Author: Samantha Vislay
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Fixing the Empty Zip File Mystery on Windows 11
Introduction Microsoft’s newest and most sophisticated operating system, Windows 11, has a wealth of features that are intended to improve the user experience and make it more intuitive. It does, however, have certain bugs, just like any other piece of software. One such issue that many users have run with is the puzzling occurrence of…
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Microsoft Management Reporter End of Live
Every accountant can verify that reports are a necessary evil. Microsoft Dynamic GP first supplemented its internal reports with FRx. Which was transitioned out to Management Reporter to the relief of the GP world? Even experts, such as Mark Polino have written since 2016 about how it is time to rethink Management Reporter, as seen…
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Case Study: GplPostBatch Error DBMS:0, Microsoft Dynamics GP 20052
Situation: I have had several clients come to me with the following error: GplPostBatch returned the following results: DBMS:0, Microsoft Dynamics GP 20052. This typically occurs when they are posting a journal entry in the GL or printing an edit list. The one thing that they all have in common is that they used the…
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Top 5 Window Changes to Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2
Its that time again where Microsoft releases a new update for our beloved product. Here is the countdown of my favorite top 5. 5. Retain the Ship-To-Address with Customer Modifier. In prior versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP, the Ship-To-Address name field was removed whenever a customer was modified with the modifier utility or the customer…
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SSRS Error: “This page might not function correctly because either your browser does not support scripts or active scripting is disabled”
Recently I have logged into a client’s new server. They recently upgraded and have a new report server. They requested that I edit an SSRS report for them. This was delayed because of the error: “This page might not function correctly because either your browser does not support scripts or active scripting is disabled.” After…
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SQL Error: “Unclosed quotation mark after the character string”
One of the most frustrating thing that happended to me recently was looking for an unenclosed quotation mark after a character. The error message “Unclosed quotation mark after the character string” appeared when a client ran a Historical Aged Trial Balance for Payables Management in Microsoft Dynamics GP. Microsoft offered a solution here. My initial…
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Error Tuesday: Workflow errors & EXEC wfDeployClrAssemblies
There are many issues that can occur with workflow within Microsoft Dynamics GP. The first step should always be to run the following script on your database (After a backup). EXEC wfDeployClrAssemblies If this does not resolve your issue, then I would recommend checking your setup. Sometimes a manager will be removed or an email…
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Jet Reports Prerequisites and Prebuilt Reports
The Prerequisites for Jet Express are low. If your Microsoft Dynamics GP, office and Operating system are on a supported version then you will be able to run Jet Express. The only item that may need to be completed is verifying .NET Framework 4.5 is installed. Here are the following requirements from Jet Report’s website.…
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IT Friday: Top 3 Reasons You Need to use a Phishing Simulators
Despite all your network protections, all it takes is one click from your end user to open your network. Imagine, it is three o’clock on a Friday afternoon. Joe opened his email to check the responses from his clients. He sees an email from FedX saying his tracking number is available. Perplexed, Joe opens the…
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Error: “You Can’t complete this process while transactions are being edited”
 “You can’t complete this process while transactions are being edited,” is a common error that I see at least 3-4 times a month from various clients. This error can happen on almost any screen or even when you try to exit GP right after you opened the program. Often times if you wait a…