From the Microsoft Dynamics GP Blogs: Select a company; Company color themes; Modified forms; Web client log-in

From this week's Microsoft Dynamics GP blogs:

• Please Select a Company - But I already have!!
• #GPPT Copying Company Color Themes for a Test Environment
• Updating Modified Forms and Reports for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 and Prior
• Web Client: HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error

Please Select a Company - But I already have!!

On her Dynamics Confessions Blogspot, Leslie Vail offered a brief "when things go wrong" blog post that solves an annoying issue.

According to Vail, this problem arises when you launch Dynamics GP. Everything is A-OK except that the dialog box that asks you to select a company won't disappear.

If you click the OK button, the dialog closes and all is well with the world. If you are experiencing this issue, you need to do a little file surgery in SQL.

Vail stated that the issue lies in the SY01402 table within the DYNAMICS database. Here's the problem: The system is trying to launch a "remembered" company that doesn't exist in your current installation. This could happen if you move your system to a different server and you don't bring all companies over as well.

You can find out how to solve the problem here.

#GPPT Copying Company Color Themes for a Test Environment

On David Musgrave's Winthrop Development Consultants Blog, Musgrave stated that recently he was asked how to copy the company color themes for a test environment.

Musgrave noted that you can use GP Power Tools to change the background colors within Dynamics GP for each company. However, he stated that ...