Working with Dex.ini Settings to customize the Microsoft Dynamics GP Connect gadget

I take a pause in my Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 Developer's preview series to bring something fun before the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States. Hopefully you find this trick very cool and enjoy it in your workplace.

Have you ever wanted to wake up with The Dynamics GP Blogster page as the centerpiece of your Microsoft Dynamics GP application homepage? Or how about your favorite online news outlet? What if you just want to display your company web page or an intranet portal to allow employees to update their information or view the latest company news?

Today I will show you how to take advantage of two obscure Dex.ini settings to customize the Connect gadget.

The standard Connect gadget displays Microsoft Dynamics Community news and updates, but there are two Dex.ini keys used to enable runtime debugging of the Connect gadget. One of the Dex.ini keys turns on the debugging feature and the other allows you to specify a URL to be displayed. The keys are:

DebugConnect=TRUE
ConnectTestURL=http://dynamicsgpblogster.blogspot.com

If you add these two keys to your Dex.ini file and re-launch Microsoft Dynamics GP the result will jump right at you.

Customized Connect Gadget

I also noticed that if the customized URL contains videos, these will play fine within the Connect gadget. How about that for some educational YouTube videos from the Microsoft Dynamics Channel? I tested it in the Web Client and it also worked just fine.

Please send in your comments as I would like to hear how you plan to use these new settings. Also remember, if you are using the Support Debugging Tool, you can roll out the settings to every user without having to visit their workstations.


Take a look at the following related articles:

Working with the Dex.ini Settings in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013
More DEX.INI Settings!

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
Intelligent Partnerships, LLC
http://www.intelligentpartnerships.com/

Comments

Ian Grieve said…
This could be useful for replacing connect with a support portal.
November 26, 2014 at 1:23 AM
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