Manually Adding the Dynamics SL 2011 SDK Controls to the VS 2008 & 2010 Toolbox

Visual studio 2008 SL Date control  getting  from the following dll without any issues

Right-click in the toolbox and select Add Tab. Name it Dynamics SL.

Right-click in the new tab and Click Browse path to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DynamicsSL".

Select Interop.SAF.dll. Click Open (SL Date, SAFCheck, SAFCombo, SAFFloat, SAFGrid, SAFInteger, SAFMaskedText, SAFOption, and SAFUpdate) Click OK.

But  same thing I was thru in Visual studio 2010 .We can’t get SL Date Control . SL Date control won’t be available under the toolbox.

After analysis I am getting the date control 

Visual studio 2010  Adding the following dll files:

Right-click in the toolbox and select Add Tab. Name it Dynamics SL.

Right-click in the new tab and select Browse path to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DynamicsSL".

Select Interop.SAF.dll and Microsoft.SL.Controls.dll.

In Visual studio 2010, the SAFDate control is replaced by DSLDate in SL.

Click Open(Select DSLDate, QuickList, SAFCheck, SAFCombo, SAFFloat, SAFGrid, SAFInteger, SAFMaskedText, SAFOption, and SAFUpdate) Click OK.

The DSLDate and QuickList controls are in Microsoft.SL.Controls.dll,others are in Interop.SAF.dll.

Add SSRS Report in Dynamics SL 2011Menu

This post is an effort to the various operating steps which helps to adding the SSRS Report under SL menu

   Step 1: Create New SSRS Report or use existing Report (.rdl) 

   Step 2: Include the report in SL root folder under Usr_Rpts

   Step 3: Open SL 11 -> Administration->Maintenance -> Report Control Maintenance  (98.300.00)

       Enter the Report information Report number, Report format name, Report format into the Report 

       Control  maintenance .

   Step 4:  Open SL 11 -> Administration->Maintenance -> Screen Maintenance (98.330.00)

       Enter the Report number, Report name, Module and Type 

   Step 5: Open SL 11 -> Administration->Maintenance -> Menu Maintenance (98.350.00)

1. Select the relevant Group in “Menu for Group”.
2. Select the Screens tab in the Menu Maintenance (98.350.00). 
3. Select ALL- Show All Screen from the Drop-down “Show Screen Access for Group”.  This will show up all the SL screens in the Screens tab.
4. Select the exact Report  from the Screens tab. Drag and drop the Report into the “Navigation pane work area” under  Inventory -> Report .
5. After add the report to menu exactly as a normal crystal report,but rename  the program ROISRS.EXE replacing from ROI. EXE.Report as shown in the below figure. 
6. Save and close the screen.

  Step 6:  Close the Solomon and launch it.

Dynamics SL Shortcut Keys

These shortcuts work in Dynamics SL:

  Are you using your F keys?  Some favorites:

F1 - Opens SL Help specific to the screen you are on

F2 - In a date field, brings up the relative period or relative date values; in a text field, allows enables cursor movement inside the field (including “Home” & “End”)

F3 - Opens PV list or the calendar on date fields.  If you prefer the mouse, double right click on the field.

F4 - Toggles between “Field View” and “Grid View” – i.e. change lines to grid and grids to line in your detail areas.  Double left click for the same results

F5 - Clears the value in a field

F6 - Insert Object wizard in Standard screen customization

F7 - Inserts today’s date in a date field

F9 - Opens “Yellow note” for editing 

F10 - focus on the Solomon Tool Bar

Alt + Ctrl + C - let's launches customize mode

ALT + F4 - Closes the active screen.

SHIFT+F3 - "Super" PV

SHIFT + F4 – Customized property browser for the selected control.

CTRL + S - Concluding error checks, save all changes in the current screen.

CTRL + E - Exports the grid detail to an Excel Workbook.

CTRL + HOME – Focus first segment of row in the Grid.

CTRL + END – Focus last segment of row in the Grid.

Communicator

Communicator provides for the manual creation of messages to support an electronic mail facility. Communicator screens are grouped by function. Communicator includes the following screens.

• Send Messages (CO.MMT.00)
• Alert Manager (CO.ALM.00) 
• Communicator to Mail (CO.MAL.00) 
• View Messages (CO.CMD.00) 

     1.  Open SL -> Project -> Project Controller -> Maintenance -> Employee and Resource Maintenance

    

 2.  Enter Employee ID , Name , Email user name and Select any one in “Send mail To” list 

Send Messages (CO.MMT.00):

Send Messages (CO.MMT.00) allow anyone with access to Communicator to format, maintain, and send Communicator messages to other employees within SL.

1.  Open Send Messages (CO.MMT.00) under Foundation -> Communicator. 

2.  Enter your employee ID in from field. You can secure your employee ID by setting up employee     

      passwords using Password Maintenance (PA.PWD.00).

         Note: - Refer the beneath link about Password Maintenance (PA.PWD.00).

                      http://ajitkannan-erp.blogspot.in/2013/05/additional-security-in-inquiry-and.html

3.  Enter the employee ID of the recipient in To field. This field is not secured by password protection. 

4.  Enter the text of the message in the Message Text area. 

5.  Click Save and Close.

Alert Manager (CO.ALM.00):

      

      1.  Create groups for (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) which you will send notification messages.
      2.  It processes the entire alert group. It generates a notification message only if you set Select as Yes.
      3.  Enter or select an employee ID in Employee. To send the notification to a group of managers, select
           one of the manager types that appear in the Manager list.  
     4.  When you have finished configuring all notifications for the current alert group, click Save.
     5.  To process all notifications on the current alert group, click “Begin Processing”. 

View Messages (CO.CMD.00):

    1.  Employee views notifications using View Messages (CO.CMD.00), which displays all messages to      

         the selected user. 

    2.  Functions such as Alert Manager (CO.ALM.00) or Time Review & Approval (TM.TRA.00).

         When you enter your employee ID in particular Screen, all of your messages appear in the grid on 

         View Messages Screen.  

   3.  When a new message arrives, status as New. If you change the message status from New to save, the 

        message appears below all messages that have a status of New.

   4.  When you select a message line, text Message appears in the lower part of the screen. Depending on 

        the type of message selected, different program buttons might appear beneath the text message.

Reply (button)

Reply is available at any time to send a message back to another employee. Clicking the button opens Send Messages (CO.MMT.00).

Project Net Profit (button)

When you select a message clicking the button opens Project Net Profit (PA.PNR.00). It displays the overall project information with Amount and units.

EAC Maint (button)

When you Clicking the button EAC Maintenance (IQ.EAC.00). It displays the Budget information

Communicator to Mail (CO.MAL.00):

      1.  Communicator to Mail (CO.MAL.00), which delivers Communicator messages by using Microsoft 

           Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO).

      2.  VSTO allows Microsoft Dynamics SL screens to communicate with “Microsoft Office Outlook   

           through an add-in”.

      3.  This add-in is named “Microsoft.Dynamics.SL.OutlookAddin” and is installed with the 

            Microsoft Dynamics SL .

     4.  The user defines the intervals to check unsent mail through timer for automatically 

           “Wake up” (Ex:60 min)

     5.  Also you can choose to process notifications manually by clicking “Mail Messages”. 

Error Messages

Error Messages display error messages from the mail system if any occur. Error Messages have been normally empty.

Mail Messages (button)

Clicking Mail Messages sends all new messages to the mail system immediately.     

Role Center in Dynamics SL 2011

Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 provides new enhancements for end-users. With a new user-interface and functionality improvements, Dynamics SL 2011 is one of the largest product upgrades for Microsoft Dynamics in years.

We have experience on the latest Dynamics SL 2011 features of the Role center on Dashboard creation, Business Analyzer Charts (BA) and Quick queries. Read below for an introduction on Role Centers, Activities and Quick Lists.

What is a Role Center?

The Role Center contains activities along with Quick Lists areas to present you quick role-based information from Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 data. When you access the Role Center page with your associated access rights, the Activities you have access to (across modules) will appear to the left side of the Role Center.

Only those users or group of users who have been given rights to the Role Center parts will be able to view the Role Center page. The Role Center has a section that contains Activities. These activities have associated Quick Lists that will display when focus is on the Activity.

What is a Quick List?

Quick Lists are associated with Activity Cues. The Activity Cue that has focus will be listed in the Quick List area. You can double click on a line item in the Quick List to open the specific screen that will show you that information.

What is an Activity Group?

Activities are grouped or categorized by the module. These categories are called Activity Groups.

Part:

Select from the available Parts that users or groups can be given rights to access. The available role center parts to select from 

• RCACT – Activities 
• RCQLIST – Quick List 
• RCVOICE – Connect

Predefined Activity Group list (Sub Part1): 

1. Account Payables (AP), 
2. Account Receivables (AR),
3. Project (PA).

Also include other modules in Activity Group

What is an Activity Cue (Sub Part2)?

Within each Activity Group listing there are Activity Cues that typically represent the pending work for a user or group. Each Activity Cue can be set to link an action which includes executing a Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 Screen/Query, an external program or Quick List.

The Access check box is selected the user or group will have access to the Role Center and will be able to use each of these subparts which they are given access rights.

What are Activity Panes and Quick Lists?

They carry predefined Role Center in Dash Board views of Account Payables (AP), Account Receivables (AR), Project (PA) information in Dynamics SL 2011 also add other modules in Activity Group list it will also show in the Dash Board view. A quick list can be associated with each activity displaying all the details like vendor, customer or project information etc.

Dynamics SL – Notifications through Communicator module

Read the complete post at Congruent Info-tech 

http://blog.congruentindia.com/dynamics-sl-notifications-through-communicator-module/

Dynamics SL – Notifications through Communicator module

Report ROI has Stop working in Dynamics SL

Issue:

I'm getting this error when tried to click the print preview button in all Report ROI.

 Environment: Solomon 2011

System type: 32 bit OS windows 7

Cause1:

•  An invalid printer specified in Microsoft Dynamics SL Printer Options.

• In a Terminal Server or Citrix environment, every time that you log on, the name of the printer may change slightly.

Solution: 

      1.  Open Printer Options (98.220.00) and specify a valid printer / Use Windows Default printer.

Cause2:

•  The DLL file “u2lsol4.dll” may missing in \WRKSTN\Windows\Crystal under SL  root folder

Solution: 

1. Browse the “u2lsol4.dll” file under the SL installation files and place it in to the above mentioned path.
2.  Register the above DLL