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Microsoft Dexterity or former Great Plains Dexterity was designed in earlier 1990thwith assumption that C programming language will provide computer platformindependence: Microsoft Windows vs. Mac or Solaris/Unix, plus database independenceor at least easy switch: Ctree, Pervasive SQL/Btrieve, MS SQL Server, Oracle, DBII,etc. Dexterity architecture was transferred to MS Visual C++ somewhere around 1999with some additional bug fixing work, however pretty flawless. When Microsoftpurchased Great Plains Software on the edge of XXI Century, the basis of Dexteritylost its actuality  in fact Microsoft Business Solutions actively moved towardphasing out all the other platforms, but MS SQL Server by introducing MSDE platform free version of SQL Server, without some tools, however. LetÂ's look at MSDexterity from this angle: Database Access. Microsoft Dexterity, comparing to old Dexterity had to emphasizeMS SQL Server stored procedures calls and scripts. This meant that former Dexcursors (as being db platform independent) lost their actuality. Now it is probablygood programming tone to use SQL Stored Procedures to speed up dex scripting fromthe side of database manipulations Dex Screens. Still good idea to keep dex screen developing, following by eConnectobject oriented logic behind. As Microsoft is emphasizing MS Visual Studio .Netdevelopment options, here we would recommend Dex screens to be filled with eConnectlogic via DLLs where you call either eConnect DLL procedures or XML web serviceseConnect interface SQL Stored Procedures. This approach still requires some experience withDexterity programming: DEX_ROW_ID, DYNAMICS.DIC dex source code programming,dexterity atomic SQL stored procedures  you should be familiar with these legacydexterity features Dexterity International Aspect. Unicode  this is real problem. We often hearcustomer questions about dex supporting Unicode: Chinese, Japanese, Koreancharacters. However some tools can help, Crystal reports for example  we have toexpress pessimistic view here Extender optimism. eOne Extender is very promising tools, if you are end customer it allows you to forget about dex proprietary features and concentrate on GPprototyping: tables, forms, reports, plus even dex sanscript logic  if you havethis under your belt
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