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Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, former Great Plains Software Dynamics/eEnterprise was originally written in IDE and programming language – Great Plains Dexterity. Currently Microsoft is on the way of transforming its ERP applications: Great Plains, Navision, Solomon, Axapta and MS CRM to be better integrated and fit into the future of its .Net platform. As a result we see new development tools: eConnect, Extender, etc. These tools should probably succeed Dexterity in the long run. From time to time we see complications on this way – for example on recent MBS worldwide conference – Dexterity Source code partner program, closed several years ago for new partner, was tentatively promised to be reopened. In this small article we would like to answer on the typical questions we are getting from IT strategists and lead developers.

• eConnect Overview. This SDK tool, which addresses existing and creates new Great Plains objects: Master Records (Customer, Vendor, Employee, Account, etc) and work documents: Sales Order, Invoice, Purchase Order, GL transaction to name a few. This is excellent tool and is very popular among web developers – it was originally created for eCommerce programmers who wanted to deploy Great Plains as back office/ERP/Accounting.

• eConnect Limitations. First of all – we saw numerous clients, who were disappointed in the fact that eConnect can not automate posting and SOP Orders transfer to Invoices. You should understand the rules of ERP system – first you create so-called work documents: quote, order, invoice and then you post it – documents should be approved for posting and this should be done through standard ERP fat client interface, not eConnect or other standard integration tools. Second important limitation – if you have dexterity customization – eConnect can not address custom logic – it works with standard Great Plains objects only. We understand that this is difficult to foresee when you ask questions to your Microsoft Business Solutions VAR, and also that each ERP has specifics you need to know: say Oracle Financials world has its own must-know bells-and whistles – when you work with specific large ERP – you should invest a lot of time in analysis and decision making.

• Dexterity Overview. Dexterity itself is a shell/IDE/programming language written in C back in earlier 1990th. You probably remember old-days-believe that C will secure database and graphical platform independence, plus it will direct you to the way of computer platform independence. But the matter of fact is – Great Plains Dexterity dictates the rules of customization – each GP custom-logic table must be created in Dexterity to be viewed via GP standard interface,

• Dexterity Limitations. Of course – Dexterity is kind of legacy IDE and it was created in the days when nobody could predict internet and thin clients future. So – you can not use Dexterity in your web application, you have to stick to stored procedures or eConnect.

You can always appeal to our expertise. Give us a call: 1-630-961-5918, 1-866-528-0577, help@albaspectrum.com

Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer at Alba Spectrum Technologies ( albaspectrum.com albaspectrum.com ) - Microsoft Business Solutions and IBM Lotus Domino Partner, serving corporate customers in the following industries: Aerospace & Defense, Medical & Healthcare, Distribution & Logistics, Wholesale & Retail, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Placement & Recruiting, Advertising & Publishing, Textile, Pharmaceutical, Non-Profit, Beverages, Conglomerates, Apparels, Durables, Manufacturing and having locations in multiple states and internationally.

With the advent of Macromedia Flash and Shockwave, online arcades have seen a rampant rise in popularity. Instead of visiting the local arcade in the mall, people are now able to play games on websites from the comfort of their own computer. If you own an arcade site, or are thinking of building one, there are a number of things you can do to promote it. If you type in “online arcades” into any of the search engines, you will find that there are already millions of sites dedicated to arcade games. When you see this, it is easy to become discouraged. However, there are a number of things that you can do to successfully promote your site.

If you visit most online arcades, one of the first things you’ll notice is that many of them don’t have much content. Many of the webmasters who own these sites simply add games, and they feel that this is sufficient. However, content is one of the best ways to promote your site. When you have a site that is rich in content, you will begin receiving traffic from the search engines for various keywords. While many of the people who visit your site will simply want to play games, others will be interested in reading the content you have to offer. Another way you can promote your arcade site with content is through the use of article directories.

You can write articles which are related to various games or the gaming industry, and then you can take these articles, add hyperlinks to them, and submit them to the article directory sites. Once you do this, webmasters who like your work will begin publishing your articles on their sites. Once their visitors read your articles, all they need to do is click on the hyperlink to be taken to your homepage. Article directories are excellent because they promote your site, increase your link popularity, and they increase your traffic. By using article directories, you will avoid the fierce competitions that is often necessary to reach the top of the search engines for competitive keywords.

The next thing you will need to decide is the type of games you want to add on your site. The arcade games that you put on your site will basically fall under two categories, and these are custom games and non-custom games. Custom games are games that are unique to your site. They are often designed by you or a programmer that you hire. The advantage to creating custom games is that your site will have unique content, and people will have to come to your site to play the games. However, creating custom games will require you to either have programming experience, or the resources to hire a programmer.

Non-custom games are typically games that other webmasters allow you to use on your site. Generally, you will simply paste the HTML code on your site, and then you will publish. It is a fast way of adding games of content to your site. However, these games are being used by other webmasters as well, so your site won’t be unique. Also, you are limited to the control you have over the games. You can’t sell the rights of these games to anyone else, because you are not the creator.

Michael Colucci is a writer for arcade.text-link-traffic.com/ Arcade Text Links, a service that provides text links to arcade sites, which is part of the text-link-traffic.com/ Text Link Traffic network

Computer Software can vary in both price and the actual features of the software, many new systems come with pre-installed software that enables you to perform tasks with your newly purchased computer.

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