Great,Plains,Dynamics,Pervasiv computer Great Plains Dynamics on Pervasive/Ctree support overview
----------------------------------------------------------Permission is granted for the below article to forward,reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website,offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as longas no changes a Gone are those times when the companies and the organisations didn't need a hi-tech system to handle them. Owing to the considerable increase in the business sector and thus, an enormous increase in the complexity of the organisational struc
First of all Great Plains Software, as being independent corporation in 1990th had to stake on certain future predictions. They decided that future should be based on these two basic principles:Database Independence. Nobody could predict if Microsoft, Ingress, Oracle, IBM DB2, Btrieve, Ctree/Faircom or somebody else from newcomers will win the market. In such a situation, if you are growing ERP publisher you need to be flexible and have the ability to switch quickly from one DB platform to anotherUniversal Graphical interface. Some illusions were related to 1972 invented C language now it is clear that each computer manufacturer tries to stick standards to its own platform and universal graphics is somewhat no-one uses because of the slow performance. But it is seen now not in 1990thThese two above principles resulted in creation of Great Plains Software development environment and language Great Plains Dexterity. This is history. Now lets go to nowadays realities. We see large number of so-called orphan clients (who lapsed to pay annual enhancement/maintenance fee to Microsoft Business Solutions) and still sits on two legacy platforms (not supported anymore): Pervasive SQL 2000 and Ctree (we are not talking here about Great Plains Accounting this ERP was phased out in 2001). We see common frustration, when something happens with performance, for example these clients are trying to appeal to regular MBS VAR/Partner and figure out that the partner doesnt have expertise to support this phased out platform. Well give you some hints, before you call the specialist:Pervasive SQL had multiple service packs and you probably have multiple CDs of various Pervasive versions in your library. Use the latest one to reload Pervasive for your workstationsPervasive SQL 2000 original (1999) should not be installed at all it will not work if any service pack was applied from the server sideTypical workstations slowdown issue is resolved by removing (on the workstations) these files: wbtrv32.dll, w32bticm.dll, and wbtr32.dllExpect old hardware and disk space issues these could be monitored by IT departmentGood luck with support and if you have issues or concerns we are here to help! If you want us to do the job - give us a call 1-630-961-5918 or 1-866-528-0577! [email protected]
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