[ Albert's reply: you're welcome. Don't be shy to share some details :) ]

Thanks a lot.

Thanks,
Prasad

I really appreciated your quick responce. I have gone through the link provided earlier but still not able to find the solution how to start. ( i am confused with XML, macros with exel etc….).

It would be greatful if you provide help in considering one window in GP.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,
Prasad

[ Albert's Reply.
Hi, Prasad.

If you just need to see one example of operating GUI inside a window, you can start with this one. If you want to start building automation on your own, you have to learn about technologies you're going to use.

From your reply (correct me if I'm wrong) I got the following:
* you are not familiar with XML;
* you are not familiar with Excel/VBA programming;
* you have not come across Great Plains documentation on Dexterity Forms, GUI Macros, and back-end SanScript.

With regards to XML, in my blog you can refer to related articles through this link. For starting with Excel/VB and VBScript, my compilation of links is here and here. All stuff, related to GP automation, is linked to the page I mentioned before.

Hope this helps. Albert ]

I am new to GP and please guide me how to start automate using QTP.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,
Prasad G

[ Albert's reply.
Hi, Prasad!

I welcome you in this exciting journey.

Dynamics Great Plains automation really IS a challenge, because the application has its own unique platform-independent GUI engine. That is - absolutely NO record/playback with QTP, TestComplete, or any other tool. And yet, as I discovered, GP is quite automation friendly, if you can do test automation through programming.

I brought together all results of my investigations here. Off course, it's not a ready-to-deploy commercial solution, but it has answers for all the steps to pass when building one. Should you have more questions don't hesitate to ask them.

Good luck! Albert ]

Thank you for a neat code! I use GUI Capture script and it works fine.
Quick question though. I need to make a small change in xml file created without re-mapping a window. How can I manually get Dexterity GUI field names from GP?

Appreciate your help, thanks.

Austin

[ Albert's reply.
I emailed my answer a while ago.
In addition to that I posted description with screenprints here. ]

[ Albert's comment. This one's so funny, can't resist to keep it. ]