from SmartList Account Transactions fixed in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Service Pack 2
A little while ago I spent some time in a long screen sharing session to identify the cause of some...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 09/19/2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift 2013 starts today
As I mentioned a little while ago, the Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift 2013 was coming up....
Author: David Musgrave Date: 09/17/2013
ERP in the Cloud Partner Day in Sydney, Australia on 2nd October
I am please to announce that the Australian Dynamics team will be holding an "ERP in the Cloud...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 09/03/2013
Microsoft to acquire Nokia’s devices & services business, license Nokia’s patents and mapping services
If you have not heard yet, Microsoft has announced plans to acquire Nokia's devices and services...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 09/02/2013
Another great new Windows Phone Advert
Following on from the success of the Nokia Lumia 920 and "The Wedding" advert, Nokia have released a...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 09/02/2013
Fast Links to Microsoft Dynamics GP Blogs
Since September 2011 you have been able to access this blog using a shortened URL on the aka.ms...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 09/01/2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Service Pack 2
Fantastic News. Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 has been released ahead of schedule....
Author: David Musgrave Date: 08/29/2013
GPUG Magazine - Fall 2013 edition is out
My last community announcement for the week. The GPUG Magazine - Fall 2013 edition is now available....
Author: David Musgrave Date: 08/28/2013
GPUG Summit 2013
While we are talking about conferences (see Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift 2013), we should...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 08/27/2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift 2013
If you have been hiding under a rock, you might not know that the Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 08/26/2013
RoboCup Junior WA 2013 Rescue Premier & Senior Dance State Champions
After both my sons won the 2012 Western Australian State RoboCup Junior competition in their...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 08/25/2013
Microsoft by the Numbers
Did you know that 1 in 7 people on the planet use Office? Or that hungry employees eat over half of...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 08/13/2013
Adobe X performance issues with Citrix Environment
I had a recent case where a customer was having performance problems with printing to PDF files. If...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 08/08/2013
Troubleshooting the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Web Client Series
My friend, Mariano Gomez aka The Dynamics GP Blogster, has been busy writing a fantastic series of...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 08/06/2013
IntelliSense for Dexterity - DexSense 2.2 released
Tim Gordon from AlphaSOFT has released a new build of his great DexSense tool. Here is a list of...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 08/04/2013
Using Menus for Visual Studio Tools to launch ad hoc and custom applications
Back in July 2008, I was attending a Developer Toolkit training course run by my friend, Steve Gray....
Author: David Musgrave Date: 08/01/2013
Updated: spSearchOnAllDB: SQL Stored Procedure to Search an Entire Database
From the Useful SQL Scripts Series. Back in December 2008, I posted an article providing the...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 07/30/2013
Handling Australian GST Requirements for Payables Transactions in eConnect
As part of the handling of Australian Good and Services Tax (GST), Microsoft Dynamics GP needs to be...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 07/28/2013
Developing with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Named System Database
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 introduced another long sought after feature.... The Named System...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 07/25/2013
Quick Tip: Debugging Visual Studio Tools
Let's jump right in. We debug our Visual Studio applications over and over; and attaching to the...
Author: Lee R. Butenhoff Date: 07/22/2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, Printer Selection, Named Printers, Page Orientation and the System Print Dialog
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 added a long awaited feature, the ability to change the printer selection...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 07/17/2013
Five Years later: Welcome to the Developing for Dynamics GP blog
Five years ago today, I decided that I could help the community better by writing about my...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 07/10/2013
Why does SmartList not return all of the expected data for large queries?
Here is another support issue that you might come across. I just closed a case where a SmartList was...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 06/20/2013
Microsoft Dynamics GP EE Summit 2013
You might be wondering why the blog has no posts last week. Well, that was primarily because I was...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 06/12/2013
Surface Pro arrives in Australia today
The wait in Australia is over. I mentioned that Surface Pro was due in Australia on 30th May, and...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 05/29/2013
Final Reminder: Support Debugging Tool on GPUG System Administrators Special Interest Group Webinar today
This is just a quick reminder that today (tonight Perth Time), I will be presenting the Support...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 05/27/2013
More Funny Microsoft Videos
There have been some really funny Microsoft videos released in the last month. Below are a few of my...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 05/23/2013
Xbox One is revealed
Last night at 1 am (Perth Time), Microsoft revealed details of the next generation Xbox. The...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 05/21/2013
Surface Pro due in Australia on 30th May
Since the Surface Pro has been released in the USA in February this year, we have been waiting for...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 05/15/2013
Using Named Printers with Terminal Server revisited
This is an update to the original Using Named Printers with Terminal Server post from August 2008....
Author: David Musgrave Date: 05/14/2013
Angry Birds for Windows Phone 7 and 8 is available for free until 15th May
Unless you have been hiding away from technology entirely, you would have heard of Rovio's Angry...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 05/12/2013
Microsoft Dynamics Top 100 Most Influential People for 2013 published
If you have been watching the blogsphere last week you would have noticed that DynamicsWorld UK have...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 05/12/2013
SmartList not working properly, Search window does not display correctly
Yesterday, I had a support case come in where the customer was complaining that SmartList was not...
Author: David Musgrave Date: 05/02/2013