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The '''Dexterity programming language''' was designed in the early
Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, former Great Plains Software Dynamics and eEnterprise are Dexterity-written applications. Also small business line: Microsoft Small Business Manager or Small Business Financials is written in Dexterity and uses the same code base as Great Plains.
Great Plains Dexterity - is proprietary programming language and technology, designed in the early 1990s with the goal to build a platform-independent graphical accounting package - Great Plains Dynamics. Dexterity itself is written in C (with the hope that C would provide platform independence). You can install Dexterity from Great Plains 7.5 CD #2. It requires a lot of learning / training, but it allows custom pieces to be seamlessly integrated with the Great Plains interface.
==Features==
: Dexterity was designed as a platform-independent programming language. If you want code to be operable on all currently supported Great Plains databases, use Dexterity ranges and loops to manipulate the records
:Currently, most of Great Plains installations have been moved to MS SQL Server - so you can use Dexterity for custom forms drawing only and make the buttons run SQL stored procedures.
: Beginning with version 7.0 Dexterity supports COM objects - register them as libraries in Dexterity. Refer the manual as to how to do this. This technique allows you to call such things as web services across the internet.▼
▲• COM Objects calls:
; Dexterity Forms:
▲Beginning with version 7.0 Dexterity supports COM objects - register them as libraries in Dexterity. Refer the manual as to how to do this. This technique allows you to call such things as web services across the internet.
: Using VBA to handle all the business logic - you can use Dexterity as a new forms creator/editor. This requires the purchase of VBA/Modifier and Customization Site Enabler from MBS.▼
: These are modification to existing forms – the ones found in DYNAMICS.DIC. The most popular customizations are made on the SOP Entry form. If you are designing your customization – we recommend that you avoid alternate forms – the problem is customization version upgrade. In the case of an alternate form – customization should be redone.▼
▲Using VBA to handle all the business logic - you can use Dexterity as a new forms creator/editor. This requires the purchase of VBA/Modifier and Customization Site Enabler from MBS.
: Great Plains is actually an integration of multiple dictionaries: DYNAMICS.DIC, ADVSECUR.DIC, EXP1493.DIC, etc. In your Dexterity customization you can deal with one dictionary - DYNAMICS.DIC. If you need cross dictionaries customization - consider using SQL Stored Procs for crossing dictionary borders and pulling data/making changes in the other dictionary.▼
▲These are modification to existing forms – the ones found in DYNAMICS.DIC. The most popular customizations are made on the SOP Entry form. If you are designing your customization – we recommend that you avoid alternate forms – the problem is customization version upgrade. In the case of an alternate form – customization should be redone.
▲• Some restrictions:
▲Great Plains is actually an integration of multiple dictionaries: DYNAMICS.DIC, ADVSECUR.DIC, EXP1493.DIC, etc. In your Dexterity customization you can deal with one dictionary - DYNAMICS.DIC. If you need cross dictionaries customization - consider using SQL Stored Procs for crossing dictionary borders and pulling data/making changes in the other dictionary.
Great Plains macros are also recorded in Dexterity. The ability to handle [[branch (computer science)|branches]] does not appear to exist in these macros.
[[Category:Curly bracket programming languages]]
[[Category:Procedural programming languages]]
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