Released on: August 28, 2008, 3:24 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum LLC

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: Microsoft Dynamics GP could potentially go beyond its
out-of-the-box standard functionality and you as software programmer and developer
could deploy it as ERP platform for your company ecommerce, EDI, wholesale and other
extensions and integrations

Press Release Body: Microsoft Dynamics GP could potentially go beyond its
out-of-the-box standard functionality and you as software programmer and developer
could deploy it as ERP platform for your company ecommerce, EDI, wholesale and other
extensions and integrations. In this publication we would like to concentrate on
eConnect programming and technology. Please, note that eConnect should be
considered as solid SDK for C# and VB.Net developers, however for older versions of
GP, such as 7.5, 8.0 and probably even 9.0 - we recommend you to upgrade to version
10.0, prior to investing into eConnect research and programming:

1. GP 10.0 Integration Manager. Here you already have eConnect connectors in place.
If you are familiar with old OLE based IM, then you need to know that eConnect
Integration is per company, opposite to the old way when you login the company and
run integration just for this company. Plus, cancelling old restrictions -
Integration, based on eConnect connector doesn't require you to run Great Plains
client workstation. If you are OK with what Integration Manager gives you, then you
probably should stop reading. For the rest of us, please know - if you need custom
fields population via IM, then you have to deploy old way ADO in before document
commit script

2. Beyond IM. Deploying eConnect, you can combine GP data feeding with eConnect
methods and custom tables updating via SQL custom stored procedures or update
statements. In this scenario eConnect becomes one of the players

3. eConnect technology. You probably already have read bunch of whitepapers and
technical manuals, where you saw multiple eConnect technology layers. At the
beginning of the way, eConnect has a set of encrypted SQL stored procedures,
allowing you to create, update and delete GP objects

4. eConnect restrictions. Here you need to know GP architecture and especially
batch posting logic. Batches supposed to be posted by GP users exclusively, this is
why eConnect doesn't have posting features. In order to post batches from your
eCommerce, EDI or another programmed application, you should deploy Alba Spectrum
Batch Posting Server

5. eConnect and GP Dexterity. Dex can call DLL libraries, and so eConnect could be
exposed to Dexterity customizations. This is especially helpful for GP developers,
who are trying to automate Great Plains intercompany transactions via dex custom
add-ons

6. Technology notes. If you are not technical in GP integrating projects, this
article could be potentially too challenging to read through. However we believe
that IT technicians, who are facing the GP integration project would benefit from
reading this publication


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