Released on = April 18, 2007, 3:45 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = Former Great Plains Software Dynamics, later one Microsoft
Great Plains and currently Microsoft Dynamics GP is built upon GPS Dexterity
technology. Great Plains Dexterity was specially created to provide DB and
Graphical platform independence for one of the first graphical ERP applications in
earlier 1990th - Great Plains Dynamics for Windows and Mac.

Press Release Body = Alba Spectrum Group, http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918

Former Great Plains Software Dynamics, later one Microsoft Great Plains and
currently Microsoft Dynamics GP is built upon GPS Dexterity technology. Great
Plains Dexterity was specially created to provide DB and Graphical platform
independence for one of the first graphical ERP applications in earlier 1990th -
Great Plains Dynamics for Windows and Mac. Since then the initial purpose of
Dexterity lost the actuality, but it still does the job and Microsoft Dynamics GP
9.0 and 10.0 are dex built applications. And, so dex modification upgrade is
actual, especially for businesses with custom ERP logic, built on Dexterity custom
programming. As the majority if not all of EDI tools, Dexterity come through
evolution during these 15 years. This is why you should consider new technologies
trends when planning to upgrade dex customization:
. Sanscript. DYNAMICS.DIC with your sanscript scripts present should be available
for dexterity programmers in order to upgrade your modified logic. Dex
customization is distributed and integrated via so-called Dexterity chunk, when
being integrated chunk converts itself to the dictionary, where scnscript code is
stripped out. If you don't have original custom dictionary with code, please
contact your former consulting firm to get it.
. Modifier/VBA Continuum imitation. In some cases we see dex sanscript code was
incorporated into VBA code in Modified Great Plains forms. This technology was used
to cross modules boundaries in Great Plains, for example to switch from Dynamics
core module to Intellisol Advanced Purchase Order Processing or Project Accounting
third party modules. This logic is OK to work, however it is a way harder for
upgrade, as it will need to be analyzed and ported to new technology
. New trends in Dex: COM object interface - this technology allows you to call such
nice new tools as XML web services from dexterity code, via COM object envelope.
eConnect - this tool introduces elements of object oriented programming to GP and in
the case of Dexterity customization upgrade, we recommend you revise dex logic and
move work and master objects creation and modification to eConnect: customer,
vendor, sales invoice, purchase order, etc.



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