Adobe PDF Converter error when sending report to PDF in Microsoft Dynamics GP

Just recently, I was working on a few Report Writer reports for a client and assisting with installing the latest Adobe Acrobat Standard version for them. After Adobe was installed, we decided to run a few tests to attempt to send some of the modified reports output via email using the Send To > Mail Recipient PDF option on the Report Output window.

Send To > Mail Recipient PDF

Upon choosing the Mail Recipient PDF option, we received the following error:


Adobe PDF Converter error



The error seems to come from the Adobe PDF Converter application which suggested that our PDF conversion process must rely on the system fonts and use document fonts. In addition, the message provided the path to address the issue as well, so we followed.

Initially, you must go to the Devices and Printers panel in Microsoft Windows, then right click on the Adobe PDF Converter printer and choose Printer Properties.

Devices and Printers panel

Once the Adobe PDF Converter Properties window opens, click on the Preferences button

Adobe PDF Converter Properties window

The Preferences button will now open the Adobe PDF Converter Printing Preferences window, where the option referring to the specific error comes to surface:

Adobe PDF Converter Printing Preferences window

Once the checkbox was unmarked, we were able to re-test our reports and everything worked just as intended.

If you ever run across this error, just know that the fix is very simple.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Maximum Global Business, LLC
http://www.maximumglobalbusiness.com/

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Enabling a Report Writer document as a Word Template

Ok, this is directly or indirectly a Report Writer subject, but nonetheless a topic related to Report Writer. In this example, I take the General Posting Journal transaction document and enable it under Word Templates. However, this example will not develop the Word Template itself, but rather show how easy it is to make the journal document template enabled.

The steps are very simple and in fact, with a little bit of creativity, a developer could potentially write code that quickly enables critical reports.

To enable an existing Microsoft Dynamics GP report:

1. Register a trigger against the IsTemplateEnabledReport() function of the syReportLookup form. Template enabled reports can be selected in the Reports lookup window.

Startup

{ Created by Mariano Gomez, MVP
  This code is licensed under the Creative Commons 
  Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic license.
}
local integer l_result;

pragma (disable warning LiteralStringUsed);

l_result = Trigger_RegisterFunction(function IsTemplateEnabledReport of form syReportLookup, TRIGGER_AFTER_ORIGINAL, function glPostingJournalReport);
if l_result <> SY_NOERR then
  warning "Trigger registration for General Posting Journal report failed.";
end if;

pragma (enable warning LiteralStringUsed);

Note: You will need to save the Startup script first (CTRL+S), and compile the dictionary when the trigger processing function is implemented.

2. Now that we have our Startup script and the trigger registered, we can implement the trigger processing function. In this case, I have labeled this function glPostingJournalReport().

glPostingJournalReport()

{ Created by Mariano Gomez, MVP
  This code is licensed under the Creative Commons 
  Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic license.
}
function returns boolean result;

in 'Product ID' nProdID;
in Resid nResID;

if nProdID = DYNAMICS then

 {It's our report. Indicate that it is template enabled.}
 case nResID
  in [resourceid(report 'General Posting Journal')]
   result = true;
 end case;
end if;

Note: In the above code I am using the dictionary constant DYNAMICS for the product ID as our report belongs to the core dictionary. Also, rather than hardcoding the resource Id for the report, I am using SanScript's resourceid() function to obtain the resource Id for the report.

3. Open Dexterity Utilities to extract and autochunk your dictionary into a final product. The following are the settings I used for this particular project:



Auto-Chunk and Product Information windows

4. Drop your chunk file in the Dynamics GP folder and make sure that you can see your trigger in action in the Reports lookup window under Report Template Maintenance.



Reports Lookup window


Now that we have won half the battle, I will show in my follow up post, how to actually implement the template and make it all work together.

Downloads:

Extracted dictionary - Click here
Chunk file - Click here

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Maximum Global Business, LLC
http://www.maximumglobalbusiness.com/

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Report Writer Week!

In this corner: David Musgrave

In this corner: Mark Polino

In case you have missed the heated debates - all within cordiality, though there was even a call for insanity - between David Musgrave and Mark Polino on Report Writer, I now join in to continue fueling the heat by declaring this the official Report Writer week!

To make this an even more attractive proposition for you the reader, The Dynamics GP Blogster is siding  (more like ganging up against Mark :-) ) with Developing for Dynamics GP to deliver some really cool Report Writer articles and to show some advanced techniques for developing reports... yes, with Report Writer.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Maximum Global Business, LLC
http://www.maximumglobalbusiness.com/

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Custom Serialization Assemblies for eConnect 2010

Yesterday it was Bryan Prince demonstrating in-memory XML serialization, today is Chris Roehrich over at Developing for Dynamics GP. Chris shows a technique to create a Custom Serialization Assembly for eConnect outside of the method exposed in the eConnect Programmer's Guide.

Please be sure to visit Developing for Dynamics GP to read Chris' article.


Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Maximum Global Business, LLC
http://www.maximumglobalbusiness.com/

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In-Memory XML Serialization with eConnect 10

Over at MBS Guru, my friend Bryan Prince demonstrates a technique to perform in-memory XML serialization when working with eConnect. Bryan's technique is very helpful especially when working in environments where disk access and/or disk permissions can become an issue.

If you ever needed a cool piece of code for your eConnect projects, this is it! On a personal note...I had a chance to work on a project briefly with Bryan and I won't be surprised he will be publishing some other cool life saving techniques he used at our client.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Maximum Global Business, LLC
http://www.maximumglobalbusiness.com/

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Support Debugging Tool Build 14 for Microsoft Dynamics GP now available for download

Good news from the land Down Under! The critically aclaimed Support Debugging Tool now sports a new Build 14 for your delight. You can now download Support Debugging Tool from Microsoft Dynamics PartnerSource.

If you are a customer using Support Debugging Tool, please reach out to your partner for the latest build number. Support Debugging Tool Build 14 is available for versions 9 (last release for this version), 10.0, and 2010.

For more information on fixes and new features, please visit Developing for Dynamics GP and read David's release notes:

Support Debugging Tool Build 14 Released


Downloads

To download Support Debugging Tool Build 14, please use the following links:

Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0

Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0

Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010


Note to all readers:

Given the success and high marks we had at Convergence 2010 Atlanta presenting the Support Debugging Tool, and by popular demand, David Musgrave and I will back at Convergence 2011 Atlanta with a new round on this topic and yes, we expect to see you there!

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Maximum Global Business, LLC
http://www.maximumglobalbusiness.com/

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Learning Resources page update

I have received a number of emails from many of you requesting I add the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Word Template series and Microsoft Dynamics GP Architectural Foundations series of articles to the Learning Resources page on this site. Your wishes are my command! Please visit the Learning Resources page under the Contents section for links to these series.

Thanks for your continuous readership and for making this site better every day.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Maximum Global Business, LLC
http://www.maximumglobalbusiness.com/

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