Day: November 23, 2017

In this series I am taking a look at how macros can be used to update data in Microsoft Dynamics GP.

In the last post in this series, I showed how to merge the data into the macro template; another approach I have used a few times is to write a SQL query which returns the data already in the macro. This is done by embedding the macro file into the SQL Query:

/*
Created by Ian Grieve of azurecurve|Ramblings of a Dynamics GP Consultant (https://www.azurecurve.co.uk)
This code is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 UK).
*/
SELECT '# DEXVERSION=16.00.0034.000 2 2
CheckActiveWin dictionary ''default''  form ''Enter_User_Names'' window ''Enter_User_Names'' 
  TypeTo field ''User ID'' , ''' + RTRIM(USERID) +'''
  MoveTo field ''User Name'' 
  MoveTo field Password 
  TypeTo field Password , ''' + LEFT(RTRIM(REPLACE(USERNAME,' ','')),14) + '1' + '''
  MoveTo field ''(L) Confirm Password'' 
  TypeTo field ''(L) Confirm Password'' , ''' + LEFT(RTRIM(REPLACE(USERNAME,' ','')),14) + '1' + '''
  CommandExec dictionary ''default''  form ''Enter_User_Names'' command ''Save Button_w_Enter_User_Names_f_Enter_User_Names'' 
NewActiveWin dictionary ''default''  form ''Enter_User_Names'' window ''Enter_User_Names'' 
ActivateWindow dictionary ''default''  form ''Enter_User_Names'' window ''Enter_User_Names'''
FROM
	DYNAMICS..SY01400
WHERE
	USERID <> 'sa'
AND
	USERID <> 'DYNSA'
AND
	USERID NOT LIKE 'LESSON%'

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