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Note the missing SPI1 on the new revision of the Windows IoT pinouts for...
It seems the SPI1 (pins11,35,38,40/GPIO 19,20,21,17) have been assigned to GPIO on the latest pin out.Apparently there are five alternatives for the use of the pins,...
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Dynamics GP 2015R2 & Dynamics GP 2016 Visual Studio Tools SDK download
Like many I’m used to just downloading my developer resources from MSDN subscriber downloads or MS Dynamics Customer source etc.Cleaning up my machines I lost the SDK for Visual Studio add-in creation...
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Installing both msi & msp package together for Dynamics GP “R2” versions
For those with network deployment to consider, around one hundred machines we do, then Dynamics GP has a neat feature to “Create Installation Package”, which does just that. By selecting the option...
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Hacking the suggested items feature in GP to create a flexible sales...
In telesales, and ecommerce we have three common directions to take a sale:Cross sellingDown sellingUp sellingThe Suggest Sales Item window by default design is intended to suggest other items that...
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Serial Port null from SerialDevice.FromIdAsync(dis[0].Id) with windows UWP &...
Whilst on a laptop the following code fails whereas it is working on the RPi2. The serial port is provided by a USB to serial adapter, a USB FTDI adapter. var aqsFilter =...
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Dynamics GP window forms flickering-redrawing during Network Group Policy update
Rolling out Windows 10 to our estate has caused an issue with Dynamics GP interacting with Group Policy updates. The users are experiencing the form windows in Dynamics GP vigorously...
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UWP Serial Port Missing Bytes, Bytes Written Windows IoT
Whilst writing a PCX format, 1 bit per pixel (1bpp) byte array to a serial port FTDI USB serial adapter using WinRT/UWP, on a Laptop (using for developing before deploying to RPi2), it kept failing to...
View ArticleUpgrading GP Addin Mods to use EF6
After adding the configuration sections to Dynamics.exe.config<sectionname="entityFramework"type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0,...
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Project “Madeira”– Microsoft tackle cloud ERP threat
The big announcement this week was Project Madeira, a new Cloud based ERP solution in Office 365, running as a multi-tenant, from and managed by Microsoft. It is odd that this came a week after the...
View ArticleFix sending graphics to Zebra Thermal Printer with GW command -corrupts images
Attempting to print from the RPi over serial RS232 interface using the GW command, I was getting image corruption. Some of the image would appear to wrap, or the image would just not print unless some...
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Dynamics GP upgrade changes keyable length of phone numbers
David Musgrave explains how to Changing the Phone Number Format to allow more characters to be inputted through the GP user interface.Using eConnect it is possible to set the full 21 characters of the...
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GPUG Magazine Q2–2016 is available!
If you didn’t already know, there is a professional magazine for Dynamics GP. Published by the Dynamics GP User Group (GPUG). The magazine has hints & tips, conference and events listings, product...
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“ta” eConnect stored procedures & upgrades a thought…
eConnect presents a “pre” and “post” procedure for the various document transactions. This allows custom SQL scripts to be ran before and after eConnect transactions. Beware, as anyone who works with...
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Installing Word Addin GP, upgrade patch cannot be installed error
Switching on msi logging reveals the following extract form the log file:MSI (c) (68:F8) [12:44:21:188]: Full optimizations are not possible in the patch sequencer because new patch[es] had been added...
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SQL Replication duplicate log reader in SQL replication monitor
It is upgrade time, Dynamics GP does not like schema objects bound by replication during upgrades. During version updates some tables are copied dropped and recreated, depending on what changes have...
View ArticleDynamics GP auto roll out of updates
GP is very configurable, that is one of its big strengths. IT teams can update reports and form layouts, developers can create wonderful new add ins, new modules can be added or removed. etc. With...
View ArticleManaging document attachments in Dynamics GP
What is document attach?Dynamics GP 2013R2 introduces document attach, allowing files (photos, PDF’s, drawings, spread sheets, emails etc) to be associated, attached with objects in GP. An attachment...
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Chrome Browser Tab Discards
Have you noticed how when visiting tabs that have been left untouched in the Chrome browser, that they appear to re-load as those tabs are finally clicked again? This is tab discarding at work, a...
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Office Snipping Tool for creating documentation screen grabs - screen shot of...
The sniping tool is a handy tool that was introduced into the windows operating system and is one of the tools I most frequently use in windows. It is useful when creating documentation for Dynamics GP...
View ArticleERP integration–protecting API keys & cloud credentials
Securely manage your API keysWith a greater number of API’s in the enterprise that are dealing with increasingly sensitive business processes or data, it is now more important than ever to actively...
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