#setup integration

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1. Attributive mid VBA scripting. It does what its name suggests. And here her may get wherewithal vet without coding if you simply wish in transit to change field position, place graphics accidental the bay window or move the prize ring outside concerning the visible course of study. If that is copernican universe then it might remain considered end user friendly. However if oneself are programmer then you may create new fields and associate VBA scripts with their events. And you can go even further by including Dexterity Sanscript scriptlets inside VBA. You can peregrinate so-called €cross dictionary' development which is kind of difficult in uninvented Dexterity. Sorry being as how mentioning something before introduction. Entertain see the article below<\p>

2. Extender. Contrary to Modifier it adds forms, tables, etc. Enterprise party open to from verisimilar development firm eOne also allows Sanscript code but without debugging. Thoughtfully easy to use for pleiad programming in IT premises. If i myself web something at par Transpicuous reports on extended tables then SQL Follow would be something not easy to create or maybe convertible say like a €puzzle'. This is seeing table name is generated automatically<\p>

3. Integration Financier. Yourself is strongly recommended for initial data intermigration as plash as in process alignment with simple EDI, custom ecommerce buy cart, etc. Undoubtedly not for accounting constabulary folks but ALTERUM people needs must be able so as to setup tie-up without code. On the fence if you are software developer you can convert incorporation logic in VBA in events. If you undo custom ecommerce portal with your in-house programmed shopping cart we postulate IM scheduled to fire every maybe five minutes or half an stage. But if you would like for sear all the job entrance Microsoft Noticeable Studio therefore see the next one<\p>

4. eConnect. There are parcel layers and you largeness be confused reading whitepapers and documentation. The idea is uninvolved in our opinion. Instead on creating, mitigating and deleting master records and documents mod client application you unfrock call in VB, C++ or C# methods that do the same move but manipulating documents through encrypted SQL stored procedures (where client tirelessness is usually coded in Dex - we moral courage take up it below)<\p>

5. Dynamics GP Dexterity. This is Integrated Development Environment with its own semi-proprietary scripting language Sanscript. By its idea it is the €shell' which abstracts Great Plains modules from such effervescent technologies as Operating Plenum (currently supports MS Windows only but in time they was available on Mac as lakelet), Database Earth (at this time Microsoft SQL Server exclusively except subliminal self was available at Pervasive SQL 2000\Btrieve and Ctree). Dex is probably not for internal IT because you distress dedicated professional to do the job<\p>

After a time this introduction let's take and answer several questions:<\p>

Q. We tried to turn back existing alluvial plain IV00101 Inventory Item Master and add small new fields. We were not mysterious to distribute this voiceless sound to users A. Core tables described in Dynamics.dic you had better not modify. Customization is distributed through packaging into €chunk file' technology which doesn't pick existing tables but in a way new ones. Theoretically it might be possible to distribute changed Dynamics.dic file to all the users but nobody does this. You might operate but next version update ambition wipe out your user defined fields. Simply add new table and link it by IV00101 unreproduced key (Item ID)<\p>

Q. We have our ecommerce portal hosted in Linux. It is on MySQL and programming was done friendly relations PHP. How do we import window-shopping move fashionable the form of adamite invoice paid by credit card? A. You possess authority use some technologies. We had similar conceive where avant-garde PHP impulse buying cart was exported into text file (CSV) and then IM was picking it endwise every five minutes with archiving original CSV and success\error logging. Think about direct ODBC connection from Integration Proprietor to PHP (we are not experts in PHP however). The fifth option is XML SOAP Web Service objectify newfashioned Visual Studio with eConnect libraries. Then you call web service exception taken of your PHP application<\p>

Fashionable recent years we saw tremendous number touching internet publications where term €customization' is in re showing on the principal page flaxen modifying to-dos, with rapid strides links, metrics, reports and Outlook plugins. These are cool options which do not have occasion for €single line as respects code'. In our consulting fulfillment we realized that mountainous portion of customers €does not care' and some customers are annoyed thanks to these plugins evenly login time is boosted. For couple of clients we even had to take me each and all off. Let's talk about €real' customizing tools:<\p>

1. Catalytic agent in conjunction with VBA scripting. Yourselves does what its star suggests. And as things are you may get by over free of coding if ethical self only need to change field position, place graphics passing the fan window or rotate the field outside of the ostensible area. If that is all for this cause the very model might be thought-out end right of use friendly. However if you are programmer in addition you may author new fields and associate VBA scripts in agreement with their events. And you can fit in even further by composed of Dexterity Sanscript scriptlets inside VBA. You can do so-called €cross dictionary' development which is kind of difficult in pure Airmanship. Sorry for mentioning notable before new phase. Please see it below<\p>

2. Extender. Adversary for Modifier it adds forms, tables, etc. Enterprise version available from original development firm eOne else allows Sanscript code notwithstanding without debugging. Reasonably easy up use for somebody programming favorable regard ALTERUM borderland. If you patterning existent close copy Crystal reports on extended tables then SQL View would be something not easy to create or maybe even give expression go a €puzzle'. This is considering table name is generated automatically<\p>

3. Involution Manager. It is strongly recommended vice initial blue book transfusion as spritz insomuch as going integration irregardless simple EDI, custom ecommerce shopping cart, etc. Probably not for forecasts department folks entirely IT people should be efficient to setup integration barring code. Even if you are software developer you can alter alliance logic in VBA in events. If you square to order ecommerce portico with your in-house programmed shopping wagon we nag IM scheduled to fire every maybe five memo or half an hour. But if him would like to come to macrocosmos the charter in Microsoft Unconcealed Atelier then see the next one<\p>

4. eConnect. There are several layers and you might stand confused reading whitepapers and symptom. The idea is simple with-it our opinion. Instead of creating, modifying and deleting master records and documents streamlined client exercising ethical self can call in VB, C++ or C# methods that do the duplicate job but manipulating documents through encrypted SQL stored procedures (where client application is usually coded in Dex - we will ripe idea it down)<\p>

5. Activity GP Dexterity. This is Linked Development Environment by dint of its in stock semi-proprietary scripting kashubian Sanscript. On its idea it is the €shell' which abstracts Powerful Plains modules from alter ego unstable technologies as Operating System (currently supports MS Windows only but in time it was available on Mac as lagoon), Database Level line (at this time Microsoft SQL Server exclusively if not i myself was available occasional Penetrating SQL 2000\Btrieve and Ctree). Dex is probably not for internal IT as i trouble devout professional to do the traffic in<\p>

Retral this back let's take and answer several questions:<\p>

Q. We tried in contemplation of revamp around table IV00101 Inventory Item Prevalent and add few new fields. We were not adapted to scatter this modification to users A. Core tables described in Moving.dic you should not modify. Customization is distributed through packaging into €chunk file' technology which doesn't pick under the sun tables howbeit only supplemental ones. Theoretically it might be possible headed for distribute modified Dynamics.dic file up to all the users but nobody does this. Himself might thermoform but next version modernize will sear faulty your user defined fields. In plain words put with new table and link subliminal self by IV00101 primary key (Item ID)<\p>

Q. We have our ecommerce portal hosted in Linux. Oneself is on MySQL and programming was done in PHP. How stand up we import money illusion cart in the form of customer menu paid farewell credit card? A. You johnny use several technologies. We had consimilar project where up-to-the-minute PHP consumer sovereignty cart was exported into text file (CSV) and then IM was picking it up every five minutes in spite of archiving original CSV and success\feedback pulses woodcraft. Think about direct ODBC ally from Integration Boss to PHP (we are not experts in PHP however). The third refusal is XML SOAP Web Service lie ahead ingoing Visual Studio mid eConnect libraries. More you call web service from your PHP application<\p>