Released on: June 30, 2008, 3:31 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP belongs to Microsoft Dynamics
family of applications together with Axapta, Navision, Solomon, MS CRM.

Press Release Body: Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP belongs to Microsoft Dynamics family
of applications together with Axapta, Navision, Solomon, MS CRM. Great Plains is
open for modification and custom programming and you as software programmer, who has
reasonable background in accounting and MRP business processes and logic should
understand your options in customizing GP. Do not expect GP modifying process to be
very easy, and it also may lead you to the option of subcontracting the programming
phase to professional GP Dexterity developer or technical consultant

1. Tools. In this small article we would like to give you highlights on the
commonly used tools: Dexterity, eConnect and SQL stored procedures. Each tool has
advantages and disadvantages, so you should analyze them in the light of your
customization project, let's briefly review the tools

2. Great Plains Dexterity, currently referred as Microsoft Dexterity. Dex is
written in C programming language and it is the shell for GP architecture. With Dex
scripting language Sanscript GP was built initially in earlier 1990th. Dexterity
customization is typically distributed via so-called chunk files. Chunk file
integrates itself with GP user workstation software on the first GP launch.
Dexterity and Sanscript look as proprietary technologies, and MBS requires you to
purchase Dexterity programming license in order to program Dexterity in-house.
These two facts may incline you to subcontract Dex programming to GP ISV partner

3. eConnect. This is rather integration programming tool for Great Plains,
initially dedicated to eCommerce programmer to enable GP objects manipulation:
customer, vendor, Sales Invoice, etc. With current GP version 10.0 eConnect is
strategic technology for such integration tools as GP Integration Manager, where
some connectors are redeployed on eConnect technology. eConnect programming could
be done in-house - you need C# or VB .Net programming skills plus familiarity with
SQL scripting and GP tables and objects structure

4. SQL stored procedures and scripting in general. We recommend you first to
consider eConnect as customization or integration tool, which already has encrypted
SQL stored procedures to create, modify or delete GP objects. Direct SQL scripts
could be the alternative if the job itself is too small and simple and rescuing to
eConnect programming is not feasible because of that. However, please be aware that
such SQL statements as update or insert might be dangerous and cause GP data
inconsistency, as they just do change and do not validate GP business logic


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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