Extender Enterprise
Tech Tuesday: Populating an Extender field with the “Description” of Another
Have you ever wanted to have a lookup on an Extender Form/Window and then populate another field with the description for that lookup?Example 1: I have Column 2, Row 1 on my form doing a lookup to the Customer Number. I want Column 2, Row 2 to show the Customer Name automatically so I don’t…
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Tech Tuesday: Fix Missing GP Accelerator Keys with Extender Enterprise
I’ve seen this question several times over the last few months and typically happens after a customer updates their GP from 2010 to a newer version.I’ll get a screenshot like this (boxes added by me for later clarification)Fig 1: GP 2010 with Accelerator keys visible for GP windowsand a message similar to this:I have just…
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Tech Tuesday: Conditionally Auto Opening an Extender Window with Extender Enterprise
The initial question was straightforward:I have an Extender window based on the Item Number in the Sales Transaction Entry scrolling window, is there a way to conditionally automatically open the Extender window based on that Item Number?We can start with the “easy” answer (ignoring the “conditionally” parameter).Extender can be configured to auto open an Extender…
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Upgrading from Extender Standard to Extender Enterprise
Have you ever wondered if you could benefit from Extender Enterprise? Extender Enterprise has all the great features of Extender Standard, but allows you to add logic to your Extender Windows and Forms. You can do things like disable fields, automatically populate data, conditionally perform actions, etc. If your goal is to simply capture additional…
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Tech Tuesday : Making an Extender Field Conditionally Required with Extender Enterprise
I’ve been asked a few variations of the questions below few times lately:Can I have a Field 2 on my Extender Window/Form be required conditionally depending on what Field 1 is set as?OrCan I set a field on my Extender Window to be required conditionally based on what a GP window field is set to?The…
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Tech Thursday : Extender Enterprise Pre Save Task
Have you ever needed the ability to stop a record from saving in Extender based on some criteria? You have, well so have we! We added the ability to Extender Enterprise 2016 (version 16.00.0030 and higher) and Extender Enterprise 2018.While we cannot stop the save process of every process, we have added the ability to…
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Demo 2 win with the eOne Sandbox – Q2 2017 Update
There is no more critical way to make or break a sale than during the demo. At eOne, we understand how important this is and that timing, showing a compelling scenario, and having a reliable, comprehensive environment is everything. When your client says something to the effect of: “I wish there was a way to automate…
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Tech Tuesday: Extender Auto Expand Scrolling Window on Open
Have you ever created a window or a form within Extender that has detail information in a scrolling grid? Have you ever wished there was an easy way to have that scrolling grid automatically expand? Well, there is. With only 2 lines of code you can automatically expand that grid when the Extender form or…
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Tech Tuesday: Displaying SQL Data with Restrictions Using Extender Enterprise
My customer had interesting request the other day.He had a SQL Query that he wanted to run, filter the query by a column or two, and he wanted to do this using Extender Enterprise.That took me off-guard a bit since to me the “correct” tool would be to use SmartList Builder to create the report…
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Tech Tuesday: How to update a form field from totals on detail lines
We have a form where we are tracking Customer POs, a Current Amount which is the total of the detail lines. As the user enters additional amounts to the detail line, we need to update the Current Amount to be used in a report.With Extender Enterprise edition, we can write code as the detail line…
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