"String missing" and "Not found" trying to use Dex to modify 1

[mattwennerlund]

I am trying to use Dexterity to modify a Project Accounting form. When the form is opened from the PA dictionary, many fields and tables are listed as "String missing" and "Not found".

Am I missing a file somehow?

Thanks,

Matt

 

[winthropdc]

Matt

Simple Answer: You cannot use Dexterity to modify a 3rd party form. You can use Modifier and VBA.

You can create a Dexterity Customisation which uses a parallel window or triggers to change the behaviour of the window, but there is nothing in the Dexterity architecture to support an alternate version of a 3rd party window.

The reason you are seeing [NOT FOUND] and "String Missing" messages, is that you have opened an extracted dictionary. This only contains the changes and additions to the core DYNAMICS.DIC for Project. All the core resources (with an ID < 22,000) are not present and so the messages.

You will need to create a combined dictionary with a copy of DYNAMICS.DIC to see the dictionary without errors, however you still will not have access to the source code.

I suggest you look at the Integrating with 3rd Party Dictionaries and Pushing the Limits with Dexterity conference materials on the Training page of

http://www.winthropdc.com.

Look at the materials above or at this KB for how to create a combined dictionary.

https://mbs.microsoft.com/knowledgebase/KBDisplay.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;930350

David Musgrave [MSFT]
Escalation Engineer - Microsoft Dynamics GP
Microsoft Dynamics Support - Asia Pacific

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[mattwennerlund]

I wondered if that was the case. We do not have Modifier/VBA and I was asked to see if I could make the change with just Dexterity. I have downloaded and looked at the winthropdc materials previously, and will look through them again.

Thanks for your help.

Matt